The mineral feeder is convenient and safe! [Breeder testimony]
The desire to find a real alternative to licking buckets
I was looking for an alternative to lick buckets, that did not give me full satisfaction. In one year, I had distributed 35 lick buckets and 40 salt blocks weighing 25 kg in the meadow. It was a convenient solution, but I lost a lot of product through spillage and rain.
I want to supplement my herd in the pasture to meet two objectives:
- Get the reproduction of my cows back to a normal timeframe, because they had staggered and I’d had some returns after the first bulling
- Improve the muscular and skeletal development of my herd
In my opinion, the best way of mineralising my cows is to provide them with a daily supply of minerals and to distribute Bufflo Tonic Axion when the cows come in. That’s why, when my technician suggested the mineral feeder, I didn’t hesitate: it was exactly what I was looking for.
At first, I was a bit worried because the fifteen or so cows and their calves had consumed a 25kg bag of mineral in 4 days, i.e. 416g a day! Fortunately, after 15 days to 3 weeks, the animals began to regulate themselves and consumption fell to 75 g per couple per day.
Preparing animals for artificial insemination
Since I have been distributing the mineral via this feeder, I have noticed that calvings are going well and that the mothers are getting back in heat! What’s more, my new objective is to prepare a few animals for artificial insemination by distributing Bufflo Tonic Axion one month after calving.
4 feeders for his farm
I have really been won over by this mineral feeder, and I have also invested in 3 other feeders. In financial terms, it doesn’t cost me any more than a pallet of buckets, even though it’s a big initial investment. The main advantages of the feeder are its practicality and safety: the cows don’t spill the product, they eat it regularly and it’s well protected from the weather.
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