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Northeast Iowa | I would like to give this a try, but not really sure where to start. I would like to limit feed ddg with salt, but not sure what kind of recipe to use. I haven't seen much of this on the web, so any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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Columbia City, Indiana | Interesting idea, never thought of it. Maybe you could mix those 3 ingredients with liquid molasses and find a way to "cook" the tub to make it hard. Getting the amount of each ingredient right would be the trickiest part. Have to use a metal tub suspended over a fire to cook it unless you have a huge oven or something. |
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Northeast Iowa | Doing a little digging today, the internet says that a cow can suck down a pound of salt per day, so I am thinking that if I mix 2 pounds distillers to one pound salt it might be a place to start. Probably have to keep an eye on it for a few days to make sure they aren't getting too much. I like the ease of protein tubs but don't like the price. Also need to make sure the creek hole doesn't freeze over. |
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north west arkansas | A real popular mix around here was 1/3corn 1/3 salt 1/3 either soybean meal or cottonseed meal. This was before ddg got popular but I would think that around a 1/3 salt would limit them. |
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NE kansas | I started mine with 50lbs salt and a hundred lbs ddg, I was worried about over consumption at first which is why I started with a lot of salt. Now Im shooting for three pounds of ddgs per head per day and my current mix is 32 lbs salt and 100lbs ddgs. Next week I will start adding the mineral to it as they have stop going to it. I started making it by hand in the plastic protein tubs and only putting out one days worth so I could really tell what they were consuming, now I make 4 or 5 hundred pounds in an old 100 gal stock tank. |
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New Mexico | http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/_data/assets/pdf_file/0006/94146/making-y...
you may have to google up "making your own protein blocks for cattle ."
the key is setting up a molasses cooker. MO.
just just molasses, and ddgs or wdgs, perhaps add some mineral.
btw, there's 454 grams in a pound. a kilo is 2.2 pounds.
the cement and urea mentioned in the link is not needed nor usefull. MO
Edited by Markwright 2/18/2014 20:50
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Northeast Iowa | Thanks Guys! |
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Does anybody make DDG/Salt/Mineral homemade protein tubs?
