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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: sokel on February 17, 2013, 08:01:25 pm

Title: Boer goats and salt licks
Post by: sokel on February 17, 2013, 08:01:25 pm

Has anyone with Boers noticed if their Boers dont use the salt licks ?
I spent yesterday stripping the sheds down and giving everything a good scrub, took from 9.30am untill 3pm non stop working  :o
everyone has the red rockies and I noticed yesterday the boers licks are vertualy untouched where as the ones in the dairy goats that went in at the same time are nearly half gone  :-\

Title: Re: Boer goats and salt licks
Post by: Anke on February 17, 2013, 09:07:30 pm

My GG's don't use theirs, but the BT's do.... no idea what that is about   ??? . Otherwise all the same food/water/hay & grass.
 
So there may be breed-specific differences ? 

Title: Re: Boer goats and salt licks
Post by: sokel on February 17, 2013, 09:17:42 pm

Yes everything else is exactly the same between the 2 breeds here aswell.
Now that you mention it our GG that we had years ago never used to touch her salt lick either  :-\

Title: Re: Boer goats and salt licks
Post by: Carl f k on February 17, 2013, 09:38:36 pm

Willow is half gg and togg she doesn't bother with her lick

Title: Re: Boer goats and salt licks
Post by: ScotsGirl on February 17, 2013, 09:41:01 pm

Funnily enough my boer crosses don't seem to bother with red lick. I keep finding it on the floor as they prefer to scratch giants it rather than lick it! Also didn't touch Scats sheep lick but went a bit mad for the Lifeline bucket which I bought for ewes.