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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Blue lick
« on: October 11, 2013, 09:26:02 am »
Well, the lick isn't blue but its the one in the blue tub. I think its high mag?
There is still half a tub in the field. Will it be ok for next year if I put the lid back on and store it?
Should they be on green now?
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Blue lick
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2013, 11:59:29 am »
You'll have to give us the make too, Sally - the different manufacturers use different colours.

For instance Crystlyx blue and green are for cattle only!
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Blue lick
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2013, 12:18:11 pm »
Sorry, its SUPAlyx
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
  • South Wales
Re: Blue lick
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2013, 12:26:47 pm »
Yes they don't need the blue (mag) now.


If they need anything, then it'll be orange (general sheep minerals) or red (hi energy + fish oils) or green (hi energy) :).  When I had only a few I tended just to use the orange all year around, I've never bothered with a blue as I never use artificial fertiliser.


Mine have a red at the moment as the tups are in.

Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
  • South Wales
Re: Blue lick
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2013, 12:29:25 pm »
And you'd need to read the use-by date on your blue tub ... the mineral content goes off after a while. The shelf life of supalyx tubs is 12 months.

zarzar

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • kent
  • Z.Glenfield :)
Re: Blue lick
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2013, 08:41:35 pm »
i tend to swap ours once finished although doents last long with 25
1 cat,2 thoroughbred horses,1 dog, handfull of bird various types and hoping to get sheep again

 

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