I really liked the Sweetlix Meat Maker mineral, but I have no experience with the dairy version. All I can suggest is to compare the two and see what differences there are between them and then post any questions you have.

 

I've never seen a dairy specific sweetlix mineral? I use the meat maker and cargill right now onyx for my nigerians, year round, they do great on both.

 

From what my feed guy says the dairy version is balanced to be fed with alfalfa. he says if I am feeding alfalfa to my girls to use the dairy mix, if not to use the meat mix.

 

I just looked it up on the sweetlix site and it backs up what my feed guy said. The magnum milk is designed to be fed with a diet of alfalfa and the meatmaker is designed to be fed to those on a forage/pasture diet.

 

Well uh oh.... I feed alfalfa while its wet and nasty and will stop once weather is nice and sunny.... so maybe Dairy to start and then meat maker in June?

ThX guys that was helpful!

 

If you give alfalfa hay or pellets, you would want to go with the Magnum Milk. No alfalfa, meat maker, Meatmaker is good even if you give alfalfa.

 

If you give alfalfa hay or pellets, you would want to go with the Magnum Milk. No alfalfa, meat maker, Meatmaker is good even if you give alfalfa.

I guess it wouldnt hurt they have had crappy minerals for months now....and I cant wait to stop buying them hay (we buy alfalfa cause its their favorite) and I am under alot of pressure to fence them into the back 1/4 acre pen, which is dead grass and weeds and willow that need to leaf back out....

 

I guess it wouldnt hurt they have had crappy minerals for months now....and I cant wait to stop buying them hay (we buy alfalfa cause its their favorite) and I am under alot of pressure to fence them into the back 1/4 acre pen, which is dead grass and weeds and willow that need to leaf back out....

So you aren't going to get the Sweetlix?

 

So you aren't going to get the Sweetlix?

Yes I am getting Sweetlix, was trying to decide which version-- I will get the meatmaker version to err on the side of caution...( I dont have meat goats though they may be pregnant-- have been running with a buckling since November) and have not had the best feed in this weather....

 

I would definitely get the Meatmaker. Why chance throwing off your ratio. It is ok for the calcium to be a little higher than 2.

 

I would definitely get the Meatmaker. Why chance throwing off your ratio. It is ok for the calcium to be a little higher than 2.

Ok thanks! Will do...

 

Ok thanks! Will do...

If you can't get the Sweetlix, see if your feed store can get you a bag of Cargill Right Now Onyx. I started giving it to my herd a few months ago, my herds overall health has improved, and each goat INHALES it AT LEAST five times a day. I think it would be a better option to get the right now onyx than the SweetLix.

 

Yes; as I recall the only difference is the calcium ratio, so I would err on the side of caution and get the MeatMaker. My goats get grass and browse during the summer so I buy the MeatMaker, which I'm still giving even though they're currently on alfalfa.