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Sweetlix meatmaker minerals vs the dairy goat version?

6.8K views 13 replies 7 participants last post by  Wild Hearts Ranch  
#1 ·
Does anyone have a reccommendation, almost out of the terrible Purina minerals and looking to switch up---

Heard good things about Sweetlix- but feedstore carries the meatmaker and the dairy goat version-- pros and cons?
They also have a Selenium cattle block out that they ignore (they like standing on it)...

goats are 2 mini toggs, 3 oberhaslis, one of whom is milked daily, and one Nigie Buckling (born 9/11/13)-- the 4 does may be bred by him, I dont know how to tell....

Also ran out of feed went local instead of my regular feedstore(its on my commute and cheaper), ended up with a bag of Bar Ale show goat ( I was looking for 16% protein and unmedicated, its what they had that wasnt Purina)...looks pretty sticky and sweet though...
 
#8 ·
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....
 
#9 ·
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?
 
#10 ·
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....
 
#13 ·
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.