handling & feeding cake

[Faster horses]

We learned that our last nutrition meeting--a little urea in the right amount can help. A little goes a long ways.
This is a good informative thread.

LCP thanks for the explanation on Roughage Buster/biuret. No one around here uses it so it isn't something I know
anything about, just heard some about it. I didn't understand the 1/4 oz thing. What keeps them from overeating
it?

 

[loomixguy]

K State did some work showing that a small amount of urea is beneficial for gains on grazing yearlings.

All urea is NPN, but not all NPN is urea.

 

[LCP]

FH - It is mixed in with the free-choice mineral. If they are eating 3 oz/day of the regular mineral w/o biuret or urea, I guess they should get 5 oz or so with it in there. The mineral I used a few years ago was a specific blend for use on grazing cornstalks. Extra vitamin A or something. It wasn't Roughage Buster though, it was a blend from my nutritionist. Not sure why I went away from it to be honest. RIght now I'm using some winter-formulated mineral from him with a little urea in it. Overconsumption is not a problem if the mineral is mixed right and a person pays attention to intake. I make sure they never see the bottom of the feeder and keep track of how many bags and how often I'm putting them in. A benefit of having it custom mixed is that if I have problems with consumption it can be remedied on the next load.

 

[Faster horses]

"I make sure they never see the bottom of the feeder".

Glad you made that statement as that is key to consumption. When they run out, they start over and will overeat mineral in
some instances. Good point.