Minerals: Keeping Sheep & Goats Together

[@homesteadingpastor]

Thanks for showing this mineral feeder & the modification tips, we just got ours and gonna put it out for the sheep & goats tomorrow Lord willing.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Anytime! Let us know how it goes. 🙂 🙏🏻

[@johnstjean1422]

Pretty cool thanks for sharing

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you Johnstjean!

[@cyndidame1721]

lol...I liked the dramatic ending. 😆

[@RenewedHomestead]

😂

[@justtom1820]

That is an amazing idea! I guess I missed Greg Judy's video about that. I've been wondering how you would handle the copper situation. Brilliant!

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thanks Justtom! We were grateful to him for turning us on to it!

[@backtonature433]

Flerd would be grateful for that box😁😁😁

[@RenewedHomestead]

🙂🙂 I can't wait to get the herd part of that! lol

[@backtonature433]

@@RenewedHomestead 😁😁😁

[@jaymerrick8257]

We are in England UK and would love to know the mineral list for these feeders so we can buy them over here. We have sheep and goats only on our land. Thank you in advance x PS love the vidro thanks for sharing x

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Jay! Here is the site that lists the minerals and the company we use. www.freechoiceminerals.com/20-Choice-Mineral I hope it helps, they also have an 8 choice mineral list but I am not familiar with it since we don’t use it. www.freechoiceminerals.com/8-Choice-Mineral Hope this helps. Thanks so much. ☺️

[@peoriafan1]

Great video y’all!Keep up the great videos

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you Johnny!

[@Dreamydazefarm]

Great episode guys definitely love the mineral sled 🛷 we use copper pills 💊 but man this definitely tackles all the different minerals a lot easyer than what we have bin doing we have our goats and sheep together also but we are letting the goats out giving the sheep what they need constantly separating to give them the right minerals I love this idea 💡

[@RenewedHomestead]

Thank you Dreamy Daze, this is so much easier. Lol I have never heard of the copper pills, that sounds a little easier. Separating them must be a pain!

[@lonegunmanx1824]

We have one of those too! Cows and goats, no sheep. It is amazing how certain minerals are consumed. Versus others. We added goat kid protection propping up the lid. Per Greg’s recommendation. It is heavy for sure

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi LoneGunMan X, it was a horrible way to learn, but I am glad we are all able to learn from it. It definitely shows what they are lacking.

[@blazeface591]

Thing is huge!!!! Over kill

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Blaze Face, thanks for the comment. We use it for the cows as well. Definitely not overkill. They get what they need and leave the rest. 🙂

[@crystalaber1836]

So, the animals only take what they need? I guess I still don’t understand how the sheep don’t take too much cooler. Thank you

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Crystal, animals are far smarter then we given them credit for. They only take what they need and leave the rest. That is why we can give them free choice and keep sheep and goats together. If you watch livestock with free choice minerals like we have, you will notice they grab specific minerals. We go through a decent amount of selenium and magnesium but not a lot of copper. The goats eat way more copper then the sheep do which makes sense as they need more. Animals will only take what they need. Does that make sense?

[@Specogecko]

I’d be worried about over and under consumption doing this

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Josh, they only take what they need. It has been working really well. Thanks for the comment and the concern. 🙂

[@oscarcaballero9014]

We're can I buy one of these

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Oscar, Free Choice Minerals. www.freechoiceminerals.com

[@richardbruton5980]

Is this working for yall?

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Richard, it is working really well. We haven’t had any issues. Thanks.

[@blazeface591]

This is so over kill and way more work than needed

[@RenewedHomestead]

Hi Blaze Face it really isn’t. We use it for our cows as well and everyone just takes what they need. This way we can keep the sheep and goats together and we have 0 worries about copper toxicity in the sheep.

[@dwighthires3163]

Too,too complicated for such a little mind as mine.

[@RenewedHomestead]

Nah, I don’t buy that for a second. Lol