Anyone in the humid south have suggestions..

[MillsFarmFamily]

for leaving goat minerals and baking soda out as free choice. Whenever I try to leave it out, it just ends up in huge moist clumps. It gets really old feeding new every day.

[floramum]

For Cattle [in Sw Fla] Minerals Are Put Out In Sheds That Are Open On The Sides And Have A Roof. They Are Portable, Like A Sled.

Are You Putting Yours Out In The Open?

And That's All I Know About That.

Mum

[jill.costello]

I went to visit another HTer's dairy herd last year. She had WONDERFUL baking soda and loose mineral feeders- REALLY inexpensive to build and super neat!!

this is how I think they were made: by taking a 3-foot long piece of PVC pipe (about 4 inches in diameter), and putting an 'elbow' on the bottom. Cap the elbow. Then cut a hole the size of a goatie mouth on the top of the arm of the elbow, so that the little elbow is like a dipper or soup ladle. Then, just fill your minerals from the top and cap the top! Goaties nibble minerals, the level goes down inside the tube automatically! If the opening on the elbow gets damp, just flick your finger and it's cleared and refilled automatically when the fresh comes down the tube!

[trob1]

What brand are you using. If it has a high salt content there is no answer. I had to stop using purina due to that and started using Sweetlix meat maker and it stays dry as a bone.

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

Chirs has a photo of her feeders with instructions on the goatkeeping101 page of dairygoatinfo.com they are really nice! Vicki