Sheep minerals

Michelle from The Collie Farm did a very interesting post on sheep mineral supplements. I also always assumed that there was some sort of an industry standard for those things but it sure doesn't look like that from the table Michelle did to compare 5 different supplements.

We've been using Dumor Sheep Mineral (W) from TSC. It looks pretty good comparing to some supplements from Michelle's table:

Calcium - 10 - 12%; Phosphorous - 6% min; Salt - 16-19%; Sodium - 7.1-8.5%; Magnesium - 0.75% min; Potassium - 1%; Iodine - 100ppm; Selenium - 20-21 ppm; Zinc - 1200ppm; Vitamin A - 40,000 IU/lb min; Vitamin D-3 - 15,000 IU/lb min; Vitamin E - 100 IU/lb min.

Ingredients: Monocalcium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, distillers dried grains with solubles, salt, calcium carbonate, cane molasses, magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, mineral oil, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, ferric oxide, vitamin E supplement, anise flavor, fenugreek flavor, vitamin A supplement, ethylenediamine dihydroide, Vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt carbonate, sodium molybdate, calcium iodate, ferrous carbonate, sodium selenite.

50# bag is $19.99