Problem with goat minerals

[ksalvagno]

Are you currently using 1st cutting hay? That may be your problem. When was the last time you copper bolused them or gave them a BoSe shot? If anything is binding the minerals making them ineffective, then they would crave them too.

I just switched my goats over to Manna Pro. My 3 boys went through an 8 pound bag in 2 weeks. Then they went through a second bag in 2 weeks. Now they are eating it at a much slower pace. I use second cut orchard grass hay. I also have kelp out free choice. I'm also copper bolusing and doing BoSe shots at least 3 times a year now.

Sweetlix makes Sweetlix Meatmaker 16:8 mineral. That is actually the one I am changing from. I have no complaints about it but I went to a small ruminant nutritional seminar and Dr Frances Fluharty at OSU said having a mineral with chelated minerals are the best. So that was why I switched.

With that much copper supplementation how are you mitigating the problem of them using the same absorption pathway as Selenium and Iron?

I'm not sure I know what you mean. I realize I may have some binding issues going on but what I have done over the past year has finally seemed to work and my goats are looking much better and dark eyelids and less parasites and generally looking healthier.