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I'm interested in the comment that was made about "wire" like hair.... Is that a symptom of copper deficiency? I've been noticing that my goat's coats are getting dry and "crispy"; is that what was meant? I buy loose minerals in a 40 lb bag from my feed store that is simply stamped "goat mineral".... What is the proper amount of copper I should look for on the tag to make sure it's a good quality product for goats?

Thanks, Jill

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Doc - thanks for posting that site. Now I am thinking about bolusing my girls. I have a black doe that has the brown fading almost exactly the same as in one of their pictures. My girls have access to minerals but only for a limited time of the day - most of the day they are in with the sheep without copper in the minerals.
Dawn

I don't know what the proper amount is but my goat mineral has 300 ppm copper.

I've seen goat minerals labeled anything between 80 ppm and 1000 ppm.

Purina goat minerals is labeled at 1700 ppm min.

Here's a list of common brands and their mineral contents.

http://www.saanendoah.com/mineralanalysis.html#PGM