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Old 09/25/09, 07:43 PM
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Flossie is clicking too! It must have something to do with my management. They have been off alfalfa pellets for most of the summer...maybe that is why? Not enough calcium? I finally got some yesterday and I'm slowly giving it to them. They get sooo much browse though...that is why I didn't think they needed it. This is the best I could do...Frankie is the black one....Flossie is the white one. They are twins that will be 2 in Jan.
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Old 09/26/09, 01:02 PM
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Well my ankles & my knee's click sometimes too!
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You can see it clearly in the black and white goat that he/Frankie is down in his front pasterns at last in those photos, the white goat seems fine. No it is not from feeding alfalfa pellets, its the perfect form of calcium/roughage/protein. Now I do think your state has problems with excess selenium? That totally could be causing you problems. Vicki
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Old 09/26/09, 08:05 PM
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Yes..from the maps I have looked there is no deficiency in Selenium. How do you counteract if there is too much selenium? They have been off alfalfa pellets all summer I may have screwed up there. But I have the pellets now. As you can tell from the photos...they are not skinny. They are probably considered very well conditioned (aka fat). That is why I have not been feeding anything but grass hay and a handful of Boss each. They free roam and the browse this year is extremely abundant. Thank you for your help
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