Goats and sheep

[Rob30]

For those of you that have goats with sheep. What do you give for minerals? I think my does are short on copper. Some are showing signs. The most important being not concieving. Some of the does have cycled at least three times. I know my buck does his job, and I have a back up buck I will be letting out next month incase there is a problem ith the buck.

[Goatsandsheep]

I have not done this but was told to give red cell to make up the copper the goats need. It's for horses and cattle I believe and you drench the goats with it.

[ozark_jewels]

I'd say they are copper deficient if your feeding a sheep mineral. I really don't know how you would be sure your goats get their copper unless maybe you can separate the goats and sheep at night?? That or maybe start bolusing......

[homebirtha]

You could bolus them for copper. We've considered adding sheep here, but the mineral issue holds me back. Could you divide your pasture and rotate them through separately? I think that's what we will do if we add sheep to the mix.

[MommaSasquatch]

I give copper sulfate once a week. If they are milking they can get it on the stand. Right now I have a bucket outside the fence that the goats can get to but the sheep can't and the sheep get their copper there sprinkled on top of their alfalfa pellets (which I also don't want the sheep to have).