Minerals

[CGFarm]

We've found over the past few years that there is a mineral deficieny cropping up around the US.

I wrote a page on the minerals and if you all would like to look at it please feel free to do so.

Blessed Be,
Denise

Minerals

Copper

[hoofinitnorth]

Thanks! Bookmarked for later reading. Do you mind my asking your experience/education/qualifications on this data?

[susanne]

i find you article very informative. where did you get all the info?

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

Denise, wonderful information. Are you allowling other forums use of this? Would make for some great discussions.

"16 Copper deficiency may play a major role in Floppy Kid Syndrome if the dams were copper-deficient, leaving the kids with only enough stored copper for a week to ten days after being born."
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This was just a topic of conversation we were just having, we totally agree in that those of us who have never seen Floppy Kid in our herd, even in free choice cold milk or free choice warm milk kids, are also those who have copper bolused or supplemented for many years (before it became invogue on the internet). Vicki

[BlueHeronFarm]

I had never heard about the staph on the nose and udders being copper related, but am kind of floored now. Our two does who used to break out in times of stress have not broken out since we started our bolusing program. VERY interesting and I'm not sure I would have put the two together.

[CGFarm]

A few years back we went through a HORRIBLE herd loss. Our course our vet knew nothing about this and helped as much as they could, but well ya know how the story goes. So i started digging for info. I found that we were indeed Copper deficient and the more i talked with people the more i found the problem was wide spread.
We found our way back from the deficieny but i still wasn't quite seeing what i wanted to see in the goats. So i started digging some more and asking questions of long time breeders that i knew. (Picking thier brains basically) I started reaching out to people and searching again.
A long time breeder then started talking to me about vit E and lo and behold i tried it. We purchased a yearling doe who had been bred and weighed 87lbs when i bought her. So we dried her off and let her "grow". I wasn't getting her where i wanted so again we searched for more answers. We gave this doe the Vit E and she weighed 87lbs. I weighed her again in one week. She had jumped to 115lbs. By week 2 she had jumped to 130lbs. Hmmm, i think she was a little low in Vit E.
A friend of mine actually sent me the links for this info (which i still have if anyone would like to read the orginals?).
Feel free to post this anywhere you would like. If it will help anyone not go through what we have, then i will feel very blessed.

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

Can you post a name and email so you can get credit on our site? Even to me on a PM would be fine. Thanks, Vicki

[DQ]

thanks for posting! wonderful and concise information that is sure to help me develop my managment abilities regarding minerals. I have much angst about their (my goats) mineral status and having some clearcut associations between mineral deficiencys and particular problems will either tell me what I need to do different or put my mind at ease. hopefully the latter!