copper/iron

steff bugielski · #1 04/28/08, 05:51 AM

I keep hearing that to much iron is no good. I have sweetlix minerals out, meatmaker. That is a red mineral but the only one I can find with the high amount of copper. Label says 1750ppm and iron is 1.75%
Is that a good ratio?

ALLRKIDS · #2 04/28/08, 06:05 AM

That's what we are using too. Is that iron bad for them?

thatcompchick · #3 04/28/08, 06:14 AM

Too much iron can suppress copper absorption. As can zinc. Most mineral mixes for goats are balanced. What the problem ends up being - is those of us with too much zinc or iron in the water supply! Easiest to have your water or forage tested...

Andrea
www.arare-breed.net
www.faintinggoat.net

dbarjacres · #4 04/28/08, 11:23 AM

That's what my problem is too. Our water is extremely high in iron. 3 filters on our drinking system! So I tried the Sweet Lix Meat Maker - special ordered it from the mill. Have used 3 bags this year so far, and the girls don't seem to like it much, waste a bunch of it and the "red" of it hints at iron. I'm just about to run out, so gonna go back to the mill mix I was using, goat specific, and a gray mineral (with minimal salt in it) and see if they like eating that better. It had 1400ppm copper, so at least it's still somewhat high.