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Ferguson K
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Another thing to think of, which I think has already been mentioned, is cobalt is essential for the body to metabolize b12. A defficiency, or an excess can cause the body to create a foul tasting milk. Often times when people say my goat's milk tastes terrible, do we stop and think about what minerals they may be lacking? What does terrible mean? Is it thick & Hearty like they're deficient in Cobalt? Or is it heavy and start like they're deficient in iron? Different deficiencies can cause a change of taste in the milk. And since goats have such a high Cobalt need, and nobody really ever paid attention to it, it goes unnoticed. It can also change the texture and color of the milk.
Okay maybe saying nobody really ever paid attention to it is a bit overboard. But it's something that's often overlooked. What are you feeding your goat is always the first question asked when somebody mentions they're having an issue with a thin or skinny goat. I think the role that minerals have should be something we all consider a little more heavily. The poultry nutrition side of me has me doing a lot more researching than I ever thought I would, and doing a lot more talking to a caprine nutritionist than I ever thought I would. She has opened my eyes to a lot of doors.
I am by no means well versed in this topic, but it is something that I plan on researching further. I need to find somewhere that might let me make my own mineral, or has different options free choice, like the ones bad to use because I need to be able to offer my goats what they need in my area. A generic bag that has the same minerals that every goat across the country get it's not exactly what my goats are looking for.
If changing Brands can make them go from hardly touching it to eating a 20 pound bag and just a matter of days, what can changing brands for me to? It's like when I introduced the block that was high in iron and cut it up into smaller easier to lick and chew clumps. We pretty much pulverized it. The goats eat the snot out of that stuff, and they turn their nose at the other. But they also love that protein bucket, and I've never really paid attention to the label aside from the fact that it's minerals. The protein and mineral bucket gets eaten really really quickly, and I don't know if it's the Molasses or what's inside of it. I need to look.
The goats that have been in my head for over a year all look fine and I'm doing great, it's mostly the new additions that we are having all the problems with. And they come from a bit further south than us and I wonder what they were walking down there but they were not aware of. In some cases most of their goats were affected, and and others none. They too had tried everything under the Sun including switching out workers was like they were a never-ending timepiece.
Don't get me wrong when I see it's getting up my first thought is always going to be is it for me? But my second thought will be what is it lacking.
Okay maybe saying nobody really ever paid attention to it is a bit overboard. But it's something that's often overlooked. What are you feeding your goat is always the first question asked when somebody mentions they're having an issue with a thin or skinny goat. I think the role that minerals have should be something we all consider a little more heavily. The poultry nutrition side of me has me doing a lot more researching than I ever thought I would, and doing a lot more talking to a caprine nutritionist than I ever thought I would. She has opened my eyes to a lot of doors.
I am by no means well versed in this topic, but it is something that I plan on researching further. I need to find somewhere that might let me make my own mineral, or has different options free choice, like the ones bad to use because I need to be able to offer my goats what they need in my area. A generic bag that has the same minerals that every goat across the country get it's not exactly what my goats are looking for.
If changing Brands can make them go from hardly touching it to eating a 20 pound bag and just a matter of days, what can changing brands for me to? It's like when I introduced the block that was high in iron and cut it up into smaller easier to lick and chew clumps. We pretty much pulverized it. The goats eat the snot out of that stuff, and they turn their nose at the other. But they also love that protein bucket, and I've never really paid attention to the label aside from the fact that it's minerals. The protein and mineral bucket gets eaten really really quickly, and I don't know if it's the Molasses or what's inside of it. I need to look.
The goats that have been in my head for over a year all look fine and I'm doing great, it's mostly the new additions that we are having all the problems with. And they come from a bit further south than us and I wonder what they were walking down there but they were not aware of. In some cases most of their goats were affected, and and others none. They too had tried everything under the Sun including switching out workers was like they were a never-ending timepiece.
Don't get me wrong when I see it's getting up my first thought is always going to be is it for me? But my second thought will be what is it lacking.
