- Thread starter
- #11
Mini-M Ranch
Overrun with beasties
Yeah, that's why I would only use it in a pinch! YOWZA!
Free choice salt...
- Thread starter Mini-M Ranch
- Start date
helmstead
Goat Mistress
IMO The only thing baking soda is good for is treating floppy kid syndrome. I agree with others, leaving it out full time is useless, if not problematic.
I know of several people who leave out canning & pickling salt (no added iodine) alongside their loose minerals, and these people say their goats do eat both. In my situation, I need them to eat as much of the loose minerals as they will (copper and selenium deficient area) so I don't need to bolus so often...so I decided to stick with loose minerals only to keep that consumption up.
I know of several people who leave out canning & pickling salt (no added iodine) alongside their loose minerals, and these people say their goats do eat both. In my situation, I need them to eat as much of the loose minerals as they will (copper and selenium deficient area) so I don't need to bolus so often...so I decided to stick with loose minerals only to keep that consumption up.
lilhill
Loving the herd life
It was the rage years ago, but too many goats have over done the baking soda looking for the salty taste - it gives them acidosis, and they die.cmjust0 said:
Loose minerals will get a crusty layer on the top of them if left out. In my herd, the goats would refuse to touch that layer, and I would have to scoop it out and throw it away daily, which gets rather expensive in a herd of 200. Now, I put a pinch on each goats grain once daily, my mineral bill has been reduced, and in effect I am force feeding just a pinch a day to each goat.
