Still learning...while trying to control this addiction!!

[Latestarter]

They look great! Happy goats; happy goat momma!

 

[Sandy christen]

What is boss. Sorry I'm new still

 

[Southern by choice]

BOSS is Black oil sunflower seeds.
Maybe a nice treat but in wethers not a good idea to give daily as the Calcium Phosphorus ratio is way off. Too much phosphorus can cause stones / Urinary Calculi.

You want a minimum of 2 to 1 Ca - Ph up to 4-1

 

[Sandy christen]

Thank you

 

[Green Acres Farm]

If you want the AC to work, take away that baking soda! It will make the AC ineffective.

If the bag says it medicated it will be for cocci.

I know this is an older post, but I have been wondering about that, too! It makes sense- the amonium chloride's job is to make the urine acidic, the baking soda- the rumen alkaline. Why feed both together? It didn't make sense to me. I have asked my vet and another breeder, and they both said to feed the baking soda, too!

I'm glad someone else thinks this, too!

I'm not (that) crazy after all.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Here is my theory on baking soda and urinary calculi- please correct any misinformation:

The point of ammonium chloride is to make the buck's/wether's urine acidic so certain minerals liquify, right?

Well everybody has baking soda out for their goats because they want to prevent bloat, laminitis etc, I know. But, couldn't doing that cause the buck's urine to allow certain minerals to harden, therefore increasing chances for uc?

And everybody blaims grain or alfalfa for urinary calculi, when really it is the improper calcium/ phosphorus ratio!