Goat dry skin?

I have a little 3 mo old doe that has what appears to be dandruff, she is black and it is easy to see the flakes in her coat.  She has access to loose minerals and has access to weedy alfalfa with 1/2 cup oats in the morning and evening, their bedding is straw on earth -- just in case that matters.  Any ideas on how to fix it?

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  • Ok :D great thank you for the advice:D

     

  • DE is very drying, so I would hold of on using it externally on her until you have the skin condition under control.

    Sunflower seeds are very similar to grain, which means goats will eat them until they make themselves sick, so yes, you need to ration them. I give milkers 1/4 to 1/2 cup a day, so I'd probably just add a couple tablespoons to a kid's grain ration.

  • Thank you:D  I did just buy black sunflower seeds today and the stuff to make those 4" pipe mineral feeders (can I just let them freely eat them out of the feeder or mix into goat chow to ration?  I was going to lay out some diotamacious earth and dolomite in their goat house before laying down more fresh straw -- do you think either of those would irritate her skin even more?


  • Could be a zinc deficiency. You could try rubbing her skin with sunflower oil and/or feeding her sunflower seeds, which both have some zinc in them. The sunflower oil would also help her skin immediately by putting some moisture back into it.

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