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  • Kare August 16, 2011 at 11:27pm
    You can have it tested, but if you don't notice the sulfur smell, it is probably ok.  Also, if you know what to watch out for in mineral deficiency, you can just keep an eye on them.  To be sure, take a water sample in for testing. =)
  • Jennifer Shaull August 16, 2011 at 7:12pm
    That is horrible! Ours doesn't have a sulfer smell, but it is well water. I'm not sure what to do now.
  • Kare August 16, 2011 at 6:11pm
    We have well water and we all drink it, but in the last year or so it has developed a sulfur smell when you first turn the water on - in some sinks, but not every one of them.  I never had a problem with my first herd, but this herd had severe mineral deficiencies.  I don't know if they were deficient when I got them in the end of January, but by May it was very serious... and they had minerals the whole time.  I switched to a higher mineral and started giving them my neighbors water and they are fine, but it took weeks to recover.  I'm hoping a peroxide well treatment will kill the sulfur bacteria.  The rest of us are still drinking it...
  • Jennifer Shaull August 12, 2011 at 10:46pm
    Thank you!
  • Gullringstorpgoatgal August 12, 2011 at 9:46am

    Hej from Sweden,

     

    We have great well water and every one here drinks it, us, cats, dog, iguana, chickens and our goats. We have had no problem and are happy that we have a well to get our water from. 

     

    KSweden

  • Jennifer Shaull August 12, 2011 at 4:34am
    Thank you!
  • Jan August 11, 2011 at 7:55pm
    We have a wonderful well here in Maine and everyone, goats included, drink that water.
  • Jennifer Shaull August 11, 2011 at 5:13pm
    Thank you so much, that is very helpful information.
  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle August 11, 2011 at 4:28pm
    It depends on what is in your well water. If you drink it, and it doesn't hurt you, then it probably won't hurt your goats. When I lived in Connecticut, well water was the best water you could find! In Illinois it can vary when you drive a mile down the road in any direction. Our well is very high in sulfur, which binds with copper and creates a copper deficiency problem in our goats. But sulfur makes water stink like a dirty dish rag, so we don't drink it. High iron can also cause problems, but I don't remember which one. If you have high iron and no water softener, all of your sinks would be orange under the faucet.
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