I have a 5 year old pregnant doe (Ella) due in two weeks and two pregnant yearlings that are all loosing hair by the handful and Ella has giant flakes of skin on her udder. All have excessive dandruf and seem itchy. It looks like zinc deficiency and I know our well water is high in iron so maybe thats why. Ella, who is mostly black, has lots of red in her coat which looks like copper issues but no fishtail and the hair she's lost is mostly on her face and ears. I copper bolused a month ago when I noticed the red in her coat but it's gotten worse since then. I've seen some people recommending TrueCare minerals but those are not available anywhere I can find and ZinPro which is so incredibly expensive it seems like there has to be a better solution for just three does. Any suggestions? The vet doesn't know anything about goats so no help there.
I feed good grass hay free choice
purina goat minerals free choice which they are devouring
Ella gets a little grain and alfalfa pellets since she's nearly due
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Would you mind sending a pic of the balding areas on the back of the legs and the skin shedding on the udder? I'm just curious what that looks like.
Also- I'm going to do a little checking to see if I can find out what folks who sell cafeteria style minerals are using for zinc. If I can locate a source with appropriate zinc, you may be able to just offer the zinc free choice.
Tammy
https://thriftyhomesteader.com/external-parasites-in-goats/
https://thriftyhomesteader.com/copper-deficiency-and-toxicity-in-go...
https://thriftyhomesteader.com/zinc-for-goats/
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