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Curly/Wavy/Fluffy Hair - Am I missing something?
I noticed Nyx's coat started looking a bit wavy on/about 14 August. Their last copper bolus was on 7 August, I gave them one capsule each of the Ultra Cruz. Prior to that, they had one on 12 April. It had been about 4 months and her sister's coloring was a bit faded, Nyx was starting to fade. No other symptoms to cause the bolus.
Not much has changed, western PA is going through a hot and humid summer. I was out of town for the first time for 2 nights 11-13 August, but my Mother stayed and took care of them and they are familiar with her, so don't think they were too stressed. We did get new hay, it was from same farmer that we always get from and it was from same 2nd cut stack, since he did not have any 2nd cut yet from this year. They love the hay, I think he said it was a grass mix. Girls LOVE it. They also get leaves and other forage on our daily walks and have access to a nearly 1 acre pasture. And free choice Manna Pro minerals.
They are both eating well, playing, going for daily walks, eyes look good - nothing out of ordinary except for coat. I did look on the other year's goat log and saw she started getting her winter coat around September. Right now she looks like she was freshly bathed. I brush them a couple times a day, we all enjoy it, so why not! Not a lot of hair is coming out of her right now.
I was reading up and thought, let's try a couple things. I have one of the horse hydrater (I have a well water with a softner and don't see any typical signs of hard water, but hey, could be an issue) so I've been using that on their water. They don't seem to be sucking it down any more/faster than before. But I can keep using it.
I also gave them 1 50 mg (I believe it was mg, I got a human zinc pill and one is the recommended dosage from here) of zinc.
The first picture of the two in the woods was taken 14 August. Nyx is the one on the right, with the dot on her side, looking to the right. Her coat looks summer fine.
The other couple were from 20 August. Again, she's the one with the more brown on her neck and the dot. I included one of her sister to show the big difference between the two of them.
Am I missing something? I do have the replemin, I think, if you think it could be a selenium issue? Again, no other issues except for the coat, but don't want to wait if I should be doing something else!
So
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Not much has changed, western PA is going through a hot and humid summer. I was out of town for the first time for 2 nights 11-13 August, but my Mother stayed and took care of them and they are familiar with her, so don't think they were too stressed. We did get new hay, it was from same farmer that we always get from and it was from same 2nd cut stack, since he did not have any 2nd cut yet from this year. They love the hay, I think he said it was a grass mix. Girls LOVE it. They also get leaves and other forage on our daily walks and have access to a nearly 1 acre pasture. And free choice Manna Pro minerals.
They are both eating well, playing, going for daily walks, eyes look good - nothing out of ordinary except for coat. I did look on the other year's goat log and saw she started getting her winter coat around September. Right now she looks like she was freshly bathed. I brush them a couple times a day, we all enjoy it, so why not! Not a lot of hair is coming out of her right now.
I was reading up and thought, let's try a couple things. I have one of the horse hydrater (I have a well water with a softner and don't see any typical signs of hard water, but hey, could be an issue) so I've been using that on their water. They don't seem to be sucking it down any more/faster than before. But I can keep using it.
I also gave them 1 50 mg (I believe it was mg, I got a human zinc pill and one is the recommended dosage from here) of zinc.
The first picture of the two in the woods was taken 14 August. Nyx is the one on the right, with the dot on her side, looking to the right. Her coat looks summer fine.
The other couple were from 20 August. Again, she's the one with the more brown on her neck and the dot. I included one of her sister to show the big difference between the two of them.
Am I missing something? I do have the replemin, I think, if you think it could be a selenium issue? Again, no other issues except for the coat, but don't want to wait if I should be doing something else!
So
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Look by the white bucket and you'll see the monster! I went to go out and saw him walking the fence line behind the chicks! I yelled, he ran away and thankfully haven't seen him again. It seems like he comes by once a year, last time it was in the am and only saw on the doorbell camera. Very scary! Next day the one chicken got grabbed by a hawk but somehow escaped - she's a VERY lucky girl!
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