What do you feed? What supplements do you give?
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This is the one that seems to have the biggest problem. She is the largest of my three and the biggest boned and bodied.
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She is lovely! If you can get show feed that would be great, you can actually talk to the feed dealer or rep to determine which one to use. I want to say Fat & Sassy is a Show Rite feed maybe? If so I know that one is popular with Boer goat breeders who show. We are switching our young goats over to High Noon feed, otherwise I was going to look into ADM or see what Kalmbach has as I can get High Noon and Kalmbach delivered locally, not sure about ADM feeds. I don't know what state/area you are in but there is a really good show feed up in Indiana called Purple Vision and that is what a lot of the National type top breeders use. Meiss Feed I believe is out of Missouri and also very popular. So those are some you can check and you can usually go to their websites and look for local dealers.
Those feeds are generally well rounded so you shouldn't have to do a lot extra, but Beet Pulp is always useful because when fed dry it swells in the bell to help fill them out. But if they still need some condition on them regardless of what you feed look into Amplify - it's a horse high fat supplement very similar to Power Fuel, but you get more Amplify for your $$. A little bit goes a long way, and it's great for adding condition and some coat shine.
Something else that can be good to add if wanting shiny coat or in some cases it just helps with the coat overall is adding a little bit of oil. Corn oil or Rice Bran Oil can add condition as well as shiny coat. Otherwise Healthy Goat Coat oil is great stuff. We've used all over the years, but prefer Healthy Goat Coat and McCauley's brand Rice Bran Oil.
So there are options
Those feeds are generally well rounded so you shouldn't have to do a lot extra, but Beet Pulp is always useful because when fed dry it swells in the bell to help fill them out. But if they still need some condition on them regardless of what you feed look into Amplify - it's a horse high fat supplement very similar to Power Fuel, but you get more Amplify for your $$. A little bit goes a long way, and it's great for adding condition and some coat shine.
Something else that can be good to add if wanting shiny coat or in some cases it just helps with the coat overall is adding a little bit of oil. Corn oil or Rice Bran Oil can add condition as well as shiny coat. Otherwise Healthy Goat Coat oil is great stuff. We've used all over the years, but prefer Healthy Goat Coat and McCauley's brand Rice Bran Oil.
So there are options
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