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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: earlybird on July 30, 2012, 08:49:18 am

Title: giving goats cobalt
Post by: earlybird on July 30, 2012, 08:49:18 am

i have been told by someone that used to keep goats a long time ago they used to give there goats extra cobalt in there diets to keep them in good condition, can someone recommend what drench or bolus they use please. thankyou

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: jaykay on July 30, 2012, 09:33:40 am

I use Cox Agri Formula B12 + Co as a drench, or I use Brinicombes goat mineral. One or the other, I think if you did both you'd overdo it. I also always have a Red Rockie available.

With the drench, you know they've had it - but you have to drench them  ::)

Mine have gone from not touching their food with the Brinicombes powder sprinkled on it, to eating it 'neat' :D It has a strong smell, so presumably taste, so seems to take some getting used to.

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: jinglejoys on July 30, 2012, 10:41:59 am

I'm very suspicious of Bolus's as once they are in you can't get them out I prefer something goats can help themselves to if they need it.Yellow Rockies used to be the higher colbalt ones but I believe they've changed it...very confusing!

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: plumseverywhere on July 30, 2012, 12:30:17 pm

There is a blue rockie now which is cobalt. I use AH's minerals with 4 times as much cobalt as caprivite.

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: wytsend on July 30, 2012, 01:36:02 pm

For information....cobalt is to be removed over a period of time from all animal feeds....EU directive as considered to be too expensive.   Brinicombes Balancer has taken this into account by adding additional Vit B12.
Feeding the Brinicombes Balancer is so much easier than using several different products.....Brinicombes contains the correct balance of all the various minerals, trace elements & vitamins.   Makes sense to use just the one product really.
 

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: earlybird on July 30, 2012, 09:33:14 pm

thanks everyone for replying

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: countrywoman on July 31, 2012, 11:58:23 am

I've been using Brinicombes since January and my goats needed a little gradual introduction but now love it.  They are in good condition and their milk is really sweet - when they first arrived it was not as nice as it now which I think might have been due to a mineral deficiency.  So simple to add the powder to their feed and, with the bucket licked clean, I know they've consumed it all!

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: earlybird on August 01, 2012, 09:47:20 am

i shall get some brinicombes and give them that, thanks everyone.

Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: wytsend on August 01, 2012, 11:17:01 am

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Title: Re: giving goats cobalt
Post by: earlybird on August 01, 2012, 06:27:16 pm

thanks for that wytsend i will do