It’s worth reading up on your goats!  That way we were able to spot a copper deficiency in our Nigerian Dwarf goats early on and know what to do.  We thought goats would be easy… turns out they are sort of tricky!  Minerals are very important and a copper deficiency can be a common problem with goats and as it turns out a bit more common in the Maritimes.  Make sure you learn about this copper bolus and about copper deficiency so that you can use this copper bolus properly and only if you need to.  Deborah Niemann.  Read her blog, take her courses and read her books.  Her Copper Deficiency course by The Thrifty Homesteader has been invaluable to us … and our goats!