â¢ Mow your lawn so that the grass sits above the soil line. Ideally, it should stand at an inch to an inch and a half. This will allow your grass seed to get adequate sunlight and connect with the soil. â¢ Next, use a thatch rake or power rake to remove any thatch that you find, a process called dethatching.
1 Ornamental fescue varieties for lawns often contain endophytes which can cause health problems, including fatal toxicity, in livestock. Always use fescue varieties intended for livestock.  Goats should not be grazed extensively on pure stands of clover, due to the risk of bloating from the richness of the forage.
In secondary copper deficiency, the goats are consuming plenty of copper, but antagonists in the diet, such as high molybdenum, sulfur, or iron, interfere with the goatâs ability to absorb and use the copper. For example, alfalfa can have levels of molybdenum that are so high as to induce copper deficiency in goats.