NEW!
Study Suggests Goats' Milk Is
More Beneficial To Health Than Cows' Milk.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070730100229.htm
NEW!
Interactive map that tracks how
people are moving according to IRS records.
http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-counties-map.html
Scientific study of very small,
arid adapted dairy goats used by Bedoins.
http://jds.fass.org/cgi/reprint/63/10/1749.pdf
Another small,
inexpensive version automatic milking machine.
http://www.goatfinder.com/henry_milker.htm?gclid=CJDhyoKM2KICFQfxDAodxhgtww
Find out if a
site is down or you're just stuck in internet gridlock.
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
Chart showing
calcium content of Selected Forages (types of hay). This
information has bearing on prevention of hypocalcemia during
pregnancy and lactation.
http://carrotcafe.com/f/caforage.html
Manual milking
machine. For the first freshening goat or mini with teats
too small to milk or for other species when the mom must be
milked (alpacas, llamas, dogs, or any other....)
http://www.maggidans.com/milker.htm
Calculate the birthing date for sheep and
goats (based on 147 days)
http://www.pbsanimalhealth.com/tools/sheepgoatgestation.html
Gardening Links
- including a list of all county extension agents.
http://www.gardenweb.com/vl/#coop
Sustainable gardening connection
http://www.ibiblio.org/farming-connection/
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
- huge site with tons of comprehensive information.
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Resource
- another huge site of information for rural businesses.
http://attra.ncat.org/
Pictures of parasite eggs.
http://www.apacapacas.com/parasites/
List of all national awareness days, weeks and months for a year. Tie your marketing to causes that matter.
http://www.epromos.com/calendar/promotional-calendar.html
Heritability of traits in several species, information about how long it takes to change a trait by breeding alone.
http://kinne.net/heritcht.htm
Alpaca Color inheritance
http://www.alpacas.com/Resources/ColorCalcForm.aspx
Good general info about alpacas.
http://www.gatewayalpacas.com/alpacas/the-breed.htm
About Fiber Crafts, amazing site about using fiber
http://schmidling.com/fiber.htm
Mastitis in Dairy Goats
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DS120
Copper deficiency in Pygmy Goats
http://www.kinne.net/cu-def.htm
Genetic Evaluation of Dairy Goats for Yield and Type
http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/reference/goat/goatsfs.html
Drugs Commonly used in Goats—dosage and withdrawals
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/presentation/drugwithdrawtimeJan05.pdf
Drawing blood
http://www.boergoats.com/clean/articleads.php?art=64
Introduction to raising sheep
http://woolandfeathers.com/icelandic_sheep.html
Introduction to raising chickens
http://www.gatewaytovermont.com/thefarm/chickens.htm
Everything you need to know about Emus. This site is very comprehensive, produced by
Sugar Maple Farm, Joy Reavis, a great resource and great human being!
http://www.sugarmapleemu.com/Facts.cfm
A five year study on the effectiveness and problems of Livestock Guardian Dogs
http://www.case-agworld.com/cAw.LUgdogs.html
More about Livestock Guardians, thanks to Suzanne Core.
http://www.highspice.com/predator-control-3.php
http://www.highspice.com/zena.html
Everything you could want to know about raising elk
http://www.oeba.ca/pages/library/library.html
Cheese Making. Same folks as the fiber site above, they also have a section about cheese making, including recipes, and plans for a cheese press (or you can get one from them)
http://schmidling.com/cheese.htm
