Here are some websites, books and magazines that i use when in need of some help. Feel free to add anything you use for reference purposes or any new ones that you may run across during the course of the class. They are in no particular order and in no way am i endorsing any of them. I just find them useful all around homesteading helpers www.homestead.org - good site, lots of info and pretty decent forums www.motherearthnews.com. some articles, archived articles,etc www.backwoodshome.com- some magazine articles, online forums and chat www.countrysidemag.com -only some articles from magazine are available on line www.ecofriendly.com - this site gives different ideas on raising animals in an eco friendly way www.homesteadingtoday.com , pretty decent sight on homesteading in general , several forums to choose from www.sugarmountainhome.com -this is a family run site, with neat things on all sorts of homesteading thing Back to Basics- this is a readers digest book, has been very useful in homesteading, covers gardens, layouts of homestead, raising animals etc,,, they reprint this every few years and update it. Barnyard in your backyard is a good all round beginners publication on raising a variety of animals mrssurvival.com is a site for survivalists/ homesteaders etc. is a very laid back forum and chat site that although its about survival it isnot too wingnutty and is a pretty sweet place survivalist discussion boards is another forum/ message/ chat site. This place has most anything from camping / hunting , gardening, farming, off grid living , politics, economy, food hoarding etc.. It does have bunches on guns and ammo etc as well . From what i have seen the only non topic there is abortion rights . They have alot of references and user made videos on site as well .
Goat references http://fiascofarm.com is a good sight for holistic/ herbal healing of critters on a homestead. They also have an excellent section on goat husbandry/care which includes a very good detailed section on malpresentations at birth. http://www.motesclearcreekfarms.com/asp/articles/Homemade-Cures-Recipes.asp#Bottle-Baby this site has several homemade recipes for from formula to pet friendly rat poison. http://home.comcast.net/~edelweissacres this site has a nice little section on using goats as pack animals.