Hooray, it’s monthly giveaway time! Keep reading to learn how to win a full mineral buffet starter kit.
I am passionate about this mineral option and think it is such a great way to handle mineral balance – by getting out of the way and letting the animals figure it out. My wish is that every small herd interested in getting started will be able to, so I’m hoping to do a giveaway every month. Continue reading “GIVEAWAY: Mineral Buffet Starter Kit”
A secret icon will be placed on one of the product pages in the shop. Find the icon for your chance to win that product FREE with your next order.
Be one of the first three to email hello@littleavalonfarm.com with the name or URL of the item where the icon is located and you will receive a coupon good for that item, free with your next order.
I’ll even give you a little hint to make life easier. It’s not in stationery, so you don’t have to search through all the cards. You’re welcome 😉.
The secret icon is shown below. Now, head to the shop and good luck!
As some of you who have followed me for awhile know, I’ve really struggled with the concept of selling animals vs. not selling animals over the last couple of years. For those who don’t know, here are the two posts where I initially announced I would no longer sell animals and then backtracked that spring to say I was wrong and had regained my senses😅: Continue reading “Ever Refining the Path”
Legs folded over at birth? Give it selenium! Actually, DON’T. This is one of the most pervasive Internet goat care myths to ever exist and it is my sworn duty to try to educate, so let’s talk about selenium deficiency, contracted tendons and slow unfolding at birth.
First, let’s start with true selenium deficiency, officially known as White Muscle Disease. According to Merck, “Most kids affected by white muscle disease have been in good condition and are 2–3 months old (range, 1 week to 4 months).” As in, if you had a newborn present with selenium deficiency, that would be an exceedingly rare case, because typical presentation is much older and the earliest average presentation is 1 week old. Continue reading “Selenium Deficiency or Contracted Tendons?”
As goat owners become more aware of the power of using essential oils in therapeutic practice for their goats, one of the common questions I hear is, “Is oregano essential oil safe for my pregnant goat?” I won’t give you a direct answer, but instead will provide you with the sources and research available to help you make your own decision.
So much of what we’re taught in articles and other resources is based on opinion and conjecture. If we look at the actual facts, the studies themselves, and the finer details, we can be better informed to draw the conclusions that make sense in our own lives. It’s a good policy to never trust anything on the Internet–including this blog!–without trying to verify from other sources, especially your own experiential knowledge, so let’s look at this source as part of our essential oil education. Continue reading “Oregano Essential Oil for Pregnant Goats”
I used to do all the tricks you hear about to force my goats to do what I wanted. Coming from a cattle background, the entire process of “working cows” is nothing but trauma for the animal and it took a while to learn a different way.
Now, I cringe when I read people advising hobbling, tying, or other force measures to milk a goat. I did those things too, until I learned how to do it differently in a way that requires no head gates, no locking or forcing (energetically it’s not much different than rape, is it?), just free will.
Instead of looking at it as a battle of wills, I began to approach it as a business transaction where I am a paying customer, exchanging my really yummy grain for their really yummy milk. The pay is equal to the milk – as long as I’m milking, I’m paying in grain. I don’t limit what they consume and I don’t fret if they’re ‘eating too much,’ because the universe has abundance for us all and my income has a habit of increasing to fill the need to ensure we have all our needs met. A spiritual tangent I’m happy to go down one day. 😁 Continue reading “Non Coercive Milking: A Force Free, Peaceful Milking Process”