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Productive Animal Husbandry
4-6 October 2019 What animals to choose, why, and how to care for them. Get hands-on experience milking the house cow, handling sheep, killing chickens, caring for the animals and tour the property, looking an housing, fencing and pasture management. See how animals are an integrated part of a holistic system and how good management is regenerative to the land. Discuss the pros and cons of different breeds of cows, sheep, pigs, dogs and poultry. |
Animals covered include:
Cattle - beef and dairy.
Raising and fostering calves
Sheep for meat and wool
Pigs
Bees
Ducks
Quail
Chickens for eggs
Meat bird chickens
Guinea fowl and geese
Practical experience includes
Milking the house cow
Killing and plucking poultry
A demonstration from a professional home-kill butcher - killing a sheep
A analysis of internal organs and what to look for.
Sheep handling - catching, foot care, crutching
If possible a castration (of something) and de-horning demonstration.
Making and administering organic drenches
Pig handling, inserting nose rings.
Discussion and demonstration topics include:
Housing and man-made shelters
Yard design and loading races
Planting fodder trees and shelter trees
Mixed pastures and herbal leys
Low-input regenerative grazing
Breeding and mating.
Incubating
Water systems - storage, pipes, troughs and maintenance
And if my sow co-operates and all my timing is right- possibly a farrowing demonstration!!
Cattle - beef and dairy.
Raising and fostering calves
Sheep for meat and wool
Pigs
Bees
Ducks
Quail
Chickens for eggs
Meat bird chickens
Guinea fowl and geese
Practical experience includes
Milking the house cow
Killing and plucking poultry
A demonstration from a professional home-kill butcher - killing a sheep
A analysis of internal organs and what to look for.
Sheep handling - catching, foot care, crutching
If possible a castration (of something) and de-horning demonstration.
Making and administering organic drenches
Pig handling, inserting nose rings.
Discussion and demonstration topics include:
Housing and man-made shelters
Yard design and loading races
Planting fodder trees and shelter trees
Mixed pastures and herbal leys
Low-input regenerative grazing
Breeding and mating.
Incubating
Water systems - storage, pipes, troughs and maintenance
And if my sow co-operates and all my timing is right- possibly a farrowing demonstration!!
You will be sharing our home and lifestyle for the weekend, and expected to pitch in and have a go.
All food is home-grown, organic, country fare.
Cost $300pp - $500 per couple
Numbers limited registration essential - contact us
All food is home-grown, organic, country fare.
Cost $300pp - $500 per couple
Numbers limited registration essential - contact us
What people have said:
Thank you too for a wonderful weekend - we have been buzzing ever since:)
We really enjoyed the hands-on practical show-how and now feel really confident about having a go ourselves. It has been very informative, supportive and empowering learning. I am so glad to have overcome unsuccessful past experience and have the practical skills to go forward. We also really enjoyed your and Steve's company and hearing your experiences (and those of the other participants) - we had a fun weekend and learned heaps! Fabulous food and company - good mix of learning and leisure; comfortable accommodation - nearest thing to a holiday any lifestyle block owner could wish for!
Anne-Marie and Paul - who are returning to country living.
Thank you too for a wonderful weekend - we have been buzzing ever since:)
We really enjoyed the hands-on practical show-how and now feel really confident about having a go ourselves. It has been very informative, supportive and empowering learning. I am so glad to have overcome unsuccessful past experience and have the practical skills to go forward. We also really enjoyed your and Steve's company and hearing your experiences (and those of the other participants) - we had a fun weekend and learned heaps! Fabulous food and company - good mix of learning and leisure; comfortable accommodation - nearest thing to a holiday any lifestyle block owner could wish for!
Anne-Marie and Paul - who are returning to country living.
