Sheep For Smallholders, Assington Mill, Sudbury, 30th May
Author: Assington Mill | Published: 27th May 2015 06:06 |
Sheep For Smallholders
Sheep For Smallholders, Assington Mill, Sudbury, 30th May
A one-day course on everything you need to know to start keeping a few sheep. Chris Eastcott will bring some of his Wiltshire Horn sheep for you to look at and maybe work on. Saturday 30 May, £85 including lunch etc.
The Sheep for Smallholders course covers different breeds of sheep, useful equipment, fencing, feeding and water, routine care and maintenance, organic and non-organic, how to handle sheep, sheep calendar, laws concerning sheep, and those for having an organic flock.
In the afternoon there will be individual tuition on how to handle the animals, so do bring overalls or old clothes. Chris will be demonstrating how to up-en an adult sheep and clip its hooves. There will be an opporunity to try it yourself if you want.
Book now by clicking this link:
http://www.assingtonmill.com/courses/2015/05/30/sheep-smallholders
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