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Injecting
Ear Tagging
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Kune Kune Pig Keeping Courses and Breeding Workshops
(Intro course suitable for all breeds of pig, specifically geared to 'pet' pig keeping)
Next Introductory Course - 4th March
Next Breeding Courses - 19th Feb, 8th April & 3rd June
Introductory Course 10.00am-4.30pm
If you have bought pigs from us you may attend this course at the discounted price of £65.00
This is a very relaxed and informal day which gives you the chance to meet our pigs, see how they are kept, and ask as many questions as you like about Kune Kunes and how to keep them. A chance to decide if you think pig keeping is really for you. Topics covered are as follows:
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Introduction
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Legal Requirements
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Housing
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Fencing
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Feeding
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Breeding
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General Health and Care
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Handling, Injecting, Ear Tagging
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Choosing a Pig
£95/day, including lunch, tea and coffee and information to take home.
We do not produce meat from our pigs and we are not commercial pig keepers,so if you're looking at going into meat production then this is probably not the course for you.
Breeding Workshop. Concentrating entirely on breeding 10.00am-4.00pm
Topics covered are as follows:
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Breeding advice
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Choosing a boar
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Hogging and Mating
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Gestation Care
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Farrowing down
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Care of Piglets
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Weaning
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Marketing and Selling your piglets
These are outlines of the content of the day; we do adjust the content to suit the requirements of those present.
Read a review from somebody who attended one of our courses here;
.http://www.epinions.com/content_208495939204
Some comments from participants:
"I would like to thank you for the splendid course you hosted on 6th Jan. Your warmth and obvious love for your pigs shone through and we were informed and entertained!" - Greg and Cecily,
"Thank you very much for having me on your course, I learnt lots!" - Henry, aged 10years
" Many thanks for the course. It was really informative and I feel a lot more confident about the piglets arriving now." - Simon from Yorkshire.