Flockmaster - Know before you go - a guide to starting the sheep production cycle well
Date: 15th July 2025
Time: 10.00
Location: Royal Veterinary College, Boltons Park Farm, Hertfordshire
Know before you go - a guide to starting the sheep production cycle well - Tuesday 15th July 2025
The aim of the first session in this series is to equip sheep keepers with knowledge and skills to optimise reproductive performance on their farm, and to structure their purchases of sheep so as to minimise the risk of disease introduction.
Key areas:
- Body condition scoring - including target BCS at different times of year, impact of body condition on production
- Grazing management - basics of grazing management as it affects reproduction
- Mating management - vaccination against abortion, flushing, ram:ewe ratio, synchronisation & breeding season advancement, raddle marks & scanning
- Ram MOT
- Selecting sheep for purchase - choosing the right sheep for your farm, where to source sheep from, identifying risk levels, “iceberg” diseases
- Quarantine - prevention of import of disease, correct quarantine procedure.
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