Practical Lambing Workshops
Westpoint Farm Vets are running a series of Practical Lambing Workshops to help you prepare and refresh your knowledge and skills in preparation for the 2017 lambing season. Ideal for new shepherds, but also an excellent update for more experienced livestock keepers wanting to refresh their skills and learn more techniques.
The workshop will cover the following:
- Prepare your farm and flock for lambing with appropriate equipment and medicines
- Appreciate normal ewe behaviour before and around lambing
- Practice delivering normal and abnormal lamb presentations using a lambing simulator
- Perform techniques such as tubing, as well as more advanced procedures like eyelid injections and intra-peritoneal glucose administration
The aim of the workshop is to enhance your skills in:
- The benefits of recording lamb data and using it to improve performance
- Recognising and dealing with problems with lambing, including metabolic ewe diseases, prolapses and abortions
- Specific procedures and techniques which will equip you to deal with different lambing situations
- Care for both normal and weak lambs in the hours and days after birth
Throughout the workshop you will have the opportunity to ask the vets any questions you may have about your flock. There will be a light meal afterwards.
The cost of the workshop is £50 + VAT
For more information and to book your place, please call the practices listed below (do not call Farmacy)
Saturday 4th February (Time TBC)
Westpoint Midhurst
Bridgelands Farm
Ingram's Green
Midhurst,West Sussex
GU29 0LJ
Tel: 01730 815221
Thursday 9th February, 6pm
Westpoint Winchester
Bridgets Farm
Bridgets Lane
Martyr Worthy
SO21 1AR
Tel: 01962 779593
Friday 10th February, 10.30 am
Westpoint Leighton Buzzard
Royal Veterinary College
Boltons Park Farm
44 Hawkshead Road
Potters Bar
EN6 1NB
Tel: 01296 410021
Saturday 18th February, 10 am
Westpoint Warnham
Dawes Farm
Bognor Road
Warnham, West Sussex
Tel: 01306 628080
Saturday 25th February, 10am
Westpoint Sevenoaks
Park Farm Stables, Park Farm
Near Brasted
Kent
TN16 1LL
Tel: 01959 564383
Saturday 25th February, 2pm
Westpoint Ashford
Barrow Hill House
Maidstone Road
Ashford, Kent
TN24 8TY
Tel: 01306 628208
- 31st January 2017
