Smallholding courses

Smallholder Courses

We have decided to concentrate on the Pig Keeping Courses in 2012 and refer our chicken and sheep courses to other smallholders in the area. Once they are up and running there will be sheep keeping, goat keeping and lambing courses held in Chertsey Surrey and chicken, poultry and waterfowl courses held near Worthing in West Sussex.

However we will still run bespoke private courses involving chickens, sheep and/or pigs if required and will keep our manuals up to date should you wish to book a corporate day. This page will be updated accordingly very soon.

Click here for a previous Taster Day programme Click Here for a previous Chicken & Sheep Course Programme

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Corporate Smallholder Taster Days

As they say "experience leads to innovation"

These taster days are designed to give you an overview of keeping chickens, pigs, sheep and bees on your smallholding. The idea is to give you more insight in to which animals are for you (or not) and which animals would work well on your smallholding in terms of space required and handling facilities.

The days course will just cover the basics and will be very hands-on and includes complimentary refreshments including lunch and a colour course manual for each delegate to take away outlining their day, and full on-going support when you decide to keep livestock. The days course will run from 9:30am to 4.30/5pm and will be limited to 8 delegates.

We will cover rules and regulations, basic husbandry skills, feeding, animal health such as de-worming, and other parasite control, biosecurity, hive maintenance and slaughtering protocols for the pigs and sheep. Please remember this is just a taster and will not cover each species in great detail, for more in-depth knowledge please look at our other chicken, sheep and pig courses.

THE COST FOR A CORPORATE DAY FOR UP TO 8 PEOPLE IS £800 WHICH INCLUDES ALL INSTRUCTION, LUNCH, COLOUR MANUAL WITH THE SPECIES OF YOUR CHOICE AND FULL AFTER SUPPORT WHEN YOU DO START SMALLHOLDING.

TO BOOK A CORPORATE DAY JUST SEND US AN EMAIL AT tedfold@hotmail.co.uk REQUESTING MORE DETAILS AND WE WILL WORK OUT A PROGRAMME TO SUIT YOU EXACTLY.

A selection of 2011 Taster Day Testimonials

My wife and I would like to thank you for a most enjoyable and informative day on Sunday. Malcolm & Sue

Just wanted to keep in touch and say what a great day we both had last Sunday (4^th Sept). It’s really helped us to add some focus on the potential for our very smallholding in comparison to yours. The food was great. Sam & Rick

Just a quick note to say thank you. We had a very enjoyable and educational day. The course gave us a fantastic taste for small holding and has given us a lot to think about. Will & Amy.

Corporate Chicken & Sheep Keeping Novice Course

The course will covers SHEEP AND CHICKEN KEEPING in more detail than the taster day and will be very hands-on. The course fees include a comprehensive, colour course manual for each delegate to take away, and full on-going support when you decide to keep livestock. The course will be limited to 8 delegates so everyone gets lots of hands-on time.

We will cover rules and regulations of keeping chickens, the five freedoms, husbandry requirements, bio-security, keeping your flock healthy, different feeding regimes, buying your birds and from where, breeding your own, what to expect at different times of the year. We will not be covering the killing or slaughter of birds, but will include the disposal of dead birds.

Sheep course

We will cover rules and regulations including electronic identification rules; the five freedoms; husbandry requirements; bio-security; keeping your flock healthy including a timeline of "what to do and when to do it" e.g. vaccinate, blowfly prevention, de-worming, foot trimming, shearing; ewe body scoring; tupping and breeding from your sheep; when to take to slaughter and the different cuts.

Click Here for a previous Course Programme

THE COST FOR A CORPORATE DAY FOR UP TO 8 PEOPLE IS £800 WHICH INCLUDES ALL INSTRUCTION, LUNCH, COLOUR MANUAL WITH THE SPECIES OF YOUR CHOICE AND FULL AFTER SUPPORT WHEN YOU DO START SMALLHOLDING.

TO BOOK A CORPORATE DAYJUST SEND US AN EMAIL AT tedfold@hotmail.co.uk REQUESTING MORE DETAILS AND WE WILL WORK OUT A PROGRAMME TO SUIT YOU EXACTLY.

Thank you so much for todays fantastic course and food very informative great tutors see you in February for the pig course PETER (Oct 11)

Tedfold Cottage Farm

Prize winning rare breed pigs & sheep: naturally raised, outdoor reared, happier animals. Novice & Intermediate Pig Keeping Courses in Sussex near the Hampshire & Surrey Borders.