Carole Barr

Carole Barr

Carole Barr

“Our aim is to give people the confidence in handling pigs and to educate them in successful ways of keeping pigs.” Where are we? We are based in Lowick in the beautiful Lake District at the Southern end of Coniston Water. What do we do? We offer pig keeping courses for those keeping pigs and wishing to learn more and for those who are thinking of keeping pigs. We have a basic one day course and next year will be expanding these into specialist days and weekends. Visit PigsandPoultry.co.uk

Selecting stock

9 October, 2011 , by Carole Barr
Posted in Pigs
Selecting Stock

Whether you want breeding animals, meat for the freezer, fresh milk, free range eggs or the grass keeping short the first rule of selection is to buy healthy stock. Healthy animals and poultry will be bright and alert. Their coats and plumage will be lying flat and have a glossy sheen. They should be sound [...]

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