[Mrs pig]

Hi My name is Odelle Walker and I'm a national pig consultant with ADAS (used to be part of MAFF) (Adas.co.uk)
I am running a set of 4 all day pig training courses in the West Midlands area from Feb 2011 onwards.  The topics covered are as follow:

Managing the Small Pig Herd

Part 1. buying a pig, legislation, handling, housing, biosecurity, feeding
Part 2. Health and reproduction - worming, vaccinations, common diseases, AI for beginners
Part 3. Breeding and farrowing - Gestational feeding, accommodation - what's happening, farrowing, feeding the piglet for success.
Part 4. Preparing the slaughter pig - loading and unloading, legislation, building a load bay, casualty pigs and what to do with them, niche and commercial markets for your product.[/color][/b]If you are in the west Midlands area and would like more details or to be placed on our mailing list for these meetings ( all details kept confidential) please contact me at Odelle.walker@adas.co.uk.
we have run these meetings with great success in the South East and had some great feedback.  the meetings are in the form of a workshop, really informal and usually incorporate some practical sessions if possible eg AI techniques
http://aplus.adas.co.uk
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If you would like to ask me anything piggy please feel free to get in touch via the forum