Crofting Sheep – nutrition and health before lambing

Join us for supper and a talk about overwinter feeding and health matters in your flock.  This evening event is for crofters and smallholders and sheep stock clubs with large or small flocks, looking to improve lambing in 2025. Siobhan Macdonald will discuss nutrition for sheep in mid pregnancy up to lambing, and vet Cici Corbett will cover sheep and lamb health and disease prevention.  There will be plenty of opportunities for questions.

• Local flock issues

• When nutrition is important

• How to judge bagged feed

• Rules of thumb

• Fluke and treatments

• Ticks

• Ewe & lamb diseases

6pm at the Balmacara hotel.