Help and Advice

FIELD OFFICERS

RBST has two field officers covering the UK who can help you with your query about keeping rare or native breeds.

Ruth Dalton covers Scotland, Northern Ireland and North England (Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire and all points North). You can contact Ruth on 07880 584551 or ruth@rbst.org.uk.

Richard Broad covers Wales and South England (Shropshire, Warwickshire, East Anglia and all counties to the South). You can contact Richard on 07772 007399 or r.broad@rbst.org.uk

INFORMATION ON BREEDS

Profiles - For breed profile please go to the Watchlist pages where you can click on the breed to see a picture, a brief history and breed description. Also included are downloads of the Ark magazine features, if available, plus the breed society website.

Breed Societies - Go to useful links for breed society contact details

RBST
EID Sheep Tag Offer For Members
RBST National Gene Bank For Sheep & Goats - Your questions answered
Training Courses
Workshops
Breed Chart for Cattle/pigs/Sheep/Goats
Members Discounts on Farm and Feed Supplies
 
CATTLE
Beware of Bull Signs 

EQUINE
Nutrition for Horses & Ponies

PIGS
How to Measure a Pig
How the Breeds were Viewed
Pigs in Bracken
 
POULTRY
Breeding & Exhibiting
Chicken Talk - Which Chicken House
Hatching, Rearing & Feeding

SHEEP
AI in Sheep
Colour Inheritance in Sheep
Control of Footrot in Sheep
EID - What you need to know (Electronic Identification)
List of breeds exempt from British Wool Marketing Board
Sheep Skins
To Lamb or Not to Lamb
Vaccination of Sheep
What to do with Sheep when your on Holiday
Warning about short tail docking
 
ANIMAL HEALTH
Animal Osteopathy
Animal Health Plans - Making Plans
Equine Infectious Anaemia
Homoeopathy for Farm Animals
Sharp Practice - Acupunture for animals
 
FEED & FORAGE
Silage for Rare Breeds
Stored Forages for Rare Breeds
 

BREEDING
The case for up grading - Should we or Shouldn't we Part 1
The case against up grading - Should we or Shouldn't we Part2

OTHER
Dealing with Pests
Farm Security
Working Dogs - Experts in the Field
Buying a Compact Tractor