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 [1].
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 [2]
INFORMATION ON BREEDS
Profiles - For breed profile please go to the Watchlist pages [3]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 [4]for breed society contact details
RBST
EID Sheep Tag Offer For Members [5]
RBST National Gene Bank For Sheep & Goats - Your questions answered [6]
Training Courses [7]
Workshops [8]
Breed Chart for Cattle/pigs/Sheep/Goats [9]
Members Discounts on Farm and Feed Supplies [10]
CATTLE
Beware of Bull Signs [11]
EQUINE
Nutrition for Horses & Ponies [12]
PIGS
How to Measure a Pig [13]
How the Breeds were Viewed [14]
Pigs in Bracken [15]
POULTRY
Breeding & Exhibiting [16]
Chicken Talk - Which Chicken House [17]
Hatching, Rearing & Feeding [18]
SHEEP
AI in Sheep [19]
Colour Inheritance in Sheep [20]
Control of Footrot in Sheep [21]
EID - What you need to know (Electronic Identification) [22]
List of breeds exempt from British Wool Marketing Board [23]
Sheep Skins [24]
To Lamb or Not to Lamb [25]
Vaccination of Sheep [26]
What to do with Sheep when your on Holiday [27]
Warning about short tail docking [28]
ANIMAL HEALTH
Animal Osteopathy [29]
Animal Health Plans - Making Plans [30]
Equine Infectious Anaemia [31]
Homoeopathy for Farm Animals [32]
Sharp Practice - Acupunture for animals [33]
FEED & FORAGE
Silage for Rare Breeds [34]
Stored Forages for Rare Breeds [35]
BREEDING
The case for up grading - Should we or Shouldn't we Part 1 [36]
The case against up grading - Should we or Shouldn't we Part2 [37]
OTHER
Dealing with Pests [38]
Farm Security [39]
Working Dogs - Experts in the Field [40]
Buying a Compact Tractor [41]