Welcome to Caithness Rare Breeds
Caithness Rare Breeds has been established to preserve the livestock and wildlife native to the Highlands & Islands of Scotland. Working closely with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) and other conservation groups we are aiming to increase the numbers of those animals currently listed on the RBST watchlist of animals in danger and to help protect native scotttish wildlife that are in need of our help. We are also working to establish a wildlife hospital within Caithness to help with injured animals in need of some care with the ultimate aim of returning them to the wild or providing them with a new home.
Supporting Us
As you can see on the website we have links and search facilities for Amazon. If you order any item from Amazon via our website a small percentage of your transaction will go to Caithness Rare Breeds and help us to carry on funding the project. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
Read more about how you can support the project here.
Latest News
Blog
Please follow our blog for all the latest happenings at Caithness Rare Breeds. Click here
New Stock
We are currently looking to establish more breeding flocks of Castlemilks, North Ronaldsay and Manx sheep and are currently looking for stock. If you can help please contact us on info@caithnessrarebreeds.com. Thank you
The Smallholder Series - Practical Guides for the Serious Smallholder
"Sheep on Your Smallholding", presented by Adam Henson, is the first series of DVDs from The Smallholder Series. These inspirational programmes will guide you through the shepherd's year, including expert advice on a range of subjects including grassland management, creating a Flock Health Plan, fertility and reproduction, and marketing your home-reared produce. The series is fully 'hands on' and features demonstrations with experts in sheep health and husbandry, and case studies of real people who have made a success of small-scale sheep farming.
Programmes are supported by a dynamic web site www.smallholderseries.co.uk providing continuous added value content to the DVD series, seasonal expert articles, and up-to-date information on a variety of subjects from legislation to livestock.
During 2010, we will be filming the next two series: "Pigs on Your Smallholding", and "Poultry on Your Smallholding"
Caring for your sheep
We are working on some preparing an knowledge base of information and useful links on caring for your sheep. If anyone has any information that they feel would be useful to add please contact us on info@caithnessrarebreeds.com
To view the latest information click here
EID
Electronic identification (EID) and individual recording is an EU requirement (Regulation 21/2004) which will be mandatory for sheep born on or after 31 December 2009. EID is used to identify livestock and is based on electronic devices and readers (either eartags or boluses).
For the latest information from DEFRA click here.
Useful Links
We are adding some useful website links of sites we have come across in our internet travels. Click here
