Goat Keeping for Beginners - Individually tailored 1:1 courses

with Caz Steward (DASH member)
Dates will be arranged to suit, with interested parties.
Price: £115 for one person additional £80pp from the same household (£95 for your first DASH course booked in 2025 if you are a member)
Venue: Woolsery EX39
Time: 9.30am - 4pm approx
Provided: Tea, coffee, biscuits Comprehensive course notes are provided for you to take away.
What you need to bring: Lunch, scruffy but clean outdoor clothes, clean wellies

The courses are run on a one-to-one basis or for 2-3 members of the same household at a time, and are tailored specifically to suit the participants' needs.

Dates arranged to suit with interested parties.

The ‘Goat Keeping for Beginners’ course will provide you with essential practical information to start looking after goats. We will cover choosing your first goats, breeds, legal obligations, handling, housing, outdoor space and feeding requirements, signs of goat health and illness, medicines and routine care (e.g. hoof trimming).

Goat produce (dairy, meat and/or fibre), breeding, milking and kidding , will be covered according to participants' interests.

The course incorporates hands-on interactions with our small and lovely herd of Royal Golden Guernsey goats.



Ticket sales for this course are managed by DASH, to book please email training@devonsmallholders.co.uk