Livestock

From initial registering your herd through to the final product packaging and labelling.

Keeping cattle for dairy production carries additional responsibilities beyond general cattle-keeping.

Small producers rear sheep to produce meat and other products, such as wool, and raise lambs for breeding.

Small producers rear goats to produce meat, dairy and fibres.

A guide to raising laying hens for egg production.

Keeping chickens for meat is popular with smallholders and crofters, and many people in Scotland keep a couple of chickens

From initial registering your pigs through to the final product packaging and labelling.