Animal Husbandry (2011)

Please note: All workshops are subject to change.

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Workshops will cover:

  • Goats
  • Beekeeping
  • Poultry
  • Hogs
  • Rabbits
  • Fiber
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Animal Husbandry: Goats 101 (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Erika Scharfen
Time: Saturday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Description: This presentation will cover the areas of managing and caring for goats, to include basic skills like hoof trimming, vaccinating, feeding, and milking, Animals will be on hand to demonstrate these skills.

About the Presenter:
Erika Scharfen

Animal Husbandry: Felted Wool (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Tim Easterbrook
Time: Saturday, 2:00 – 3:20 pm

Animal Husbandry: Homesteader’s Goat Forum (2011)

Forum Moderator: Sophia Bates. With Roxanne Boyle, Phaedra Savage, Marty Johnson
Time: Saturday, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Description: This is an opportunity for a number of local goat keepers to get together and compare notes. We will go through a season and have a conversation about what our experiences thus far in our journeys with goats have taught us. We are all small scale goat keepers who have found ways to integrate goats by bending the rules of commercial high production dairy models to meet our busy and diverse lifestyles. This will be a somewhat informal panel, with space for questions and comments from the audience and within the panel. Please call Sophia if you are interested in being on the panel: 707.684.0028.

About the Participants:
Sophia Bates

Roxanne Boyle. As far back as I can remember, I wanted to have a farm. So, the first order of business, after my husband and I bought our home, was to get farm animals. Two baby goats. I have had goats in my life for nearly 20 years. They started out as pets and became a passion. For the last 10 years I have been keeping, milking and showing my herd of goats.
Contact information:
Cell: 707-621-0406 home: 707-485-0504
Email:qgarden@pacific.net

Animal Husbandry: Poultry (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Sarah Bennett
Time: Sunday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Description: During this session we will have poultry processing equipment out and operating. Sarah’s meat birds aren’t quite ready to process, although a couple of young meat birds will be processed along with a couple of spent layer hens for a demo. Equipment will be available during the demo for anybody interested in learning more about killing, scalding, picking, eviscerating, and parting their meat birds or spent laying hens. Please email Sarah if you would like to bring your own birds.

About the Presenter: Sarah Cahn Bennett has been raising and processing poultry for her family for the last five years.

Contact info: sarahcb@hotmail.com

Animal Husbandry: Rabbits (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Jane Zeni
Time: Sunday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Animal Husbandry: Sheep Pasture Management (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Sarah Cahn Bennett
Time: Sunday, 2:00 – 3:20 pm

Description:
Sarah Cahn Benentt currently grazes and cares for approximately 250 sheep. In this session we will go over sheep handling basics, and basic sheep care. The second half of this demonstration will be hands on electric fence options and uses. If time allows, we will talk about shearing and tagging and possibly bring out the equipment.

About the Presenter:
Sarah Cahn Benentt has been intensively grazing sheep in vineyards and rangeland for the last five years.

Contact info: sarahcb@hotmail.com

Animal Husbandry: Are Draft Animals Appropriate for You? (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Anne Siri and Michael Holmberg
Time: Sunday, 2:00 – 3:20 pm

Description: Are Draft Animals Appropriate for You? A-Z care, use, and cost.

About the Presenters: Ann and Mike have had horses always and draft horses for 20 years. They breed, train, shoe, work, pleasure drive, ride, show, and live with and learn from, pay for, and stress about their Shires. They have made every mistake in the book and are very pleased to share what they have learned over the years. They also own and operate Mendo Machine Shop in Philo, where they can fix or build pretty much anything anyone could ever dream up. They have built, rebuilt, redesigned, and restored all of the horse drawn equipment they use.

Contact info:707.895.2582
info@siriholmberg.com
www.siriholmberg.com

Animal Husbandry: Raising Pigs (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Jane Zeni
Time: Sunday, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Animal Husbandry: Goatmilking (2011)

Demonstration Presenter: Roxanne Boyle
Time: Saturday and Sunday Morning

About the Presenter:
Roxanne Boyle

Animal Husbandry: “What Do I Do With This Fleece?” (2011)

Demonstration Presenters: Bev and Doug Elliot, Floodgate Station; Deanna Thomas, Comptche, Eleanor Adams, and Angela DeWitt
Time: Saturday, 11:00am – 3:00pm, Sunday, 11:00am – 3:00pm

This will be a demonstration of the various steps in preparing a wool fleece for spinning; spinning and plying yarn on drop spindle, Navajo spindle and spinning wheel; and weaving it into fabric on a simple loom. The presentation will be interactive, and questions are encouraged. Spindles and prepared wool from our Shetland and Navajo-Churro flocks in several natural colors will be available for use and/or purchase, and there will be a range of our fabrics and clothing items to see and handle.

More About Us:
California Wool and Fiber Festival at Boonville Apple Fair, Sept. 16 – 18, 2011.
AV Tuesday Evening Spinners meet first Tuesday evening, October – May at Doug & Bev’s. Email us at: floodgate@bootnet.com or phone us at 895-2626.

Animal Husbandry: Draft Animals (2011)

Demonstration Presenters: Anne Siri and Michael Holmberg
Time: Saturday and Sunday

Animal Husbandry: Sheep Dog Training (2011)

Workshop Presenter: Ellen Schilling
Time: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:20 am
Sunday, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Description: We are very pleased to have Ellen Schilling with us on Sunday. She will be demonstrating, offering information, and answering questions about sheepdogs and working sheep with dogs on Sunday from 10-11:20 and 3:30 – 5:00. She will also be offering a special opportunity for people who have sheepdogs and are serious about starting their dogs on sheep in a safe environment with a skilled trainer. This will take place on Sunday in the round pen at Pennyroyal Farms (adjacent property to the fairgrounds) between Ellen’s demonstrations. This is a separate event from the Not-So-Simple Living Fair and there will be a fee charged to work one on one with Ellen and your dog (and the sheep of course). Please call Ellen (707-775-8929) to sign up and discuss details.

Animal Husbandry: Growing Your Own Animal Feed (2011)

Workshop Presenters: Luke Frey and Daniel Frey
Time: Sunday, 10:00 – 11:20 am

Description: Coming Soon

About the Presenters: Luke first brought biodynamics to Frey Vineyards, giving the winery the honor of becoming the nation’s first certified biodynamic winery in 1996. Luke today mainly puts his efforts into our biodynamic program and maintains our biodynamic farm, as well as serving as a Board Member of the COROS Institute. With assistance from his son Daniel, Luke handles and cares for the livestock we graze in our vineyards. Using materials from our ranch, he makes all our biodynamic preps, giving us the distinction of being one of the few wineries in California to do so. With Luke’s guidance our ranch has become a biodynamic showcase and we use it to host conferences and educational workshops.

Contact: 707.485.8684; e-mail: lukemfrey@gmail.com

Daniel Frey

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