Chook Kealey provides practical hands-on livestock training and education running two-day schools throughout Australia. The majority of these schools are conducted with cattle or sheep however buffalo, camels and goats have all been worked with in the past.
Participants are taken through a structured process that teaches the basics of why herding animals do what they do. This teaching is then cemented through the opportunity to work livestock in a range of situations both individually and in teams which demonstrates how these methods apply to every situation regardless of yard design and environment.
Time is allocated to deal with participants’ specific questions and scenarios with a certificate of attendance available at the end of the course.
Instinct Stock Handling is about the team and the culture, and understanding how easy it can be to work stock while making the workplace safer and optimising productivity.
Participants with limited livestock experience through to highly competent stock people attend these schools.
Topics Covered
- Maximise production and minimise stress
- Mustering and yard work
- Moving cows and calves
- Yard design to accommodate animal Instincts
- Trucking and reducing transport shrinkage
- Workplace health and safety
- Settling stock
- Working with difficult animals
- Meat quality and reducing dark cutters
- The benefits of imprinting young animals
- Weaning practices for positive weight gain
- Transferring knowledge
- Team culture
Private In house
Two days training onsite working with your team in your environment with your stock. In-house schools have a maximum of 18 participants, there are no minimum participant numbers however the cost is a flat rate for the two days training.
Public Schools
Open to the public, the host organises between 15 and 18 participants that attend.
Two days – 8am until 5 pm
Instinct Stock handling school pricing
$ 880 inc gst per person
$ 440 inc gst per person under 16
Hosting a public school
Before committing to a date hosts ideally need a core group of 10 participants that are familiar with the price and approximate date.
A date will be set ideally 12 weeks in advance and Instinct Stock Handling will work with the host to put together a school specific flyer.
It is the host’s responsibility to obtain the required 15 to 18 participants needed for the school. Payment requirements will be listed on the registration form and due 7 days prior to the school date.
Instinct Stockhandling provides education and training in the livestock industry from the top end to Tasmania and everywhere in between.