Cattle
- Beef cattle production: Managing a small beef herd (Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority). This factsheet covers many of the basic management and infrastructure requirements to establish a small beef herd on your property. 2 pages. Download here.
- Beef calendar of operations (South East Local Land Services). This calendar has helpful tips and reminders for each month of the year, to help landholders with beef cattle to stay on top of management activities. Topics covered include animal health, pasture management, nutrition and reproduction. 40 pages. Download here.
Sheep
- Owning a small sheep enterprise (Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority). This factsheet covers many of the basic management and infrastructure requirements to establish a small sheep enterprise on your property. 2 pages. Download here.
- Sheep calendar of operations (South East Local Land Services). This calendar has helpful tips and reminders for each month of the year, to help landholders with sheep to stay on top of management activities. Topics covered include animal health, pasture management, nutrition and reproduction. 21 pages. Download here.
Horses
- Equiculture, horses, pasture and grazing (Equiculture). This website and the associated books and courses are excellent resources for horse owners who want to manage their property in a way which benefits both their horses and their farm. Their focus is on managing horses in a way that is ‘responsible, sustainable and ethical’. Many of the resources are free, and they provide an excellent learning base for better managing your property for horses. View here.
Poultry
- Production on a small scale (NSW Department of Primary Industries). The documents on this website cover the benefits of keeping poultry, flock establishment, brooding and rearing chickens, laying flock replacement, housing, space & equipment, feeding, and health & husbandry. View here.
