Livestock management for small landholders in Western Australia

Your healthy and productive livestock

Information in the links should help you enjoy being a livestock owner even more, and also reduce any animal welfare or land and water degradation problems.

Why do you want or have livestock?

Use the information in these links to get a match between the animals and your goals for livestock ownership:

• reason for owning livestock – income, home production, pasture management, personal pleasure
• your level of knowledge and skills in managing animals
• the amount of time you have to manage them.

Alpacas

• Basics of alpaca keeping
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Aquaculture

• Starting an aquaculture operation in Western Australia

Bees

• Beekeeping for small landholders in Western Australia
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Cattle

• Cattle production for small landholders
• Constructing cattle yards for small landholders
• First-time cattle ownership for the small landholder
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Chickens

• Keeping backyard chickens
• Poultry biosecurity checklist for small landholders

Goats

• Introduction to dairy goat farming for small landholders
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Horses

• Equine management plans for small landholdings
• Keeping horses on small properties
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Pigs

• Small scale pig ownership
• Keep pigs healthy - biosecurity checklist for small landholders
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Sheep

• Keep sheep parasites at bay
• Registering as an owner of stock or beekeeper

Other information

• Agisting livestock
• Animal welfare codes of practice
• Stocking rate guidelines for rural small holdings