Need Some Advice. . . .

[Lab 10,979]

Never been a fan of the college route mate...you'll have learned a lot more skills doing it hands on. Only benefit of college is your mingling with the correct folk to open up doors for you.

The way I see it is you ask around and see what happens...you may get lucky and somebody takes a chance. I can't see an underkeepers wage being any good for you.

There is the ideal situation where you walk into a top class job and stay there fir the next 30 years and there's a possibility that you land a good job but the landowner is a knobhead and ditches you after 1 year. These are the chances you either take or not.

I don't suppose there's any way you could speak to your boss at the moment and ask if you could rent the place your on the now. Agree a number of shoot days for the rent of the place and sell days commercially to make your profit.? At 4000 or more poults there is a great chance of making money.

[STRANGER 948]

There are countless lads who have went the college route and only a fraction get jobs from it.

If its financially viable stay where you are and make contacts/put the feelers out all the time and you will have a better chance of landing a decent job.

Also watch where you go from here, going from a small friendly syndicate to a full on commercial place will be like a drop in the ocean. Often your no more than someone else's bitch and there's only so long you can put up with that shit before it gets to you.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

Never been a fan of the college route mate...you'll have learned a lot more skills doing it hands on. Only benefit of college is your mingling with the correct folk to open up doors for you.

The way I see it is you ask around and see what happens...you may get lucky and somebody takes a chance. I can't see an underkeepers wage being any good for you.

There is the ideal situation where you walk into a top class job and stay there fir the next 30 years and there's a possibility that you land a good job but the landowner is a knobhead and ditches you after 1 year. These are the chances you either take or not.

I don't suppose there's any way you could speak to your boss at the moment and ask if you could rent the place your on the now. Agree a number of shoot days for the rent of the place and sell days commercially to make your profit.? At 4000 or more poults there is a great chance of making money.

Good advice lab , but make sure that if you do go it alone you keep yourself out of the reach of the dreaded VAT man . Once you turn over in excess of around £70,000 you are going to have to start charging vat . Get some advice , and do your sums first !!!

[The one 8,482]

I can't see going back to collage helping you there's on here elm wood churn,s out a class of keepers every year with there paper work saying there keepers and most can't get a job , there no the job going for that amount of keepers . If you have the experience go for it on your own