Re: [Alpacasite] getting into any industry

Ok I was starting to get worried that I was not doing something right with
my Animals. I thought 50 hrs a week!! What in heavens name can you be
doing. I thought you meant the day to day stuff. I have had horses for
most of my life and been breeding showing and selling for more then 20 years
of this.
We have 6 Alpaca's now and I feel guilty that it seems to take no time at
all to look after them. I spend more time watching them then doing any
real work :-) My horses take way more time so this seems to easy :-) They
don't like to eat all the hay I give them. they prefer the leaves and the
horses don't mind the rest. Every couple of days I rake up the uneaten hay
and give it to the horses. They have only just started to use the inside of
the barn to go to the bathroom, so only had to do pasture clean up ever few
days. they have 2 big grass paddocks to roam in. the boys have an acre of
grass.

Now I need to work on a webpage for them I just have them added to my dogs
webpage but have started their own. So yes now comes the marketing part:-)
I am in no rush but I know it takes awhile to get known in a business. My
worry is I love the ones I have now how will I ever sell them!!!!!!

Lori
www.heronview.4t.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricks' Pastures Alpaca Ranch & Habitat"
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To: <Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Alpacasite] getting into any industry

> OK....50 hrs a week might be high for 4 animals....a thousand pardons.
>
> Everyone does it differently....but to do the right sure the hell isn't a
> 2 hour a day or 14 hours a week program.
>
> We have 17 animals (alpacas and guard llamas). We have a full time ranch
> manager working 7 hours a day, 5 days a week.
>
> Additionally, we spend about 4 - 6 hours the other 2 days a week in order
> to keep our pastures immaculate. I also spend 1 - 2 hours a day on
> developing programs, promotion and marketing.
>
> This includes:
> a.. feeding
> b.. cleaning
> c.. making repairs
> d.. watering (pastures and animals)
> e.. health care
> f.. maintenance on equipment (tractors, gold carts, mowers, weed eater,
> sprayers etc)
> g.. new projects related to the animals
> h.. running errands for animal related items and feed
> i.. vet visits
> j.. marketing
> k.. web
> l.. promotion
> m.. ranch visits
> n.. poop mulching
> o.. mowing pastures
> p.. just being with the animals
>
>
> Jim Patrick
> Patricks' Pastures Alpaca Ranch & Habitat
> 3030 N. Trinity Rd.
> Denton, TX 76208
> 940-323-1011 (Ranch Office)
> 214-505-0754 (Jim Patrick's Mobile)
> patrickspastures@verizon.net
> www.patrickspastures.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cathy Drennan
> To: Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:13 AM
> Subject: [Alpacasite] getting into any industry
>
>
> Whether it is alpacas, or any other industry you have to feel a passion
> for it. It isn't a means to an end, figuring out on paper how soon you
> will be a "gziollionaire". I think that 50 hours for 4 alpacas is a little
> over the top. I bought my first 2 bred females and 1 maiden in 2003. I now
> have 7 females and 4 males (well 1 of them is a gelding) hopefully four
> are in the early stages of pregnancy for the fall 2006, and I still do
> most of the work myself ( I'm 52). I spend about 45 minutes morning and
> evening out there. My vet told me that compared to the rest of his alpaca
> farms in terms of cleanliness ( 0 being cleanest - 10 being filthy) mine
> would be somewhere in the decimels. I wouldn't trade it for my former 2
> hours on the beltway lifestyle for any amount of money. There are certain
> projects that may be time consuming and unpleasant - e.g. digging out the
> pens in the spring - but it's not a perfect life and you have to take some
> of that. It doesn't break the bank to get some help for those things. For
> the most part I get a charge out of it, find it spiritually uplifting to
> watch the way they interact and bond with their young. My only regret was
> taking 10 years to think about it and research it before I actually took
> the plunge. With the exception of one preemie who required round the clock
> care at home after spending 9 days in New Bolton, I find I have plenty of
> time to stop and enjoy my life. By the way, the work was well worth it, my
> little preemie is thriving and probably the feistiest one of all of them.
> If you work, it might behoove you to have someone part-time to come in
> during the day. I wish you the best and hope you enjoy your new animals.
> Cathy Drennan, My Lady's Manor Alpaca, Monkton, MD
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