Re: [Alpacasite] Reading posts - 50 hours

Yes, but most of those 50 hrss are spent because you really love your
animals as it should be. The actual work for 4-5 alpacas is not that much
every week. Love the way you summed it up though. Very accurate. Cathy
StephenOakes FArms
Chester, SC
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From: "All American Alpacas" <alpacas@alpacaweb.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Alpacasite] Reading posts - 50 hours

> Oh you'll have 50 hours alright. It'll be like this:
> Daily poop patrol: 2 hours. Those 2 hours include all of the trips inside
> to
> get everyone to come look at how cute Fluffy looks with hay on her head.
> Putting hay out: 3 hours. Of course, that includes all of the time you sit
> just listening to them chomp, trying to get Buffy to quit spitting at
> Muffy,
> and trying to imitate the pronk that Scruffy does.
> There will be a couple of hours spent explaining to the fire department
> why
> you called 911 for an emergency because you thought something was wrong
> with
> Muffy when she was just stretched out in the sun for an afternoon nap.
> There will be the 6 hours weekly trying to see fetal movement on a 2 month
> pregnant alpaca.
> There will be the panicked calls to the vet because Buffy has a droopy
> lower
> lip and green stuff dribbling out. The vet will explain for the umpteenth
> time that she has been in spitting match with someone.
> Weekends will be spent playing with halter training and deciding on who
> gets
> to give the shots this month. You'll be very well practiced at rock,
> paper,
> scissors.
> Forget the TV at night, you'll either be running out to see if they're
> okay,
> or be on babynames.com trying to come up with clever names for next year's
> crias.
> Yeah, life is good...
>
> Rick
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> Rick & Pati Horn
> All American Alpacas
> Murrieta, Ca.
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> Life is good!
>
>> From: "llauletta" <llauletta@yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:46:57 -0000
>> To: Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [Alpacasite] Reading posts
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>> I have been reading posts about people getting into the industry. I
>> am ready to mak emy forst purchase, now I am scared to death. I vist
>> farms went to seminars and I will get support form my purchaser. I am
>> financing my starter package and I do not need to make a profit right
>> away. It is long term for me. I read someone's [pst who said 50 hours
>> a wk input time yikes! I plan on spending a lot of time with my new
>> investment, but I also work. I am gettin 3 preg and a cria. So wish
>> me luck on my new adventure.
>> Lea
>> Willaimstown, NJ
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