RE: [AlpacaTalk] new to alpacas, Denver

Hi Lisa, My library had nothing on alpacas when I tried to do that several
years ago. If you go to the Northwest Alpaca website there is extensive
information there. I purchased The Complete Alpaca Book by Eric Hoffman and
the Alpaca Field Manual by Norm Evans before purchasing my animals and found
them excellent preparation to owning these animals. I visited farms before
buying and talked to people on the phone and on groups on the internet and
they were so helpful that I was amazed because like you I thought who would
want to help competition. I came to realize that it is to everyones benefit
to help this industry grow and I think others like myself really love to
talk about our animals and educate people about them. I think you will be
pleasantly surprized when you start calling people with your request to
visit and help out. Flossie

Flossie and Joe Carmichael
GentleGrangeAlpacas
Jamison,Pa.
http://www.alpacanation.com/gentlegrange.asp

>From: "Lisa" <lkcrawford@mail.com>
>Reply-To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
>To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [AlpacaTalk] new to alpacas, Denver
>Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:38:43 -0000
>
>Hi everyone! I'm new to the group. My husband and I just moved to
>Denver. We're planning to buy some land this summer and thinking about
>alpacas. Neither of us has ever raised any type of livestock. I'm
>planning to head to our library next week for some reading material.
>Just wondering if anyone can recommend how to get started researching.
>I have a million questions ranging from local zoning to pasture
>design/plans to health and care. Also about what to look for (what
>is "good" conformation vs "bad" and what makes good fiber vs bad - ie.
>microns and such). It seems the more I read on the forums the more
>confused I'm getting! I'd like to visit an alpaca farm, maybe even do
>some helping out. Is that ever accepted/desired/allowed? In other
>words if I called up a farm would someone think I was crazy or be
>unwilling to help for not wanting "competition" in the market? Any
>help is appreciated. Thank you!
>Lisa
>

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