Re: [AlpacaTalk] Horses and Alpacas?
Tracy,
I have both horses and alpacas. I would never put a horse with an alpaca. The main reason is the horses hoofs, if the horse should kick out they would do a lot of damage to the alpaca. My animals share a common fence line. They seem to enjoy each others company as they are sometimes nose to nose. I know a lot of people are going to tell me not to let them do that but I have never had a problem with this.
As far as pastures go I do not really have an answer since I have not put my alpacas where my horses have been. A horse will go any place he feels like it so that could be a problem with cleaning up the pastures.
Nancy Danielson
M & M Alpacas
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> From: "Tracy Layne" <tracy_layne@
> Date: 2007/10/08 Mon PM 10:46:18 EDT
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Horses and Alpacas?
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> Hello all! We're in the "educational phase" of alpacas and trying to
> decide if it's something we'd like to get into. We just purchased a
> 6 acre mini farm and exploring our options at this time.
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> We've been reading every piece of information we can get our hands
> on and get more excited with every turn of the page!
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> Our first question is ... can you have alpacas and horses in the
> same pasture together?
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> Second ... the property we purchased mainly housed horses so it is
> very much a "horse pasture". Is there anything we can do to make it
> more alpaca friendly? All the pics we see are of beautiful green
> pastures (unlike what we currently have)
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> Thanks in advance
>
> Mark & Tracy
> Middle Tennessee
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Nancy Danielson
M&M Alpacas
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