Re: [AlpacaTalk] free choice question

I guess that I will keep hay out all the time, and just keep an eye on them
day by day.
Pam

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In a message dated 3/11/2009 8:22:25 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
alpacatalk@westwindalpacas.com writes:

That's interesting Susan! We have hay out at all times, and struggle
to keep weight on many in our herd. We have hay boxes that hold an
entire bale. In the adult male pastures, we have one of these feeders
in each, and one 100 lb bale will feed five adult males for
approximately one week. So they're eating 2.85 lbs per day.

We do separate into groups for pellet feeding time, keeping the
piggies together, the slowpokes together, so everyone gets their
correct amount. And we bowl feed the pellets, definitely do not pour
them in a line on the ground the way I've heard one breeder say to do
it, and we don't care for the plastic raingutter feeder method
either, except in creep feeders for crias, which we currently do not
have.

Heather

On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:00 AM, _sleepypinesaz@sleepyp_
(mailto:sleepypinesaz@aol.com) wrote:

> Hi Susan,
> Wow...I wondered about it, because they sure chow down on that
> orchard grass
> with huge mouthfuls, lol.
> Thank you,
> Pam
>
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> In a message dated 3/11/2009 12:10:24 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> _LunarStruck@LunarSt_ (mailto:LunarStruck@aol.com) writes:
>
> Hi Pam,
>
> We free-feed hay to our pregnant females and crias but not to the
> males.
> We feed our males once or twice a day so they have hay most of the
> day.
> One of our females is, I'm ashamed to say, VERY fat. If we had the
> pasture
> divided properly, I would separately the fatties from the thinnies
> and feed
> them
> accordingly.
>
> SUSAN OLSON
> Alpaca Loco
> Riverside, CA

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