Re: [AlpacaTalk] Alpaca Cheese?

 

I have had to milk alpacas in the past for a variety of reasons. It is not as easy as task as I assume sheep and goats would be. alpacas are pretty antsy animals and do NOT like having the udders or any other part of their under carriage touched by us two-leggers. I also wonder if the would produce as much milk as would be needed for cheese since you could only do it for a few months. They would need time to regenerate their colustrum for the next cria.

 

However, they do milk camels and I hear that camel milk, and the by products are pretty tasty. There's a farm out in CA that I know of that touts it's camels the milk it sells.

 

Mary
 

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Mary E. Meacher
Walnut Valley Alpacas
96 Ashdown Road
Ballston Lake, New York
Cell: 518.878.1061

 

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From: Ellie Winslow <winslowellie@yahoo.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, November 5, 2009 3:43:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Alpaca Cheese?

 

And here's a link to a "milking machine" that might be suitable for alpacas...no I have no interest in it other than I think it's going to come in useful sometimes for some situations!   http://www.maggidan s.com/milker. htm http://beyondthesidewalk.com/ Marketing Workshops, Books, blog/free newsletter & consulting: Growing Your Rural Business: From the Inside Out Marketing Farm Products: and How to Thrive Beyond the Sidewalk Economy Proofing Rural Business Making Money With Goats --- On Thu, 11/5/09, CARLA0@aol.com <CARLA0@aol.com> wrote: From: CARLA0@aol.com <CARLA0@aol.com> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Alpaca Cheese? To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 2:29 PM Here comes another one of my crazy ideas...today I saw on Martha Stewart cheese made from goats, cows..and special cheese from sheep! The sheep is very expensive as it can only be made for a few months out of a year and they usually always have twin lambs.....is it possible that cheese could be made from Alpaca's? Maybe with all the postings about problems with selling fiber, shows, and the possibility of eating them (yuck), this could be something that could be done and make a good product from... Just a thought. Carla Martin Bedrock Acres Greenville SC 29609

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