[AlpacaTalk] Re: Alpaca in the Back Yard
That post might have been from me. I lost a sweet girl last fall after opening up my front yard to the Alpaca. After a couple months of no problems, Willa tried eating some Taxus Yew. A very common evergreen shrub used around houses. My horse friends had missed them since animals tend to leave them alone because they are so poisonous.
Only takes a small mouthful. I cut them all down along with all my Boxwoods. House is mostly barren now but the kids are safe. I never knew there were so many poisonous plants in Ky ! I just found out Queen Anne's Lace is bad and it grows everywhere. It has to be in the bales of hay I get. Just not in sufficient quantity.
Ken Hoh
Alpaca Hoh Ranch LLC
Owenton, Kentucky
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, "Laura A. Roberts" <laura0554@...> wrote:
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> The only red flag I see is making sure you have no plants or
> bushes or trees that are toxic to the alpacas. I remember reading about an
> alpaca that died after grazing on the front lawn. It had eaten
> something..but I can't remember what. Azalea? Something that is normally a
> landscape plant in a household yard. Does anyone else remember this?
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> I would love to let our goats graze but they head straight for
> my Burning Bushes....then the Crape Myrtles!
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> We finally had some rain but need more. People are in a panic
> over not enough hay to see them through winter and sales have been cut off
> by some of the hay providers. We have enough but wanted to stock up on
> more.
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> Laura
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> Laura Roberts
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> R Half Pint Farm
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> Spotsylvania, VA
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> From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of hjsilversonic
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:56 PM
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Alpaca in the Back Yard
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> So it's been raining so much in northern Missouri that the farmers are
> having trouble getting their hay put up dry. Until last week we had been
> buying the tail end of last year's hay. The alpacas and sheep (I have 2 of
> each) were not eating it at all (the horses were eating it grudgingly) and I
> was becoming desparate because my fiber critters were getting very thin. I
> had my husband put a gate through the back yard fence so I could let the
> alpacas and sheep into the back yard. Now they're out grazing under the
> swing set. So far they're leaving the strawberries and tomatoes alone. I
> feel like a Clampett but I guess it's worth it to see them put on weight. I
> was afraid at first that our dog might be a problem but Kip, our cocker
> spaniel, leaves them totally alone. I guess they are used to each other
> since they've lived across the fence from each other for 5 years.
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> Well, I just wanted to share my happy story with people who care about
> alpacas. Everyone else in the neighborhood are horse people since we live on
> a 2,000 acre horse park. They're just happy when the critters don't baa and
> squeal when they ride by and spook the horses. :-)
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> Jacqueline Jacobson,
> Lone Jack Fiber Mill
> www.lonejackfiber.com
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posted by Chaddo at 9:42 AM
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