Re: [AlpacaTalk] alfalfa hay

 

Hi Jim:
Alfalfa is high in propien and nice fresh green alfalfa is the highest. Too much
alpha can cause an alpaca's fleece to blow out.

I have two hay fields; one is straight orchard grass and the other is a
fifty-fifty mix of alfalfa and orchard grass. My machos get the straight orchard
grass or pasture in the summer. The open and newly bred henbra get orchard
grass. in late pregnancy and early gestation they get the mixed hay. We seldom
feed grain except in extreme cold weather and then we feed a whole grain mix
rather than alpaca pellets which we consider tii high in protien.

Unusual and unorthadox but with this method we have had fewer problem births
and no neo-natal problems.

By for now, Wayne
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----- Original Message ----
From: Purplpig <purplpig@ptd.net>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 12:19:57 PM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] alfalfa hay

Here in the northeast, the winter has been cold and snowy and my
alpacas spend most of their days
in the barn - their choice, not mine!

I could not resist buying a few bales of green, aromatic alfalfa hay
the other day, hoping it would entice them
to go outside.
IT WORKED! However, now I am wondering if it is okay to feed only
alfalfa hay or if I should just use it
as a treat every few days.

Thoughts?

thanks
Lysa Grant
Pocopaca in the Poconos
Jim Thorpe, PA

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