Re: [AlpacaTalk] a bi of early help

 

Hi David - easiest way would be to offer grazing to a couple of neighbour's cattle  ( if you have some ) to get it down - we keep a few steers to run through after the alpacas to clean up the clumps they don't graze around the dung piles, and perfectly OK to put the alpacas back in afterwards, and the pats break down over time - no need to remove. Climatically we are prone to facial excema where we are, so we never top paddocks and leave debris which increases risk. 

Kirsty

Valenza Alpacas

Tauranga

New Zealand

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From: David Roddick <roddick.david@gmail.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2011 4:24 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] a bi of early help

 

We're new to Alpaca ownership: we've had three boys grazing our paddock for a month, so I feel a bit out of my depth with the experienced breeders here. I'm struggling with getting the paddock the boys are not in ready for them to move into; I've just a small ride on mower and a petrol strimmer. I have read they won't like long grass , and they seem to stay away from longer areas of the paddock they're in. Will the alpacas cope with long cuttings if I try mowing it on my little tractor (I have no way of collecting a first cut)? What should i do - can't get a farmer in to top it as the slope is too severe.

David
Mead Farm
Somerset UK

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