Does anyone mix there own llama feed

[Swaying Sycamore Farm]

I mix my own and was just wanting to see if there is anything different in yours.

Matt

 

[ksalvagno]

Have to admit that I just buy the bagged stuff. With only 5 alpacas, it is just easier.

 

[Mama&thePeeps]

We sort of mix our own. We buy the bagged llama feed from the co-op but mix in 4 grain chicken scratch in a 1:1 ratio. They love it.

 

[MrsCountryChick]

Thank goodness they eat hay & grass & not eat pure bagged feed like a dog, lol. For us also it's easy to just buy bags.

 

[mully]

Too much work to mix your own feed unless you have a lot of animals.

 

[SkyWarrior]

We sort of mix our own. We buy the bagged llama feed from the co-op but mix in 4 grain chicken scratch in a 1:1 ratio. They love it.

I'm new at this. Can you feed chicken scratch with the llama pellets?

My boy, Sid, loves his llama pellets.

 

[ksalvagno]

No, corn is bad for llamas.

 

[MrsCountryChick]

No, corn is bad for llamas.

Wow I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. I've never fed corn to mine, but also never came accros anywhere saying it was bad for them. I've read the whole Oats are bad but rolled are fine. & to my understanding wheat is okay...though I don't think I've ever given any camelid any.

Even ground & cracked corn? I assumed in some finely ground 'meal' it was a portion of thier grain pellets. It's so sad how dry cat & dog food has the main ingredient as ground corn, sad. We always flip bag & buy them the feed with chicken or lamb & rice as the top ingredient. Sad what is used as fillers. I have a small country feed mill near us but they don't make camelid feed mix... so we travel further for Mazuri. Gotta feed good animal feed.

 

[ksalvagno]

A little bit of corn is ok for llamas and I bet some is in the bagged feeds but a lot can cause acidosis in the fermentation chamber of the stomach.

From Dr David Anderson: Corn is the "hottest" grain in that it provides the most readily fermentable carbohydrates of the cereal grains, but this also makes corn the most risky for causing acidosis.