chicks & ducks
Loving the herd life
Hi All
I'm a baby in terms of critter raising. Just want to get as many opinions as possible from WISE folks such as yourself.
We get our 2 alpacas(boys, not gelded-would appreciate opinions on that but will do a separate topic perhaps) tomorrow.
April 2nd we get our 8 month old paint mare.
Right now we have 2 2 week old boy(will be banded when 2 months old) goats. They're just on milk now with the option to eat calf manna.
So I'm thinking HAY HAY HAY.
I know the alpacas will need grain as well.((water's already available because of the goats)
Anything else?
What's the deal on alfalfa mixed in the hay? Is that a no no for alpacas? Or for horses?
Idealy, because we only have the few critters, the more feed they can share the better(save buying 10 different kinds of feed-though we'll do it if we need to).
Anyone have 2 cents to share?
I'm a baby in terms of critter raising. Just want to get as many opinions as possible from WISE folks such as yourself.
We get our 2 alpacas(boys, not gelded-would appreciate opinions on that but will do a separate topic perhaps) tomorrow.
April 2nd we get our 8 month old paint mare.
Right now we have 2 2 week old boy(will be banded when 2 months old) goats. They're just on milk now with the option to eat calf manna.
So I'm thinking HAY HAY HAY.
I know the alpacas will need grain as well.((water's already available because of the goats)
Anything else?
What's the deal on alfalfa mixed in the hay? Is that a no no for alpacas? Or for horses?
Idealy, because we only have the few critters, the more feed they can share the better(save buying 10 different kinds of feed-though we'll do it if we need to).
Anyone have 2 cents to share?