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Head Lamp – Perfect hands fee light when you need to illuminate your way around on dark winter nights. |
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Yaktraks – Slip right on over muck boots to give a secure grip on even the most icy surfaces. No more falls! |
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Carabineers or Safety Snaps – I can never have enough of these around. Help hold gates open, close hay nets, Water buckets, mineral buckets, and a million other uses. They do break, rust and get lost and is always a “needed” farm item |
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Hitch Rings – What good would a snap be if you didn’t have something to attach it to? These rings work great for everything including your improvised homemade “paca trapper.” |
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Alpaca Socks – Yes we may breed the animals and sell the socks but we too would love to keep warm with them! |
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Barn knife, scissors, or snips – Ok alpaca folks, how many times have you gone to go get a bale of hay and can’t find your trusty utensil to cut the twine or snip the wire?! I must have 4-5 hanging around the barn in various locations and always want more. |
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Scrub brush – Hang one next to each and every water bucket you have! Keep your hands dry when doing a dump and scrub in the winter. |
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Halters and leashes – Technically you should have enough halters and leads hanging next to each stall to accommodate every single animal in that area in case of a fire or emergency. How many of you actually have that many? |
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Ear Plugs – another useful tool that constantly gets lost or is grungy. You should always be using these when operating any machinery or when pounding t-posts. |
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Gift Cards! – Not sure what to get? A gift card to Tractor Supply, Home Depot or Lowe’s is always perfect! |
Candy was definitely my favorite as a kid – all great ideas.
Yep. I could use every single one of these.
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