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Stocking Stuffer Ideas for the Alpaca Farmer

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:32:17 +0000

Head Lamp – Perfect hands fee light when you need to illuminate your way around on dark winter nights. Yaktraks – Slip right on over muck boots to give a secure grip on even the most icy surfaces. No more falls! Carabineers or Safety Snaps – I can never have enough [...]

Big Bale Buddy Review – Year 2

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:58:58 +0000

Hello again everyone! Well this is year 2 of using my Big Bale Buddy. Yes it’s still in one piece with no rips or tears (that I didn’t purposely put there). Click Here for Year 1 Review

This year I have a new hay supplier and the bales I’m feeding are smaller than the 4×5’s [...]

Alpaca Sock Giveaway!

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:58:29 +0000

Alpaca Sock Giveaway

From now until 11/12/10 you can enter to win a pair of Extreme Alpaca Socks. There are 5 different ways to enter. Use one method or increase your chances by doing all 5!

Entry methods:

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Big Bale Buddy Review

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:53:16 +0000

Big Bale BuddyPrice: $100Size: : Large This year (Fall 2009) I decided to feed round bales to the horses to help keep my chores to a minimum and to make sure the skinny boys have hay 24/7 so they fatten up for me. Last year I fed the bales as is and had a ton [...]

The Art of Mucking (Part 1)

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:02:59 +0000

If you’re new to caring for livestock you soon realize that you need a small arsenal of shovels, rakes and forks to pick through all the different medium your fuzzy friends poop in or on. It seems rather odd for me to be writing a post about poop detail but [...]

Wood Pellet Bedding

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:47:57 +0000

When I brought home my horses, I quickly learned that finding the right bedding made all the difference in how long it took to do chores.

I started out with dirt floors alone. Yeah that turned into mud instantly. Next I dug out the dirt floors, filled in with 4-6” of stone dust and then [...]