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Your dam will carry her baby anywhere from 315 to 370 days. Most will deliver around the 11.5 month mark. You will find a gestation schedule below where you can see when you breed a female, and she conceives, when the baby should be due.
. . . → Read More: Alpaca Gestation Table Training Can Take Time Training Alpacas may seem a little intimidating if you’re a new Alpaca owner. Alpacas are relatively smart. In our experience, we found that all it takes is patience and breaking the task down into steps for the Alpaca to accomplish. You will be massively rewarded if you . . . → Read More: Training Alpacas in 10 Steps Alpaca Learning how to raise alpacas can be a new challenge if you have never owned livestock. We owned horses for eight years prior to owning alpaca so we had some experience. Still, a full fleeced animal is very different than a horse and camelid internal systems are quite different, too. . . . → Read More: How To Raise Alpacas Alpaca Manure We have put together ten tips about alpaca manure that other alpaca owners may not reveal to you. Our…hmmm…how should I say this? Our excrement adventures range from “what did you expect, your shoveling crap?” to “That’s gross!” In six years of dealing with alpacas, we have scooped a . . . → Read More: Alpaca Manure Tips Alpaca's What kind of alpaca food do you need to keep your alpacas healthy? Ahhh…very simple to answer. Good quality hay! An alpaca needs an 8% crude protein diet on average. If an alpaca is pregnant or lactating, their protein needs increase to 12-15%. A growing cria needs 15% crude protein. So, how . . . → Read More: Alpaca Food Quality Alpaca Alpaca farming is a great adventure. It can be a little scary if you have never raised livestock before. Raising alpacas is not difficult. Below is a list of our top 10 Do’s and top 10 Don’ts that we discovered while alpaca ranching. Top 10 Do’s Do talk to experienced . . . → Read More: Our Top Alpaca Farming Do’s and Donts! |
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