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    considering a few alpacas

    If we brought them home and had them wethered immediatly, how long would you keep them seperated from the sheep?
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    Will an alpaca guard?

    Ok, thanks!
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    I won, I won...

    I love Highlands! I wish we had trees and it wasn't so dang hot here or we would get some. A local ag school does AI for free for farms in the area so you might check into that if there is an ag school nearby. Of course I've heard the Highland meet is just the BEST so you're plan is a good one too!
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    considering a few alpacas

    Do you think they could be pastured with sheep?
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    Angora goats eat sheep feed?

    When we do feed grain, it's Purina Show Chow mixed with sweet feed. But we only do that at lambing time or if the hay quality is poor like we had last year.
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    Will an alpaca guard?

    Thinking about adding an alpaca or two to our flock of Jacob Sheep. We want the fiber for hand spinning but wonder if they will be guardians.
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    Angora goats eat sheep feed?

    We raise Jacob Sheep and are thinking about pasturing a few wethered angora goats with them along with an alpaca. I read that you feed angora goats sheep feed. We rarely grain ANY animals because we have rich pasture grass but if we do grain in the winter around lambing, can the goats eat the...
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    considering a few alpacas

    We have a small farm with horses, cattle, pigs, chickens, etc. We are focusing on Jacob Sheep but our son would LOVE an alpaca. There is a lady that has to sell her herd so we are considering a few along with a pair of angora goats. Son & I have started hand spinning and would love the fiber...
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