Animals Rescue Maine

Deyaneria on February 9th, 2011

Goat care is something I’ve been learning for about the last year. Basic care for fiber goats is not difficult. They need shelter often a 3 wall shelter is enough to make them comfortable. Giving high quality grass hay when pasture is unavailable  and a good sweet feed are essential for great coats.  You may want […]

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Deyaneria on February 7th, 2011

Last week was an interesting week. We got a good sized snow storm. My Hubs kept asking me what I was gonna do(the storm took place on my b-day). I’m gonna sit home and knit. There is nothing better to do during a snowstorm anyway.  As soon as I tell people I have goats they […]

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Deyaneria on February 4th, 2011

I wanted to introduce my readers to my alpacas. We have 3 alpacas on the farm at this time.  They are all suri alpacas. Gavin is a 5 yr old gelded alpaca. He is the head alpaca on the farm. Gavin feels the need to protect the goats, but doesn’t interfere when they have aggravated Romeo. His feistiness has […]

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Deyaneria on February 2nd, 2011

I wanted to talk about what an alpaca is. I’ve noticed that some people don’t know anything about what kind of animal an alpaca is and <Gasp> never heard of using the fiber. The alpaca is part of the camelid family. Some of it’s relatives are camels, llamas, vicunas, and guanacos. Vicunas are the wild ancestors […]

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Deyaneria on January 31st, 2011

I thought it would be nice to do a series on they types of fiber animals that I have here on the farm. Today I’m going to talk about alpaca care.    Day to day care consists of 2 feedings and waterings a day.  They get a cup of grain in the morning(1.5cups in the […]

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