Rebecca Gill: The Alpaca Handbook, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Blurb

Learn how to create a safe and loving environment for your alpaca herd.

The Alpaca Handbook is the essential guide to raising, feeding, breeding, selling, and enjoying alpacas on the farm---whether you're raising them for fun or for profit. In this book, you'll learn everything you need to know to become a successful alpaca owner. With advice and real-world experience, Rebecca Gill of Cotton Creek Farms guides you in:

• Setting up your shelter, fencing, and food source
• Buying, breeding, and selling alpacas
• Understanding and influencing alpaca behavior
• Taking care of herd health and medical needs
• Delivering healthy, happy crias
• Profiting from fiber, agritourism, and farm stores
• Involving youth in 4-H and alpaca shows
• And more!

Not only will you gain knowledge about keeping alpacas through every stage of their lives, you'll also be able to create a happy, healthy home for your alpaca herd and avoid the classic mistakes that prohibit many alpaca owners from living the lifestyle they want.