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“This Spring we are exploring an alternative to how we are feeding our herd (and chickens too!).
The idea comes from the notion of fresh sprouts as a “super food”; if eating sprouts are super healthy for humans, then wouldn’t that also be true for animals? As we are finding out, it sure is!
The conundrum… during the off-season for grazing our pastures, which in the Pacific Northwest can be over 6 months depending upon Mother Nature, traditional alpaca farmers will dry lot their animals on a diet that consists of dry orchard grass hay supplemented with a daily ration of dry, pelleted grain.
Think of it as putting yourself on a diet of freeze-dried food all winter long…So exploring alternatives to feeding our herd that saves money and is healthier gets my attention…”
