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Alpaca Forum at AlpacaNation Username:Password:Save PasswordPenning up alpacaAuthorTopic41 PostsPosted -: 11:50:12 PMThis evening we had about 2 inches of snow with it calling for the temperatures to be around 20 degrees overnight with light wind. At about 11:00 PM I went out to the barn which I have bedded nicely for my 4 boys and found two of them laying in the barn and 2 laying outside on the ground. My question is should I pen them all up on nights like this or just let them dicide where they want to sleep? If it were snowing or raining I would run them in and shut the gate and let them out early in the morning.Edited by - dannylink on 11:51:48 PM161 PostsPosted -: 12:19:26 AMIf they are healthy, have a nice growth of fleece, and don't look like they are shivering then I wouldn't worry. They know they can go sleep in there, but probably prefer to be outside. JMOAmy3320 PostsPosted -: 12:39:37 AMHi,It's in the 20's here during the day and teens at night right now.
Our boys are in and out all day and night. They got used to this gradually as winter came on. I've not seen any shiver most are huacayas, two are suris. If it get's down below zero and windy we will shut them in. The dams and small cria do get shut in when it's very cold.Generally with thick fleece they don't seem to mind the cold,AnnD. Andrew Merriwether, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology, Binghamton UniversityandAnn and Andy MerriwetherNyala Farm Alpacas,Vestal, NYwww.alpacanation.com/nyalafarm.asp2830 PostsPosted -: 01:16:27 AMI guess mine are a bit spoiled, because I never find any of them, boys or girls, out in the snow at night. They prefer their nice straw lined barn, but of course, they can sneak out if they want to.
They just never seem to let me see them. LOLChristiane RudolfTanglewood Farm19741 Victory LaneFayetteville, Ohio 45118(513) 81 PostsPosted -: 07:32:39 AMAll of ours sleep outside almost every night. The only time I see them inside is when there is terrible wind/windchill (below zero)We do not use bedding (except one year when we had some new animals that came from a warmer environment) and have never locked them in.I think they should have a choice.
As long as there is shelter available.they will use it if they need/want to.Debbie PotterHigh Peaks AlpacasWilmington, NYwww.alpacanation.com/highpeaks.asp318 PostsPosted -: 09:39:45 AMI agree, I feel as long as they have adequate fiber, shelter, food (which is converted to energy used for keeping warm), and are not shivering they are fine. I have one girl who I worry about. She's pregnant, nursing a 6 month old, and body scores a 4.5 on a 1-10 scale. Her fiber is the least dense compared to the rest of the herd and she's the one who was covered in two inches of snow when I went to check on them last night! Each to his/her own, as they say in humans!Kathy PaternosterOur Father's FarmNew Hampton, NY(845)3 PostsPosted -: 11:18:14 AMWe live in Central Wisconsin and it has gotten down to 25 below.
It does not seem to phase the alpacas at all. The only time, we shut them in is if there is a blizzard outside. I have noticed that the cold temperature threshold where breeders start worrying increases the further south the blog comes from. 20 degrees is a warm night for us this time of year.Mike and Jan FountainFountain Mist Alpcas LLCMarshfield, WI 54449(715)6 PostsPosted -: 12:24:18 PMThe only time all of ours sleep inside is if it is really windy or snowy.
Many of them have slept outside when it was zero, but still. Last night it snowed about a foot, and this morning we found many alpacas with inches of snow on their backs.We shut some doors when the snow blows in, but they don't like having all the doors shut and there have been enough fast-moving barn fires to scare me out of confining them.Liz MacEachran2967 PostsPosted -: 1:15:48 PMMy alpacas, both the Suri's and the Huacaya's generally sleep in the barn when the temperature in below 25-30 degrees, when it is 20 or below the door is shut for the night. During the day the door is open but like today the temps are in the single digits and they have elected to stay in the barn.Most of them when the temperature is around 30 and it is snowing lightly will sit out in the snow and accumulate several inches snow on their backs.The females barn will have about 50 moms and cria's in it and they all have their area's that they like to settle down in. I think they are smart enough to know what they like.Generally it may be windy out but you can find them cushing in spots that break or deflect the wind so they are not feeling the effects of it.BobBobBob & Vicki BlodgettSuri Land Alpaca Ranch3288 Halter AvenueNewton, Iowa 50208641-831-3576www.alpacanation.com/suriland.asp41 PostsPosted -: 1:23:53 PMThanks all for the advice and imput. I will put my worries to rest now that I know its OK for them to stay outside.
Just don't understand why they would not rather be in the barn where it is warmer and they have lots of nice hay to eat. Was up early this morning and there they all were waiting to be fed. My dummies never miss a meal and seem to be agrivated if I'm alittle late feeding them. I think they can tell time and know when feeding time is.598 PostsPosted -: 8:36:11 PMDanny.they do know how to tell time.Believe me.each morning I can look out the computer room window and I have 25 boys pacing the fences impatiently looking at the back door if I am the least bit late.lol.They Know.believe me!!MikeMike and Maggie CarabajalRancho De La Luz AlpacasElgin, Txwww.alpacanation.com/ranchodelaluzalpacas.asp1046 PostsPosted -: 10:02:42 PMWe have been between 11 below and single digits almost every night last few weeks, there is snow on the ground. I find that they don't mind the cold, but they only stay out if they can lay in the hay that comes out of the tubs because they really won't lay in the snow.Someone told me when I first started out and I was really worried about a few that stayed out no matter what the weather, that the ones that stay out the most are the ones that have the most dense fiber.I never checked it, but seems logical.We also feed alfalfa hay when it is this coldIt also seems to me that they drink lots more water in the winter.
We fill the tubs with water often, which is really hard because the faucet always freezes lately.Counting the days until spring.Susan RempeFour Corners AlpacasBloomfield NMwww.AlpacaNation.com/fourcorners.asp41 PostsPosted -: 12:48:57 AMI purchased some first cutting orchard grass hay this summer that was really to dry when it was cut thinking that it would be fine for my boys. Well, as time went along I kind of felt guilty about them having to eat what I considered inferior hay so I bought and have made available to them nice alfalfa. I have been using the orchard grass for bedding in their shed. Well, my guys like this old orchard grass better than they do the alfalfa although they do eat some of it. Next year I will buy just orchard grass for them. If the pigs don't eat all the bedding this winter I will use it next or buy some straw to bed with.9 PostsPosted -: 09:05:18 AMWatch there ears though! We have had 2 babies over the years that stayed outside with mom and frost bit there ears.
Ruined both of there show careers before they ever got started.Diane and Matt Taylor Gunhouse Hill Alpacaswww.gunhousehillalpacas.com1046 PostsPosted -: 4:00:18 PMI have never thought about that. What does that look like frostbite on the ears? That's really hard to protect against unless you keep them locked up all the time.
We literally have frost numerous nights.Has anyone else had this happen?Susan RempeFour Corners AlpacasBloomfield NMwww.AlpacaNation.com/fourcorners.asp2 PostsPosted -: 8:04:01 PMIt is 6 degrees outside right now, all 12 of our alpacas are indoors, but I could go out in 2 hours and some will be outside. Just when we think we have them figured out as to what weather conditions and how it affects them, they do the opposite.
We do close the north and west doors to one body width, so they can get out if they wish too. The crias are snug next to their moms. Last winter was our first with alpacas and I was out checking all the time, I got cold but not any of our alpacas seemed to be!3320 PostsPosted -: 1:02:15 PMHi,We had a baby get frost bitten ears too.
Our very first cria was about 2-3 months old and it went down to -20 and she lost the top half of both ears. She was in the barn too when this happened but its a pretty big barn and there were only a few animals in it back then so not much body heat. Her ears both were flopped over the next morning and over a couple weeks the tissue dried out and then the top part of the ear dropped off. It didn't seem to bother her. We never showed her because of that though. She's got pretty fuzzy ears and its not so noticeable now. At the time I thought it was the end of the world and I felt horrible.
Friends last winter had some of their males lose just the very very tips of their ears on one of these really cold nights and also very windy nights. Every since that baby lost her ear tips when it goes way below zero we shut them all in.AnnD. Andrew Merriwether, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology, Binghamton UniversityandAnn and Andy MerriwetherNyala Farm Alpacas,Vestal, NYwww.alpacanation.com/nyalafarm.asp1291 PostsPosted -: 1:37:12 PMIt was literally 28 below zero here last night.coldest thermometer reading I think I have ever seen. It did not seem to bother the alpacas one bit.they had hay and water.a choice to go in a barn or not.and almost all chose to lay uder the overhangs, or even cush out in the snow.unphased.unbelievable.very hardy beasts they are!Debbie PotterHigh Peaks AlpacasWilmington, NYwww.alpacanation.com/highpeaks.asp103 PostsPosted -: 5:14:06 PMWe only have one alpaca that you can see outside in the winter. She only goes out on the nicer days, meaning in the 20's. The others happily stay put in the barn!Delaney HollandKaty and Matt HollandAlpacas of Holland AcresOlivia, MNwww.alpacanation.com/hollandacresTopicJump To:Alpaca Forum at AlpacaNation© 2000 - 2009 AlpacaNation LLC.
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