| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Essex Gal |
AlpacasI have two redundant alpacas to sell. One black female and one brown castrated male no longer needed to protect my sheep so are available to protect someone else's. They are unregistered and four years old £350 each. They must go together and I can deliver within a reasonable distance of north west Essex. Please pm me or call 07768 368053. |
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| ksia |
Would love 2 alpacas - but we live in France!
Sorry this doesn't help you, but do you have any alpaca-contacts in France? |
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| Faithmead |
Ohhhhhhhh... I WISH, I WISH, I WISH.......but completely the opposite side of Britain! | ||
| peter from cyprus |
alpacasgood morning .alpacas are something that we want when we get back to the UK. we know nothing about them so can you please tell us about them.Thank you Peter |
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| pricey |
Silly question, but can you eat them? | ||
| Fee |
 Would be expensive meat, Pricey!
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| tahir |
You'd need an abbattoir to take them |
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| Essex Gal |
Hi,
Pricey, you could eat them but they don't carry a lot of flesh so proabably not worth the slaughter cost. |
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| wellington womble |
Fibre is probably worth more than the meat.
I hope they find good homes soon, because I am really awfully tempted, and himself would have a fit. He nearly divorced me over the chickens. |
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| Faithmead |
SNAP WW Essex Gal - Just wondered......if you had any pics available 
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| Essex Gal |
There is a photo on my website www.alsafarm.com but I'll try to take some more tomorrow. | ||
| alison |
Have you ever bred with the female? | ||
| gardening-girl |
Have just watched countryfile, I want alpacas. | ||
| Faithmead |
Me too.......another SNAP
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| wellington womble |
It's such a good job I haven't got a telly.
They look like lovely coloured animals, Essexgal. What's their fibre quality like (I really want some, but himself would probably feed me to them!) |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
@WW - I felted a bowl with some of the alpaca you gave me tonight - I only had to look at it and it started felting 
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| sean |
All natural fibres are terrified of you nowadays though. Anything that isn't actually made of polypropylene felts in your presence. | ||
| Frewen Feltmaker |
Ha ha and I get the heat gun out for that stuff
I had to get a "bowl" sample done quickly as I'm taking a bunch of stuff to sample, and the Alpaca just melted together 
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| Essex Gal |
Alison,
No I haven't bred from her as I bought them to protect my sheep I didn't intend to breed them. Thanks for asking. |
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| alison |
I have alpacas in with my chickens and ducks for the same reason. |
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| Essex Gal |
C'mon they ARE still available = let's say £600 for both. I took the last store lambs to market today ( no grass see). The first time that I haven't been able to finish lambs by the end of October, no-rain = no grass so no alternative. | ||
| Dogwalker |
Plenty of rain, plenty of grass,
No money! |