I finally found some hay..... I had a fellow sell me a small bale of hay that will last about a week and a half... but in the meantime I called a farm way North of FSJ and secured 20 bales of hay. It is about three hours drive away but at least I have a source for hay. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the stuff here! I am sure there is someone around the area who has a three ton pick up and I think I can get my hands on a trailer to haul it here. I just have to come up with a good situation. It's all good.
I still have to cull the flock but not as badly as I thought I would. I will keep 6 alpacas and 6 sheep and the horse. I will see if I can find a home for the llama.... anyone out there who wants a llama? : )
So I will be able to keep Axton, Benny, Coal, Dexter, Eddie, Fanny, Greigg, Lulu, Mishka, Nellie, Oscar, and Xavier I might even be able to keep Zag , and of course there is the horse Dreamer....
The bails are 1350 pounds so with the 28 pound of feed per day for Dreamer (that's 10,220 pounds of food) leaving approximate 5 pounds of feed a day for the sheep and alpacas.... and the sheep won't eat all that ... they will eat about 3 or 4 pounds of food and be nice fat little blighters... so that means that I have enough food.... I'm sure it was all the luck you folks were emanating through the air in my direction... thanks....
It is a real relief.... I will sleep tonight... at last.
By the way the knitting I started this morning for the level 4 homework is almost done..... and it looks really awesome....
And best of all there is only one more sleep until Teapot is home.....
Yipee! Yahoo! Yeah!
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