As herd animals alpacas want to be together

Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!In this episode, we consider how alpacas like being with other alpacas and ask the question - how many make a herd?Alpacas love to be able to see other alpacas. They have a strong herd instinct and to help them thrive we need to understand this and accommodate it as much as we can.How many make a herd? One alpaca on its own is not a herd. But that doesn't mean two is either. I recommend a minimum of at least three or more when possible. The capacity of your land for a herd of alpacas is an interplay of space, grazing, shelter and type of land. Don't run to the maximum but leave yourself some headroom.Have you noticed they often face the same direction when grazing - why is that? Answers on a digital-postcard.Spend time with your alpacas and keep your eyes open.Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy