llama manure

[alanwolf]

Has anyone tried or use llama manure?
Is there any risks like chicken manure with saminila (sp ?) or other bad stuff?

[RJ_Hythloday]

yeah, you better not use it. Send it on over to me and I'll properly dispose of it. In my compost pile.

Any manure properly composted is no problem. 14 days is the minimum recommended, others say 3-4 months.

[dice]

I have not used it, but by reputation it is really good stuff.
Like rabbit manure, it can be added directly to a growing
garden without burning the plants (modest ammonia
content). It is fine in compost, as a winter mulch, and turned
into garden beds in spring, too.

I have heard no toxic scare stories in connection with the use
of llama manure in gardens.

[Blueaussi]

http://www.yellowrosefiberfarm.com/D...reBenefits.pdf

Looks like good stuff.

[Ross]

Around here there are a number of alpaca farms. They have multiple stomach chambers and thus more refinement of the material they consume. What is the true difference between llama and alpaca ? I would think that they are very similar.

I got one or two truckloads in '05, '06 and '07, but none since. That one prime source simply had TOO much included sand and gravels as the owner would gather it all in a front end loader and scaped too much of surface. I already have enough silica sand in my garden soils !

Now, if I could get 100% alpaca nuggets.....

[RJ_Hythloday]

Ross, there is an alpaca source for sale in your area $40 for them to load a truck bed, also free rabbit manure.

In my craiglist there was an ad for alpaca that said bring a shop vac collect all you want.

[mjc]

Originally Posted by RJ_Hythloday

In my craiglist there was an ad for alpaca that said bring a shop vac collect all you want.

That is too funny...I just can't see using a shop vac that way, without the results being hilarious.

[RJ_Hythloday]

I don't have a shop vac so I couldn't see doing it either. I did however take 8 rubber maid bins, w/ a tarp and the back seats removed from my minivan and brought home some horse manure to my compost pile this spring. It was free.

[dice]

As for E. Coli and Salmonella, I have not heard of llama or
alpaca manure described as risks for those, but any manure
should probably be composted first or cultivated into the
soil if you are applying it around growing vegetables,
especially leafy stuff like lettuce, cabbage, etc that grow
close to the ground, just to be safe.

If you are top-dressing it in fall on a garden that is basically
done for the season, that is probably not a worry, winter
weather and soil organisms should eliminate those pathogens
by spring if they are present.

[TexanTrail]

Please check this out Fecal pathogens: Compared with traditional livestock species, camelids are not known to be carriers of important pathogens.......

LLama manure is great for plants..

David

[GrannyG]

We have a llama and spread the manure all around our garden...great stuff ! I also use it in old tires that I grow cucumers in....

[alanwolf]

I saw on a website that sold llama manure and they basicly stated that there llamas were de-wormed naturaly and that by deworming your llamas chemically that you would essentially kill your earth worms?
Any thoughts, if would be an interesting experiment

[GrannyG]

I don't deworm him at all...He is not too friendly, will not let me touch him, but follows me everywhere around the barnyard like a dog. He comes racing to the fence to be fed. I took him to save his life.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...rm/obama01.jpg
It will take time to tame him down, but he has made tremendous progress.
We also have a steer for manure....
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...andhombre1.jpg

[salix]

Beautiful pictures, Granny G!

[Blueaussi]

Awwww, that was good of you to take him in, too many people don't want to deal with animals with issues.