Yes, this life style involves plenty of dirty work.
Mucking out is one of those jobs which has to be done before the winter sets in.There is also the need to build a 'herd in pen' and chute , to make handling the llama flock easier and less stressfully.
above: In the process of mucking out the well rotted mature
7 trailer loads later
Finish building herd-in pen (at the left side) chute in the middle
Disinfecting the building with a spray bottle with watered down bleach in it.
After this was done - the building-smells fresh
a b
a Having a breather, just finished putting fresh straw down
b filling up the hay rack with this years meadow hay
Trial run,
the llamas were a bit nervous coming into the shed, since it has been well over a week and has had a totally 'make over'.
But they enter anyway out of pure curiosity to check it out.
Back to eating corn