Robert Koldon of Lake Zurich greets an alpaca during the Lake County Farm Stroll at SafeHouse Farm Alpacas in Wauconda.

“It’s the coolest, most comfortable bed for them,” Heinzmann said. Heinzmann said they have large stalls and room behind them to wander, and they each have a bed of sand to lie on. Members of the public wanted to know how the farm cared for the animals. Golden Oaks sells milk to Wisconsin cheesemakers - and that cheese has ended up on pizzas such as those made by Domino’s and Rosati’s, he said. It’s hard to get across to them that milk doesn’t just show up in their glass.” He admits he gets upset when they don’t finish the last couple of ounces in their glasses. The loss of dairy farms in the county “is a reality of the world today,” Heinzmann said. It also plants 1,600 acres of crops to feed the cows and breeds them to produce the best milk The farm produces millions of pounds of milk every year, according to its web site. The milking cows were kept in another area. Hundreds of calves also stood in individual compartments on a grassy lawn, able to move in and out. He stood in a barn where more than 100 young cows between ages four months and 18 months munched on hay in open stalls.

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