Alpaca Husbandry

What to Look For Before and After Alpaca Birth
What to Look For Before and After Alpaca Birth
Having a cria is one of the most exciting, and nerve wracking times for me.  I love each and every one of the babies we've had.  I also love the... Read more...
Alpaca Fecal Testing with Centrifuge
Alpaca Fecal Testing with Centrifuge
We recently began to test our own samples instead of running them to the lab.  It is easy to do once you are set up.  It takes a little time,... Read more...
Understanding Alpaca Talk
Understanding Alpaca Talk
Understanding Alpaca Talk To fully understand your alpacas, you need to learn to lamaspeak. To do that, get yourself a glass of lemonade, and take a comfy lawn chair out... Read more...
Alpaca Breeding
Alpaca Breeding
Alpaca Breeding Summer time is always so full of life - the flowers, the babies, the birds and the bees. When I first began to breed alpacas, it opened up... Read more...
Alpaca Barns, Pens & Pastures
Alpaca Barns, Pens & Pastures
"Plan for Success" has been a principle guiding many people to happy and prosperous lives.  That time-tested adage has great application for setting up or expanding an alpaca ranching facility.... Read more...
Premature Alpaca Cria
Premature Alpaca Cria
Premature alpaca cria Alpaca babies are lovely fluffy creatures, usually full of life and active from birth.   Once completely out of the mother’s womb and on the ground, the baby... Read more...
Plants that are Poisonous to Alpacas
Plants that are Poisonous to Alpacas
Plants that are Poisonous to Alpacas When I started putting a list together of plants toxic to alpacas, I was amazed that any of our animals are still alive!While there... Read more...
A Night Out...and Yet Still With The Alpacas...
A Night Out...and Yet Still With The Alpacas...
A friend decided to initiate her new wood stove pizza oven last night, and I was asked to join them.  With a dozen people invited, we all stowed away in... Read more...
Feeding Cria
Feeding Cria
FEEDING CRIA Cria have no antibodies when born, and are unable to fight infection and disease. Cria obtain antibodies from their mother’s milk. The first milk is creamy sticky milk,... Read more...
Agisting Alpacas - Alpaca Owners Without the Land
Agisting Alpacas - Alpaca Owners Without the Land
Agisting Alpacas - Alpaca Owners without the Land There are many ways to own alpacas, and one of them is owning them without the land.  We have a dozen or... Read more...
Alpaca Ulcers
Alpaca Ulcers
Alpaca Ulcers Over the past several months, we have watched one of our girls - Gemini- rapidly decrease in weight. Her body score is now a 1. With once an... Read more...
How Many Alpacas Per Acre?
How Many Alpacas Per Acre?
How Many Alpacas Per Acre? One of the more popular questions I am asked is, "How many can you put per acre?" and I predictably answer, "That depends." It depends... Read more...