Alpaca Husbandry

Alpaca Show Travel Checklist
Alpaca Show Travel Checklist
Alpaca Show Travel Checklist I am a list person.  I have found I depend on lists so that I can sleep at night before the "Big Day" comes - be... Read more...
Alpaca Nutrition and Pregnancy
Alpaca Nutrition and Pregnancy
ALPACA NUTRITION AND PREGNANCY The topic of alpaca nutrition is a long and involved one ranging from water intake, through requirements in crude protein, fiber, energy, trace minerals and vitamins.... Read more...
Bringing Products to Market
Bringing Products to Market
 Bringing Alpaca Products to Market It is important for alpaca farm owners to embrace direct sales channels that will allow them to realize the highest return on the processed or raw fiber and will... Read more...
Maximizing - Yet Economizing - Your Marketing
Maximizing - Yet Economizing - Your Marketing
You can spend as much as you want - and then some - on marketing. Marketing and advertising are absolutely necessary to get people out there.  After 8 years in... Read more...
Top 10 Items Needed for the Alpaca Farm
Top 10 Items Needed for the Alpaca Farm
Top 10 Items Needed for the Alpaca Farm As with every business, you always need more inventory than you think. Much of this can double over if you have other... Read more...
Transporting Alpacas
Transporting Alpacas
Transporting Alpacas Transporting alpacas is surprisingly easy.  You do not necessarily need a fancy trailer.  They can be put in trucks, cars, vans and horse trailers if you have one... Read more...
Done with our Shearing
Done with our Shearing
Alpaca Shearing After many checklists and anxious nights, our alpaca shearing is once again done for the year.  I believe this was one of the smoothest, easiest shearing sessions we've... Read more...
The First Day of Shearing
The First Day of Shearing
The first day of shearingis almost always a little chaotic. But this time, instead of starting tomorrow as we were scheduled, the shearers arrived in town early yesterday morning and... Read more...
Vertical Integration - Making Money with Alpacas
Vertical Integration - Making Money with Alpacas
Alpaca Vertical Integration When we first created our alpaca business plan, all we wanted to do was raise alpacas.  And that is exactly what we did for 3 years, very... Read more...
The Joy of Raising Crias
The Joy of Raising Crias
 The Joy of Raising Crias At first glance, I thought that alpacas were cute, fluffy and a bit odd looking. The more I looked at them, the more odd looking... Read more...
Alpaca Farm Set-Up
Alpaca Farm Set-Up
 Alpaca Farm Set-Up We have built two alpaca farms since getting into the business years ago, and visited many others along the way.  With over one hundred alpacas to work with... Read more...
But it's for Free!
But it's for Free!
When sifting through the vast amount of information available on a specific topic, its hard to figure out why there is such variation in a product - especially alpacas.  So many... Read more...