Alpaca Husbandry

Alpaca farm
Alpaca Farm Set-Up
An 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...
Raising Alpacas
Raising Alpacas
 So what is a typical day like raising alpacas?  Do we just hang out in the barn with them? Sometimes.  Are we always outside?  It depends on the weather.   Do we... Read more...
four alpacas in the snow
Alpaca Ownership
Alpaca Ownership Facts & Data Why do people in so many countries call alpacas the world's finest livestock business? For any business asset to be valuable, it must possess certain qualities that... Read more...
Alpacas grazing
Alpaca Tax Benefits
Tax Advantages when Running an Alpaca Business The major tax advantages of conducting an alpaca business include the employment of expensing capital assets depreciation, capital gains treatment, and the benefit... Read more...
Anatolian guard dog
Anatolian Guard Dogs
Anatolian Guard Dogs We use llamas to help protect our alpacas from predators in addition to livestock guard dogs, Turkish Anatolians. Anatolians are one of the only dogs capable of fending off mountain... Read more...
Dressing Up and Celebrating the Alpaca
Dressing Up and Celebrating the Alpaca
We recently returned from an alpaca show, where judges review, prod and pluck fleece from alpacas to determine which one in each class is the best. This helps determine breeding... Read more...
How Fiber Sorting Affects Your Profitability
How Fiber Sorting Affects Your Profitability
There is no easy button to determine how much profit you can make from your fiber.   There are several factors that determine your fiber profitability. The amount of each... Read more...
brown alpaca running in the snow
A Cold Winter's Night...and Day...and Night
The forecast for this weekend was that is was going to be cold - really cold - and the weather certainly followed through.  We prepared the barn early with six... Read more...
An Alpaca with a Broken Leg
An Alpaca with a Broken Leg
During a farm visit yesterday, as we shuffled people from one pen to the next, I noticed one of our ladies was just standing still, letting people pet her.  We... Read more...
Putting Your Alpaca Product in Stores
Putting Your Alpaca Product in Stores
Putting Products In A Retail Store It is mid-summer once again and we are back to the farmer's markets with our alpacas and our products. I love seeing the people,... Read more...
When Should You Be Ready To Sell Your Alpacas?
When Should You Be Ready To Sell Your Alpacas?
We had a farm visit the other day that brought up a great question. In fact, I had never even thought about this question. While talking about their future plans... Read more...
Proving Me Wrong Again - When Babies Are Outside the Norm
Proving Me Wrong Again - When Babies Are Outside the Norm
On a beautiful June day, our 22nd baby of the year arrived - at 4:30 Pm a month early. Most of the time, cria are born between10 and 2 pm.... Read more...