This farm breeds alpacas. In this video they talk about approaching alpacas as an investment. “Beats watching the market tank.” Take a look.
Our family has been raising alpacas as lifestyle and an investment for the past ten years. Our farm, Fairhope Alpacas, specializes in helping new alpaca breeders get started. Contact me at alpacas (at) [...]
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It’s the dirty little secret most Alpaca Breeders have. It’s the thing about us that Fiber Artists just can’t understand.
We have closets, barns, rooms full of fleece. Just sitting there. It’s not that we don’t appreciate it, it’s just that – for some of us – there’s not enough time to do much with it. [...]
I was on my way to my first crochet class. I looked out in the field and noticed a lovely little light fawn cria sitting up. Hmm. “That’s not Clark…Wait that’s Hope with that baby. That’s Hope’s baby! It’s here!”
Had to miss the crochet class. Ran over to her. Yes, it’s a her! We have [...]
Actually, you DO NOT WANT to imprint your cria to humans. He needs to imprint on his mom and realize that he is an alpaca. We did some imprinting by accident, and we have since fixed the problem. Here’s what happened.
I was going to the barn to prepare Merry’s evening bottle when I saw this [...]
Knitting is Good for Your Health
Eat Your Vegetables
Exercise
Knit?
Yes, that’s right! Add knitting to the list of things that are good for us.
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We’ve been waiting for Honeybelle to have her cria, and today he finally arrived!
This was how I found Honeybelle this moring when I went out to do chores around 8am. She later had her cria around 11am. This is how alpaca dams look when they are in labor. Uncomfy. Sometimes when they are in labor [...]
It was incredibly lame for me not to take a single photograph yesterday for the blog. (Above is the requisite alpaca shot of Amber thrown in for my beloved readers.)
Several times I thought of calling the house and having someone bring my camera to me. But my husband was sick and he had already taken [...]
Let’s say you love alpacas. (Who doesn’t?) You keep thinking about buying some, but you haven’t been able to pull the proverbial trigger and DO IT. Here are 7 Reasons why 2009 should be the year you take the plunge.
It’s a Buyer’s Market. Buyers call the shots. Prices on everything are down. This includes alpacas. [...]
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