Here she is. All 8 pounds of her. No, It’s not a necklace that she’s wearing, but a catheter, via Auburn’s Large Animal Veterinary Hospital where she spent a short time. But she’s home now and doing great.
Her mom didn’t know what to make of her at first, but now they are inseparable.
I bought her [...]
Saturday, November 6, 2010
An educational seminar designed to provide you with all the information you need to know to start your alpaca farm.
This seminar will be held at Fairhope Alpacas in Fairhope, Alabama, home to more than 40 [...]
She looked up at me innocently.
“What?”
“That’s how I drink,” she said.
Though it was weird, it was one of the cutest things I’d ever seen. I had to stop what I was doing and just watch her for at least 15 minutes.
This alpaca, Foxy Lady, was biting the side of the bucket with her teeth and [...]
A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of meeting a fiber diva, Roo of Moonwood Farm whom I had long admired – in the flesh! I had heard about this incredible lady and I had almost gotten the chance to meet her at SAFF. But every time I had gone past her booth, [...]
This is a new weekly feature with a tidbit of wisdom picked up along the way after ten plus years breeding alpacas. A nugget of knowledge that you don’t have when you are new to alpacas, but years down the road seems like a pretty important piece of info worth sharing.
Not to Pick The Most [...]
This video is outstanding. A film crew from the New Hampshire Chronicle visited my friend, Valerie, at her farm – The Green Alpaca. In the video Valerie talks about alpacas being eco-friendly, we get to see her yurt, and the alpacas are completely adorable.
I have to admit that I never understood the yurt. I’m not [...]
It was disappointing to hear there was a tropical storm last week. By November we are usually past storm season. Guess nobody told Ida ’cause here she is. Heading right at us. (Our farm is in Fairhope, AL between Mobile, AL and Pensacola, FL about 25 miles off the gulf coast.)
Preparing for a category 1 [...]
Fall is a wonderful time of year for alpacas on our farm.
Participating in Wordless Wednesdays.
Join us this weekend for Fairhope Alpacas‘ Alpacas 101 class.
Would you like to learn more about the alpaca business? Do you know someone who does? Our Alpacas 101 Seminar covers all you need to know before getting started. We talk about how to care for the alpacas, how to make money with alpacas, and we [...]
One of the first people I met in the alpaca industry was Joe. He is the farm manager for Creekwater Alpacas, and he has his own alpaca herd that he calls Creekwater East. When we met him we knew a lot of people named Joe, so I always called him “Alpaca Joe” when I spoke [...]
