Pretty Mya in the beautiful fields out West.
Above is one of the latest additions to our herd. Our farm, Fairhope Alpacas has recently acquired the girls from the Windy Ridge herd. We are so excited to add 20 amazing females to our herd. Later this Spring we will be sending our herdsire SCA Peruvian Magnum [...]

February 28th, 2011 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, Fairhope Alpacas, farm, Mya, SCA Peruvian Magnum, Windy Ridge Alpacas, Windy Ridge Ranch Alpacas | Category: Alpacas, Farm Business, New Additions | Comments (6)

Breeding on the Farm
Participating in Wordless Wednesday

November 3rd, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, breeding, breeding season, Fall breeding, farm, Magnum, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Good Breeding, Husbandry, Magnum, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (6)

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 [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Tags: Alpacas, Alpacas 101, business plan, Fairhope Alpacas, farm, history of alpacas, huacaya alpacas, investment opportunity, nutrition, purchase selection, Sales list, tax benefits | Category: Alpacas, Events, Farm Business | Comments (4)

Online Degrees recently published their list of the top 50 Best Farm and Agriculture Blogs of 2010.
This list includes blogs on ag news and information, sustainable farming, and farming big and small. They also list blogs about agricultural science, ag politics, and ag policies.
I was tickled that our Alpaca Farmgirl Blog was included in the [...]

March 24th, 2010 | Tags: agriculture, Alpacas, blogs, farm, online degrees | Category: Alpacas, Resources, Weekly Web Finds | Comments (14)

My husband, the Artist, loves animals. He loves the alpacas. He, himself, is so tenderhearted that he probably never would have chosen a business that brought with it the inevitability of animals dying. We all feel sad when an alpaca passes away on the farm, but I’ve long suspected that the Artist takes it the [...]

February 11th, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farm, alpaca farming, Alpacas, cria, farm, farms, rain, sunshine | Category: Alpacas, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (10)

They dream of being old enough…
Participating in Wordless Wednesday

December 9th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca farm, ATV, farm, kids, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (5)

Yesterday a cria was born on our farm. (A cria is what you call a baby alpaca). It comes from the Spanish word for “creation”. This little bundle of joy belongs to our friends, the Bowens, whose farm is Humming Star Alpacas. A few of their alpacas are being boarded with us while their barn [...]

November 29th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, cria, Doe, farm, Magnum, new addition, SCA Peruvian Magnum, Sunday Citar | Category: Alpacas, New Additions, Sunday Citar | Comments (18)

I just caught the tail end of Tuesday night’s AgChat on Twitter. But they came up with a super idea about how we can thank farmer and ranchers for the hard work they do growing our food. With Thanksgiving this week, it seems like the perfect time to thank the hard-working farmers out there.
On Wednesday [...]

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: #agchat, Advocates for Agriculture, agriculture, Facebook, farm, farming, thankafarmer, Twitter | Category: Alpacas, Farm Business | Comments (2)

Lucky for me I was out of town at the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair.  That way I could not be blamed for bringing yet another animal into our home. We already have 3 cats. I’m allergic to cats. Yet I love them. All were rescued or were stray kittens who found us.
Here’s the story as [...]

November 5th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, barn, farm, kitten, new addition | Category: New Additions | Comments (18)