Alpacas can adapt to the heat of our summer days as long as they have cooler nights to recover. When nighttime temperatures stay in the upper eighties, this tends to create an accumulated effect and gives reason to take special precautions to avoid heat stress. Another point to keep in mind pertains to high humidity [...]
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Hi Alpaca Enthusiast! I wanted to share some very exciting news with you about the alpaca industry. Finally there is a consorted effort to recognize alpaca fiber as an economic opportunity for the public. Alpaca United has been formed as a legal entity that is creating a brand for products made from USA raised alpacas. [...]
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WOW! What a response to our Happy Alpaca Valentine’s Day video! By popular demand we’ve decided to make it available again… One of the many things I love about this incredible business is the expressions of joy on the faces of people when they interact with the alpacas. We open our ranch to visitors quite often. [...]
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Every year many of us alpaca breeders think about our alpacas and their connection to our troops in harms way. As we stay warm indoors celebrating the Holidays with our friends, family & other loved ones…. let’s remember those who are not so warm. They are the soldiers that are serving and freezing outdoors in [...]
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Now is the best time to build or rebuild an alpaca livestock business! My friend and successful alpaca breeder, Jim Patrick of Denton Texas, wrote some very insightful information about the future of the alpaca industry recently. When he did… I took notice. Why? Because when he speaks… people listen and for very good reasons! He has a background [...]
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This is no April Fool’s… the alpaca industry is alive and well. The sale of one very special alpaca stud for $675,000 is only the beginning! At the end of February, a very important event took place… The Snowmass Auction in Phoenix AZ. Most of us breeders use this event as a barometer about the [...]
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If you answer YES to any of these questions then you might be interested in the concept of alpaca starter packages. Have you wanted to start an alpaca herd or expand your present one? Have you thought that the average prices for good quality pregnant females were just too high for you? Have you talked [...]
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When we decided to get into the alpaca industry (Oct 2004), the benefits of two factors really stood out. First the gentle nature of the lifestyle appealed to us and second the favorable tax consequences sealed the deal. My initial research took me to several publications about the financial aspects of alpaca ownership. In this [...]
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Posted in Alpaca Lifestyle on Jul 22nd, 2009
Alpacas love water – especially on a hot day. My females will stand in line to get their bellies hosed down. Then they wander off and find a cool place to roll, or lie in the mud, or bucket dance in their water pails. This regular ritual allows me to give each one a close inspection. [...]
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As a species alpacas are more like cats than dogs and quite Intelligent. When people meet alpacas for the first time – they observe gentle, curious animals with big doe-like eyes looking back at them. An initial question usually turns to their type of personality. My usual answer is that alpacas are more like [...]
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