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Here are some basic principles that will help you get started Alpacas are herd animals and like to stay together as a group (mostly) therefore, it is easier to treat them as one and move the whole group whenever possible. They respond to herding pressure – as you move towards them they will tend to […]

When you are around alpacas, It doesn’t take you long to realise that they are different from each other. I’m not just talking about the way they look for example colour, confirmation or fleece coverage. It is also true of the way they behave. In this episode I want to take some time to consider […]

Hannah Williams started 7 years ago with 3 castrated male alpacas but with a year she was buying females and began breeding and currently has a herd of 36. Experienced in farming she discovered alpacas are similar but different from other livestock and are both delightful and rewarding. She sells pet boys and breeding stock […]

Could I keep alpacas? Seen alpacas and think you would like some of your own? You need to know what is involved and the questions you should answer before buying an alpaca. Have you got enough? money; land; knowledge; capacity Business or hobby? Large or small? Breeding or pets? Will you show them? Looking from […]

In this episode, we will be considering how alpacas and holiday-lets can work together to make a great experience for visitors and how alpacas can be added to what you are already doing. I first met Nick and Joe Davies at one of our home-farm open days. They had a look in their eyes and […]

Over the last few years, Jen Delucia has been hand spinning and producing yarn for sale, as well as to use in her decorative wall hangings, both of which she sells on Etsy. Some of her inspiration comes from family connections with Patagonia as well as the coastal area where she lives. Her small business […]

Rowan Flindall-Shayle, well known in the alpaca world, is both gregarious and passionate about alpacas since she first met them and found herself through her work, suddenly made responsible for a group of eight alpacas and having to learn how to care for them and deal with the practicalities of the how-to’s e.g. shearing and […]