Understanding how alleles work greatly improves our ability to predict color outcomes and increases the quality in produce black alpaca offspring.
Understanding The Black Base Coat Color Genotype of Alpacas Read Article
Protect your alpaca products by caring for them properly. Here are our recommendations for cleaning alpaca clothes, throws, and stuffed animals.
How to Clean Your Alpaca Products Read Article
I thought it would be helpful to review the primary colors of alpacas, the variations that can occur, and explain why these color variations exist. This might help you when searching for and buying alpaca yarn or alpaca products.
Understanding Color Variations in Alpaca Yarn and Products Read Article
If you are considering purchasing an alpaca online, know it is buyer beware. You have to do your due diligence or you will be scammed out of your money.
Beware of Alpaca Sales Scams! Read Article
We’d like to provide some farm updates for everyone as our busy season of summer is kicking off. Babies are coming, shearing is happening, and we have a winner for our big giveaway.
Spring Happenings at the Farm Read Article
When you compare alpaca wool to sheep’s wool or cashmere, you’ll quickly see alpaca outperforms both types of wool. Let’s review why!
Why Alpaca Products Are a Great Purchase Read Article
Jason, Hunter, and I would all like to extend a big thank you to everyone who we were fortunate to encounter this last year. From our alpaca buyers and tour visitors to those who shopped in the store or covered our farm in the news – we are grateful to you.
A Year of Growth and Blessings Read Article
A lot of people assume if you mix a white alpaca with a brown alpaca you’ll end up with fawn alpaca. Well, that works in mixing frosting, but it doesn’t work in breeding alpacas. There is a lot more science that goes into the color outcomes of alpaca breeding.
Improving Breeding Outcomes Through Alpaca Color Genotyping Read Article
The question would seem straightforward, however, you have uniformed hobby farms raising these species together not realizing the mental, physical, and genetic issues they are introducing to their livestock.
Can I Raise Alpacas With Other Animals? Read Article
EPDs and histograms are tools available to the alpaca industry that help alpaca breeders improve the genetics and health of their livestock.
Alpaca Histograms vs. EPDs Read Article
This summer we’ve had a lot of farm visitors and we’ve sold quite a few alpaca. One of the questions we receive with each visit is which gender is better for pets and fiber animals – male vs. female?
Do Male or Female Alpacas Make Better Pets and Fiber Animals? Read Article
It’s spring and that means the crias are coming! I absolutely love having births on the farm and I cannot wait for our crias to arrive. Check out our 2020 cria calendar to see who is arriving soon.
2020 Cria Calendar Read Article
Starting an alpaca farm doesn’t have to be scary. Here are 44 resources and tips to help you create a business plan and get you started down the right path.
You’ll have a very good understanding of each alpaca’s demeanor and temperament if you spend a lot of time interacting, listening, and watching.
How to Understand Alpaca Behavior and Positively Influence It Read Article
Alpaca birthday parties can be great fun. No matter what the weather, you can have tons of fun just feeding and hanging out with the alpacas on the farm.
Alpaca Birthday Parties are the Best Birthday Parties Read Article
It appears the larger our alpaca herd grows, the happier the alpacas become. I am apparently adopting herd mentality, because the more alpacas we own, the happier I become.
Welcoming the Ladies of Broken Arrow Ventures Read Article
The revenue opportunities of alpaca farming vary greatly from farm to farm, however, alpaca cost and care is fairly consistent. Let’s breakdown the numbers for startup costs and ongoing expenses.
Alpaca Cost and Understanding the True Expense of Care Read Article
The most common questions we receive and provide some other alpaca facts you might want to know. These data points include everything from history and population to personality traits and tips on raising alpacas.
Alpaca Facts, FAQs, and Other Strange Things You Didn’t Know to Ask Read Article
Not sure how to tell an alapaca from a llama? In this post we cover 30+ different elements from arrival to the US and fiber quality to lifespan and personalities.
Alpacas vs. Llamas: 30+ Similarities and Differences Between the Two Animals Read Article
Last week was busy and completely full of 4H fair activities for the Northwestern Michigan Fair in Traverse City. It was our first year at the fair, and I can safely say, it will not be the last.
Making Friends and Winning 4H Ribbons at the Northwestern Michigan Fair Read Article
On May 25th, Gina and Bill brought Princess, Dolly, and Reba to our farm. We were all thrilled with the new arrivals and were also excited for Princess to deliver her cria.
Alpaca are Like Shoes: You Can Never Have Too Many Read Article
When she went into labor on May 15th, it was a completely different story. While she did wait for my husband to leave, she slowed her birth down and waited for assistance. She did so because her baby wasn’t positioned correctly and she knew she was in trouble.
A Difficult Alpaca Birth Read Article
