Alpacas, Community, & Donations
This last weekend we opened our farm up and invited the public in for two days of alpaca giggles, treats, and photos. We like to do this right before shearing […]
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Saying No to Fast Fashion
Learn what fast fashion is, why it’s horrible for our environment, and how the alpaca industry is helping force a shift away from disposable clothing.
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Buying Alpaca Yarn
The success of your knitting project depends heavily on selecting and buying the right yarn weight. Let’s review all that I’ve learned about buying and selling yarn.
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19 Unscientific Signs of Alpaca Labor and Delivery
How do you know when your alpaca is ready to begin labor and delivery? Are there clear signs an alpaca is ready to deliver a baby? Here is my list of signs.
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Breeding Alpacas: What New Farms Need to Know
In this article, we cover information new farms need to know about breeding alpacas. It will help you learn about the process and if it’s right for you.
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Color Genotyping of Alpacas: What We Are Learning
This is a web-friendly version of a alpaca color genotyping presentation provided by Lynn Edens at the Parade of Champions Auction in June.
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Understanding The Black Base Coat Color Genotype of Alpacas
Understanding how alleles work greatly improves our ability to predict color outcomes and increases the quality in produce black alpaca offspring.
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How to Clean Your Alpaca Products
Protect your alpaca products by caring for them properly. Here are our recommendations for cleaning alpaca clothes, throws, and stuffed animals.
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Understanding Color Variations in Alpaca Yarn and Products
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.
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Beware of Alpaca Sales Scams!
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.
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Spring Happenings at the Farm
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.
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Why Alpaca Products Are a Great Purchase
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!
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A Year of Growth and Blessings
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.
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Improving Breeding Outcomes Through Alpaca Color Genotyping
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.
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Can I Raise Alpacas With Other Animals?
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.
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Do Male or Female Alpacas Make Better Pets and Fiber Animals?
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?
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44 Tips and Resources for Creating a Successful Business Plan and Starting an Alpaca Farm
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.
How to Understand Alpaca Behavior and Positively Influence It
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.
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Alpaca Birthday Parties are the Best Birthday Parties
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.
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Welcoming the Ladies of Broken Arrow Ventures
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.
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Alpaca Facts, FAQs, and Other Strange Things You Didn’t Know to Ask
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.
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Alpacas vs. Llamas: 30+ Similarities and Differences Between the Two Animals
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.
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