How to Make Friends With an Alpaca
Making friends with alpacas is a lot easier than you think. The gift of time, gift of time, respect, and love are critical. Here are my 11 tips for making friends.
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Merino Wool vs. Alpaca
Interested in how merino wool and alpaca compare? In this comparison of merino wool and alpaca, we provide a comparison of both fibers, as well as, some personal experience to help you decide which one is right for you.
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Why Alpacas Are the Quirkiest Animals You’ll Ever Meet
Alpacas are fun, quirky, and lovable. Here are 20 reasons why you’re going to love these magical animals. This list comes from first hand experience and years of interaction.
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The Story of Baby Ryan’s Birth
Things never go as planned, and so is the story of Lilly Grace’s delivery and baby Ryan’s entry into the world. Don’t worry, it’s a happy ending.
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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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