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- How many alpacas do you own?
- 10-20
- In case of evacuation, can your farm be used for short term boarding??
- Yes
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- Alpaca Clan Acres, USA
- What is your name?
- Dena Kotka-Holtz
- Where is your farm located?
- Wellington, Colorado
- How long have you been raising alpacas?
- 2 1/2 years
- What kind of alpacas do you raise?
- Both Huacayas and Suris
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- My husband and I bought our first alpaca in Febuary of 2006 and we still don't regret it. We love having them in our lives. We both currently work and do our alpaca chores together every morning and come home to check on them every night. We feel blessed to have these wonderful creatures in our lives. We are also listed on Alpacanation.com under ALPACA CLAN ACRES, USA
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My husband, Terry and I, Dena bought our first alpaca in Febuary 2006. We knew immediately that we wanted to raise alpacas, so we bought a few more in our first year. In our second year we bought three more. We are up to fifteen alpacas now. Our plans are to grow. We have ten acres in Wellington, Colorado. Just twenty minutes from Wyoming and only twenty minutes from CSU, located in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Posted on November 2, 2008 at 9:17am — 1 Comment
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- At 8:38pm on May 10, 2009,
Padaysia said…
- Hi Dena,
Thanks for the welcome! I am glad there is a site like this where alpaca lovers can unite! We hope to get some land in about 6 months and then hopefully soon after that we'll be getting our starter herd! We are researching local alpaca farms so we can form a partnership and have a mentor to help us. I can't wait!
- At 2:31pm on May 8, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Hey Dena,
Glad you had a good time at the show.... I had a blast at the spring show here in MI !!! My critters did great! Reserve Color Champ, 2 blues, 1 red, 1 white, and a green! Not bad for 2 days! I am so proud of my son..... he won one of the blues in the intermediate obstacle course! He loves these guys so much! He's my future paca farmer!
- At 8:24am on April 11, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Hi Dena,
Haven't heard from you in a while... hope you are doing good...
- At 9:05pm on April 2, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Hey Dena,
How are you? Thawing out yet? It was actually very springlike here today! The frogs have woken up! It's so nice listnening to them in the evening! ( we have a pond )
- At 9:24am on February 2, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Yes, I saw her little critters too! Very cute. Her felting was/is also featured in the new alpaca magazine! I am using pipe cleaners as the base ... still experimenting :)
- At 8:35pm on January 31, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Yeah... i am getting cabin fever bad! But I am still felting and am trying to make some free standing alpacas out of some of this fleece... still in the experimenting stage.... they look more like dogs than alpacas ! When I get them perfected, I will take some pics!
- At 9:57am on January 29, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Hi Dena, how goes it out in Col??? we are still very cold here... below normal temps and snowing again :)
- At 7:58am on January 16, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- I have found that the edges stick together and start to felt, but when you card the fibers they come apart some. I pull the fibers apart into a big fluffy pile before I card it. That works best for me. My carders are the 4 x 6 inch carders. I dont think i could use the larger ones....
good luck :)
- At 7:58am on January 15, 2009,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- Hi Dena,
Hows the fiber washing going??? Have you tried dyeing yet?
- At 12:58pm on December 14, 2008,
Nancy Schell ~ Walnut Hill Farm said…
- You will be sooo supprised when you see it all done! Don't worry if it still looks a little 'yellow' while it's still wet. It will dry nice and bright white! good luck and have fun!
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