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Added by Linsey Carey on March 9, 2010 at 2:16pm — No Comments

alpaca covers

I AM INTERESTED IN GETTING SOME COVERS FOR MY HERD BEFORE SHEARING, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO GET THEM? THANKS FOR THE HELP. LINDA NICOLOSI Continue

Added by LINDA NICOLOSI on February 15, 2010 at 9:15pm — No Comments

east tenn mini schnauzers

Our next litter of pups due early march(black and siver /salt and pepper) Continue

Added by POLLY GRAY on January 27, 2010 at 3:29pm — No Comments

hi everyone, we have one stall booked for each show. we have a juvie male and a yearling female. would anyone be willing to share stalls. if you have a stall for either boys or girls and are willing to share we will take your boys or girls. alpacaroyale@hotmail.com thanks Continue

Added by Linsey Carey on January 15, 2010 at 9:56am — No Comments

My Book

My book should be available on amazon.com this week. Check it out. If you see it before me please send me a message' Continue

Added by POLLY GRAY on January 11, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

more alpacas to tempt me

We have just finished our third Quarantine of 15 alpaca from Australia. It is very interesting to see the improved fleeces every shipment is better than the one before most of this last load are so nice and so consistent in their over all fineness. Most would qualifie for the ultra fine bale . Two young girls here are16.5 and have sibs that are more remarkable, one of those girls is dark fawn and has been bred to the record holding producer of a cria that has a an unbelievable 12.5 ,,,One male i… Continue

Added by Tannis Froese on January 10, 2010 at 11:07am — No Comments

Zip is a award winning alpaca with a fleece entry as of October 2009 Go Zip

You can find Zip,s fiber in my pictures. You can also find Zip in my pictures Continue

Added by POLLY GRAY on January 9, 2010 at 9:01pm — 1 Comment

alpaca beans

alpaca beans are good for protecting a garden from deeer Continue

Added by POLLY GRAY on January 9, 2010 at 8:35pm — No Comments

Alma Park Lowers Prices!!!

Looking for great alpaca bargains? We have lowered prices on all our animals! Please see our site, packages to be updated soon: http://almapark.com/sale_animals.html Continue

Added by Alma Park Alpacas-Rose Mogerman on January 9, 2010 at 11:38am — No Comments

Louet Lowers Prices!

Louet has lowered their price on several of their spinning wheels - can you imagine that they would "lower" their prices! There is a kit to build your own wheel - the S17 - for just $330. That's not bad! Click http://www.alpacameadows.com/Results.asp?category=41 to go directly to the page of spinning wheels in The Farm Store of our website. Julie Petty www.alpacameadows.com… Continue

Added by Julie on January 6, 2010 at 1:55pm — No Comments

This made me cry...

Word for word from Dr. Jones, Veterinarian of the year. Recommendation to put with my resume... "In 35 years of veterinary practice, I have never worked with anyone that has the animal skills of Jamie. She has the "eye", the instinct, power of observation and gift of knowing the status of animal well-being. This remarkable ability has led to early diagnosis and successful treatment of many animals. She is very competent, thorough, and compliant in giving treatments to animals under my supervisi… Continue

Added by Jamie Clark on December 31, 2009 at 4:33pm — 3 Comments

A Special Alpaca Moment

It is always special when you can share your alpacas with others. Took a couple of my male alpacas to be in the church's Nativity Scene. Had lots of fun educating people on alpacas and watching all the kids. We have been blessed this year and hoping all my friends will have a blessed year!

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Added by David T. Smith on December 27, 2009 at 8:51pm — 2 Comments

Little Alpaca Phoenix Rises

Andy Bowen with Phoenix. Photo by Cheryl Bowen It started out a glorious morning. My beloved herdsire Magnum was coming home from a long breeding engagement in Colorado. Another of our herdsires, Firecracker, was on trailer as well. In addition there were three other alpacas who belonged to me but that I had never seen in person – Guardian Angel (our Archangel daughter) and her male… Continue

Added by Katy Spears on December 22, 2009 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Go to http://alpakka.underlupen.no

Go to http://alpakka.underlupen.no for the real alpaca blog! Cheers from Knapper Alpakka Continue

Added by Rolf Barbakken on November 30, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments

http://zenasurialpacas.wordpress.com

This is where you can read my blogs. Eventually Ihope to get them on here too. Continue

Added by Kathleen Callan on November 18, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

Fall is a great time of the year

Well, it's time for the fall festivals and open houses to start. I went to a wool festival at a really cool farm a week ago and had a good time. My friend, kathy Withers, has mostly angora goats and sheep, but is getting more alpacas. Best seller was my felted hand made soaps!! I am having my Open House this weekend, so if you are in the neighborhood, stop in. 17001 W Hopi Dr, Casa Grande, Az 85222. Continue

Added by Pat Skelton on November 3, 2009 at 3:41pm — 1 Comment

Maidens, UGGHHHH!!!!!

Sorry havent been around in a bit but we have been busy on the farm!!! We had a beautiful little girl born on Oct. 4th and mom just didnt have a lot of milk so we had to tube the cria for 4 days and finally mom got more milk and "Skipper" has finally picked up weight and is romping around in the nursery. Our next girl was due Oct. 30th and she is a clients, a maiden and bred to our Rugar. We were so excited because this would be the first Ruger baby in Florida. Our client and good friend was h… Continue

Added by Maryann Marsh on October 21, 2009 at 9:31am — 2 Comments

9 Tips for Using Alpaca Manure Tea

Organic fertilizers are beneficial to the soil. Bruce Zimmerman at Hort-Pro tells us, “ They build up the organic content of the soil, which improves its drainage and structure. By improving a soils structure you increase its ability to hold and release nutrients. The natural break down of the organi… Continue

Added by Katy Spears on October 11, 2009 at 6:20pm — No Comments

Our new baby!

Last Sunday, October 4th we had a little girl! Our Barbi Doll (proven mom) had a little girl at 3:00pm. Text book birth but talk about little! Now, Barbi is a big girl so figuring a good size cria but this little one weighed in at 9. 2 pounds. We have had small but strong ones in the past but she was a weak little thing but strong enough to find the teats within 2 hours but shaky. Barbi was not bagged up at all but I did get about 4 cc's of colostrum out of her to feed baby but knew she just did… Continue

Added by Maryann Marsh on October 10, 2009 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

A Thank You Full Of Wonder!

I want to thank all the farms that participated in the Alpaca Wonder Weekend both in the Wonder-ful Pen Sale and as Wonderful Vendors and Speakers. I am hearing fabulous feedback from everyone who attended and was amazed at the amount of people who came that have already been researching the alpaca industry and are considering having their own farm. I am also very please with people who had never seen alpacas before and are eager to learn more. I believe that it's educating the public that will… Continue

Added by Andrea Morrison on October 6, 2009 at 6:26pm — 2 Comments