I’ve got a great alpaca sweater. Highly recommended!
The live ones do sound fun though....
Are you raising them just for the wool and meat?
I have a seventeen year old miniature llama, does that count? ;)
Bless you for taking in the old ones.Every living creature deserves a full and happy life.
I don’t have the animals, I did attend a ballon festival in Reading Township NJ many years ago and bought an alpaca sea shell shaped wall hanging/rug. Very soft fur and I still have it.
A woman FReeper had llamas or alpacas. She might turn up if you keep asking.
What do they taste like? Do you get milk? Can you make cheese and butter?
Two weeks ago, my neighbor who has properties scattered around inherited a 4hr old baby blonde goat girl. His neighbor in Conroe, TX got a Llama who murdered 5 goats in ten minutes, including this baby’s mother and twin.
Still don’t know what to make of it. Bottle-feeding and burping this baby really got me to questioning: Alpacs are smaller Llama, so if you have any other livestock you may want to investigate that.
Two weeks ago, my neighbor who has properties scattered around inherited a 4hr old baby blonde goat girl. His neighbor in Conroe, TX got a Llama who murdered 5 goats in ten minutes, including this baby’s mother and twin.
Still don’t know what to make of it. Bottle-feeding and burping this baby really got me to questioning: Alpacs are smaller Llama, so if you have any other livestock you may want to investigate that.
Careful, they spit.
No, but I always wanted to!
I don’t have alpacas. But I am thinking about getting some goats! Goat owners, anybody??
Is that an Italian sports car? I think I had one of those once.
There are some folks a few miles down a back country road near here who have a few. Every time I go that way, I always pull over, especially with the grand kids.
The alpacas—4 or 5 of them—always run over to the fence to get their noses scratched. They seem very intelligent. They furrow their brows and stare at us curiously with beautiful eyes.
Baby alpaca wool is delightful to knit with. I’ve made some scarves with it. So soft and so warm for its weight. Blends really well with a little silk for a luxurious looking creation.
My alpaca had a speech impediment. I got laryngitis trying to teach it not to slur its words.
I was the hoarse man of the alpaca lisp.
Haven’t a one, but love most animals.
How much for a breeding pair?
I am swaddled in a wool & cashmere shawl right now as we
speak. We have no grazing land here on the river. I bought
3 wool & cashmere shawls in different colors. No alpaca
stuff that I know of. Pet one for me; but if it spits on
you, don’t blame me!
Alpacas?
No....can’t say we ever had any.
Had a sabre toothed dashhound for awhile.
Great hunting dog.
Got a lot of birdies.....on the golf course.