Our alpaca adventure began in 2001 when we purchased our 34 acre farm.  It had an old barn, many outbuildings filled with junk and an 1860’s brick schoolhouse, badly in need of renovation.  After much work was done, we felt we needed to put the land to use, but we did not want to raise meat animals for sale.  We had heard of alpacas, and in the summer of 2001 went to our first alpaca farm visit.  It was the first of many!

After about one year’s worth of research and plenty of fencing, we purchased our first four alpacas; a bred female and three maidens.  At that time, we also bought a guard llama named Reno .  He remains with us today, keeping order in the males’ pasture.  At 364 pounds, he is an imposing sight for the occasional errant raccoon or squirrel.

Our girls now number five, and we have two herdsires and two young males.  We have bought and sold alpacas along the way, as we find fifteen or less to be a good number for us to manage at this time.  Reno has been joined by our livestock guardian dog, Mayhem, a Great Pyrenees.  She takes her work seriously!

This year we are expecting our first springtime births.  In the past, we have always bred in the fall, but we wanted to spread the birthing season out and experience the difference between spring and fall births.

We are adding to our pastures and will soon have a new herdsire area as well as areas for visiting dams and animals returning from shows.  There is always a new shelter to be built or another pasture to seed, or more fencing to install.  We are busy!

This year we will be adding a store page to this website for our offerings of apparel, fleece, yarn and rovings.  Please come back and take a look!

We hope our experiences in beginning our alpaca adventure may help you as you consider involvement in the alpaca industry.  If you have any questions in these or any areas of alpaca farming, we would love to help you!

David and Karen Boyer