Overview:
After purchasing 20 acres of New England Prime ?Rock and Woods,? our ranch was under construction, but what do we raise? Our thought process eliminated many forms of livestock as too big, too bothersome, too dangerous, but once we actually met an alpaca, the answer was obvious - We fell in love with Alpacas! These friendly, peaceful, ?Huggable? animals are easy to care for and require a relatively small area of land. Our ranch came together quickly as we cleared 3+ acres in June ?98. While the barn was erected that summer, Bob, Louise and many wonderful friends were busy making pastures, erecting fences, etc., and most importantly - selecting our alpacas. Our alpaca ranch officially opened on Nov. 17, 1998 with the arrival of our six alpacas and a guard llama. During the first year, our original 6 animals grew to 38 through acquisitions and the birth of 12 cria. With this first year came a wealth of excitement, experience and knowledge. The millennium saw our alpaca herd grow to 60 including the birth of 20 cria. We added pastures, several buildings and doubled the size of out barn. |
