Alpacas are a beautiful, intelligent, fleece-producing camelid. Related to the Llama, they are ruminants that utilise their food efficiently.  Alpacas are quite hardy; do not require special management, fencing or other facilities.

Alpacas have padded feet and browse lightly, making them kind to Australia’s fragile soils. Alpacas can do well on medium protein pasture, provided it contains sufficient mineral content.

Alpaca fibre is soft handling fibre with many natural colours.  The fibre is lightweight, amazingly warm, with a high tensile strength.  Alpaca garments hang well, keep their shape and don’t easily pill

Stud farms vary in size, from small breeders with a handful of animals to other breeders with hundreds of animals.  You can begin with wethers or breeding females where you can use any one of a number of quality males available for stud services.

Alpacas attract many people from those looking for a lifestyle, farmers wanting to diversify, fibre growers, to investors adding to their portfolios.

Alpacas are environmentally friendly with a low incidence of disease. Whilst Alpacas eat pasture close to the ground, they do not tear the plant roots out.

 They do require clean water and some shelter, as do all livestock.

Alpacas will spit to ward-off intruders. This behaviour is their main source of defence. Other farming enterprises are using Alpacas as herd protectors to ward off predators such as foxes.

Alpacas are relatively easy to handle and manage. Women and children can manage them with ease.  Often investing in alpacas coincides with the desire to raise one’s children in a healthy farm environment.

There is no costly infrastructure set-up required for the farm, fencing requirements are similar to sheep.

You can invest in Alpacas without purchasing your own property, and increase your herd and investment by becoming an agistor.

Call us to talk about more information on Alpacas, purchasing Alpacas, Stud Services, our agistment programme, or any other aspect of breeding alpacas.