In 2013 we were introduced to the Mystical Creatures called Alpacas and I fell in love with them. We purchased our first cria that same year in October. The plan was for us to only have 1 since we do not have a place of our own to raise alpacas, we board them. The idea of having 1 alpaca didn't last long and 6 months later we acquired another 2 girls, one was pregnant. A few months later we experienced the birth of our first cria.

One of my friend's favorite saying is "Alpacas are like potato chips, you can't have just one!" At the time, I just considered that saying as being cute but she was right! I was definitely head over heels in love with these animals.

A lot has changed for us over the years and now our main focus is raising alpacas with uniformity. Because we keep our herd small, it does take us longer than most to achieve our goals but we are reaching them.

We do things a little different than most when choosing a male to be our Herdsire. If they have great fiber stats when they are young we wait until they are fully mature to make sure those stats have continued to hold up with age. Confirmation is also a huge part in choosing a male so again we wait patiently for them to fully mature.

Our females also have to reach full maturity and meet with our standards before becoming our breeding stock.

Our goals and persistence have just been validated with our Herdsire Daylight Taboo, he was just given the Spirt of the Fiber Industry award at the Calpaca Autumn Fleece Extracaganza. This award is only given to fleece in the 3 years and older categories. It honors traits recognized as very valuable in long term breeding strategies. We are so extremely proud of our boy.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

We board our Alpacas at Ranch of the Oaks, located in Prescott Valley Arizona. They are a Fiber Mill, check out their website and ask for availability of tours.
ranchoftheoaks.com