About the Herd

We started our herd with 3 females in the spring of 2014.  As we often say, alpaca are a lot like potato chips, you can't just have a couple...

Three became 6 ... which became 12 and before we knew it ... the herd swelled to over 20.  As of August 2019, we have approximately 25 alpaca on the homestead.

Our herd grew in part to selective breeding, and in large part to our participation in the Seed Stock Suri's Host Farm program.  This program was a cutting edge, progressive approach to breeding suris and propagating the next generation of alpaca ranchers.  As a Host Farm, we raised a number of their premiere breeding males and females, and their offspring, alongside our own herd.  We cared for the seed stock crop as if they are our own.  In exchange for providing husbandry and care, we reaped the bounty of their fiber crop.  But most importantly, we received expert guidance and mentorship from seasoned alpaca farmers. 

With Seed Stock Suris encouragement and mentorship, we built our herd based on scientific fiber data and an eye for improving the North American suri herd as a whole.