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Alpacas In The News!!!
Whew! What GREAT P.R. for
alpacas!
http://www.alpacafarmgirl.com/2010/04/alpacas-on-the-today-show/
http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/alpaca-farm-continues-grow-20315
Check him out, for a limited
time offering outside breedings!
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details!
Herdsires & Alpacas For Sale in
Northeastern Moyock, North
Carolina
and near by Virginia Beach and The Outer Banks at AlpacaNaca Farm.
Hey
y'all! Welcome to AlpacaNaca Farms near the beautiful Outer Banks
of North Carolina. We are located just 1 sunny mile off
Route 168 as you are traveling south just over the Virginia state line
on Snowden Rd, in Moyock, North Carolina. Call us when you're coming
through, and we'll make sure we're here!
Whether you're contemplating owning alpacas or already are a new breeder, or even if you've been involved for some time, we recommend you research, read and visit as many farms to educate yourself about this wonderful animal called the Alpaca, and the industry that is growing rapidly all around it. The more educated we all are, the more successful our industry will be.
Our Philosophy: AlpacaNaca has carefully selected its own breeding program, selecting dams and sires to achieve our goal of healthy alpacas with excellent conformation and the finest fiber. Our broad selection of quality animals provides you the opportunity to select top quality alpacas for your start up herd or add to your existing herd. Check out our nationally known bloodlines below. We are a small, but growing hands on operation, and are completely committed to continual improvement through selective breeding.
At the present time, the alpaca industry is based on the sale of quality breeding stock, while the size of the national herd continues to grow by the thousands. Lineage, correct conformation, fleece quality, color and age are many factors that can influence individual alpaca prices. Alpacas are much like other commodities, the market pays a premium for flawless examples. We, as are other alpaca owners, breeders and farms, are committed to raising and continually striving for perfection. Prevention of genetic degeneration is a main goal as well.
Alpacas are part of the camelid
family, as are llamas, camels and giraffes. Originally from the South
American Andes mountains, they have been domesticated for thousands of
years. By selective breeding practices of these early Andean cultures,
the fiber spun was reserved only for royalty.
Today, there are only 2 types of alpacas, huacaya and suri. Huacaya produces fleece with crimp or a wavy quality to it, while the suri produces fleece with no crimp but lock structure or dreadlocks.
Alpacas stand about 3' tall and weigh on average 130-150 pounds, although that standard is getting larger. They have a life expectancy of 20 years and can reproduce for most of that time. Because gestation takes close to a year, protection against over production is built in. " Cria", the offspring, generally mature between 18 months and 3 years. They are intelligent, friendly gentle creatures that hum to communicate. Alpacas do not bite and instead of hooves, they have 2 padded toes on each foot that are environmentally friendly, your pastures will keep better. Alpacas are safe enough for children to care for.
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Herdsires Peruvian Ion/Allianza El Patron/Accoyo El Cine/Accoyo Black Thunder/Bolivian Legacy/Bolivian Black Flame/Bolivian Taft's Antonio Guellermos' Choco/Peruvian Ameripaca Dartagnan/Peruvian Ameripaca Challenger/Peruvian Black Thunder Peruvian Ion Ross/Accoyo Primero/Accoyo Chieftain Bolivian Redeemer Bolivan Mr. Know-It-All Primero Grey Legend Hi-Way Man Bruno/Mocha Delfino Peruvian Felix Black Thunder/ Full Bolivian |
Grandsires Caligula/Accoyo Mr. President /Accoyo Taft Guellermo/Allianza Macusani Pluro/Accoyo Seldom Scene Galeno Chalippena Ameripaca Bonanza Yupanqui Peruvian King
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Alpacas can provide a rewarding lifestyle and a great investment with high potential returns. As you would with any investment, make use of the educational tools available before making any decisions. They are easy to raise, requiring very little land, 6-8 per acre. Alpacas are very strong and hardy animals, eating approximately 1 bale of hay per month, and are very inexpensive to maintain. In North America, the average alpaca farm is 10 acres or less.
Tax advantages are another investment opportunity of owning alpacas. Whether you are a hands-on breeder or prefer someone else to do the work while you agist ( board) your alpacas, you can qualify for many deductions. Alpacas are also fully insurable against all loss, where else can you get that kind of security on your investment? Please make sure you ask us more about this particular opportunity of alpaca ownership!
Alpacas are entertaining, loveable and have been known to help provide a sense of inner peace just by sitting in the pasture with them. Just take a look into the biggest eyes you've ever encountered, and you too will be lost forever!
We look forward to your visit to our farm, showing you our animals and sharing the incredible lifestyle of owning alpacas! C'mon down.
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Shear Madness in North Carolina as Alpacas are Fleeced!
By
Stephen M. Katz
The
Virginian-Pilot
© April 12, 2009 Nearly 50 alpacas from four farms were sheared Saturday
morning at AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C. Each animal produces between
five and 10 pounds of fleece, which is cut annually and made into yarn
for items such as hats, socks, scarves and jackets. The fleece is prized
for its non-allergenic nature. Each haircut takes about five minutes and
is painless to the animals. And yes, alpacas do spit as a defensive
mechanism.
AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C., hosts traveling alpaca shearers from the Midwest during their circuit up and down the East Coast. Nearly 50 alpacas from local breeders were brought here Saturday for shearing. Each animal yields five to 10 pounds of fleece, which is soft and supple to the touch and is regarded by many to be in the same league as cashmere. The fleece appears naturally in 22 distinct colors. Despite their reputation for spitting, alpacas “make excellent companion animals” and “have lovable dispositions,” according to a commercial alpaca site at www.alpacas-4-sale.com.
Photos courtesy of Stephen M. Katz | The Virginian-Pilot.
 John Leake, second from right, and others round up alpacas to be sheared Saturday morning at AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C.
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 Rena Weeks, 16, and Kayla Weeks, 13, comfort a young alpaca before it is sheared Saturday morning at the AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C. |
 John Gasser of Chesapeake struggles with an alpaca as others bind its feet before it is sheared Saturday morning at AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C. Gasser is waiting to close on his own farm and attended the shearing to learn the trade. |
 At the same time the Alpacas are sheared, they are also vaccinated. |
 Nearly 50 alpacas from four different farms were sheared Saturday morning at AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C. |
 Alpaca fleece is prized for is nonallergic nature. |
 Shearing nearly 50 alpacas can be exhausting work for traveling shearers Jamie Jones, center, and Matt Stone, both from Indiana. |
 It's funny to see how small they really are under all that fleece, Leslie Watson-Leake said as she watched one of the nearly 50 alpacas being sheared Saturday morning at the AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C., she owns with her husband, John Leake. |
 John Gasser of Chesapeake wrestles with an alpaca after it was sheared Saturday morning at AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C. Gasser is waiting to close on his own farm and attended the shearing to learn the trade. (Stephen M. Katz | The Virginian-Pilot) |
 A young, sheared Alpaca rejoins the others. |
 Large bags of alpaca fleece pile up during the day of shearing at AlpacaNaca Farm in Moyock, N.C. |
In 2005
AlpacaNaca Farm was also featured in
The Virginian-Pilot about shearing at the farm.
Please click pages below to view a
larger image of a previous article.
Whim turns into lucrative alpaca business for couple!
By DAVID MACAULAY
Staff Writer
Monday, April 16, 2007
SNOWDEN — Some women approaching middle age take jobs or go back to
school when their kids leave the nest. Others take up hobbies or start
businesses.
When
Leslie Watson-Leake's children left home some six years ago, she went
out and bought an alpaca.
It wasn't completely a whim.
Watson-Leake had
read up on alpacas, the South American cousin of llamas, camels and
giraffes. But at $12,000 each, buying one was a lot like bringing home a
sports car. In fact, Watson-Leake's husband, John, quips that the couple
didn't "talk for a while" after she bought the animal.
The couple's awkward silences didn't last long, however.
The Leakes, who then lived in Chesapeake, began breeding alpacas and
shearing them for their fleece in 2001. After moving to a farm in
Snowden, in Currituck County, in 2004, the couple set up AlpacaNaca
Farm. They currently care for about 30 alpacas, half of which they own,
the other half belonging to owners who've bought the animals from them.
What eventually won John Leake over?
"Making money," he says. Read
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