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Helpful LInks & Resources for Alpaca Farmers

Here are some resources that you might find helpful as a new alpaca breeder.

Helpful Associations
  • The Alpaca Registry - The Alpaca Registry is a database housing the genealogy, blood typing and ownership records of alpacas in North America since 1988.
  • Visit the Alpaca Academy for educational articles on alpacas. Provided by the Alpaca Registry Inc., this site is a vast resource full of information on alpacas.

Alpaca & Farming Equipment
All manner of supplies including vaccination and worming medication, halters and leads, books and videos on care and training,
  • QC Supply
  • Useful Llama & Alpaca Items
  • Quality Llama Products, Inc.
  • Jeffers Livestock Supply
  • KV Vet Supply
  • Arlyn Scales
  • Stillwater Minerals

Alpaca Transporters
  • Cedar Ridge Alpaca Transport
  • AlpacaNation List of Transporters

Fleece Evaluations
  • Yocom McColl Wool Testing Labs
  • Alpaca Fiber Consulting Services, USA

Fleece Processing
  • Shepherd's Mill in Kansas
  • The Alpaca Blanket Project
  • North American Alpaca Fiber Cooperative (AFCNA)
  • New England Alpaca Fiber Pool
  • National Fleece Collection Initiative by the Alpaca Coalition of America

Alpaca Books
You can find these books at Amazon.com, Useful Llama Items, or Quality Llama Products, Inc. The following books are a sample of what's available; the first three can get you started by helping you identify the characteristics to look at in animals you are purchasing, basic health care and basic neonatal care (for those pregnant dams).
  • Secrets of the Andean Alpaca by Maggie and Richard Krieger
  • Caring For Llamas and Alpacas - A Health and Management Guide by Claire Hoffman, DVM and Ingrid Asmus
  • Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care by Smith, Timm and Long, DVMs
  • Alpaca Field Manual, Second Edition - Dr. C. Norman Evans, D.V.M.
  • The Complete Alpaca Book by Eric Hoffman
  • Llama and Alpaca Husbandry and Medical Care - Robert Pollard, DVM and Suzi Pollard
  • The Camelid Companion by Marty McGee Bennett (on training)
  • The Color Chart of the officially recognized colors can be purchased from the Alpaca Registry Inc.

Alpaca Training
For training alpacas and their owners:
  • John Mallon — Gentling & Training Llamas & Alpacas
  • Camelidynamics
  • Gentle Spirit Behavior & Training by Cathy Spaulding
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James and Lisa Beck
1473 Heathwood Drive
Goode, Virginia 24556

Call the Farm: 540-586-4732
Call Lisa: 610-220-0701
Call Jim: 215-416-2932​
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