How much does it cost to keep Alpacas for the year?! Yarn processing costs.

How much do you sell the skeins for? And do you do farmers markets? Or online orders? Your yarn is great!

I love all the alpaca

Loads of good info. That is a lot of coin to care, feed and maintain these beautiful furry alpacas. I got a 🙋‍♀️ question, why don’t we touch the little one? Btw Happy Anniversary guys wishing y’all loads more years of happiness, laughter and memories.

Sound the alarm. Good luck with selling out of your alpaca yarn. And John Flaccid 🤦‍♂️😂

Hi face was worth it! Lol

Were you able to make a profit from the yarn to cover the food, maintainence, and processing costs?

Hi. Why don't they eat grass???

Thank you for sharing all the info. Very informative. I crochet and have never used anything but acrylic yarns but need to change that. 🙂

Just curious but why weren’t you supposed to touch the baby?

This is very informative and your alpacas are so adorable!! I loved seeing the little baby Felix chasing the kitty around lol! I was looking for a place to buy alpaca yarn continually because I got some for the first time today from a ranch in a town I’m visiting and I’m OBSESSED, and your shop has some very good prices and you seem to take wonderful care of your critters, so once I’m in a place to buy more yarn, I’m totally snagging some! The yarn I got today was from the fluffy breed, so I’d love to try some from the silky suri as well!

Great information!

Love the alpaca yarn, makes beautiful hats!

How many skeins do you get from 1 alpaca sheering?

Great vid. Just starting to investigate shifting from a city-slicker to an alpaca farmer down here in Australia. Good to gain information like this. A lot of research to go! Looks amazing.

Good videos guys

Hi! Just wondering how many yards are in one skein of your yarn and what is your price? Thanks!

Where can i see colors and animals together and prices for skeins?

Idk what you are earning per skein, but it seems like you must be losing money... my quick math says you'd have to make over $25/skein just to break even, and that is higher than standard... if you have 2 runs of 270 skeins, you might be able to earn a bit, I suppose.... but ouch

They are all so cute.

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I have a jacket made from alpaca wool

The Suri "drapes" more than the Huacaya. Have you thought of selling raw fleece to us spinners? We like to source directly with small growers. ;-) We also do contract spinning for growers to resell homespun. Best wishes from the greatest hay state- Vermont!

You know you could learn to process your own fiber and spin your own yarn.. Just saying. =)

You deworm with the exact same drug every single month?? I have never heard such a thing. Aren't you worried about building up resistance? Why are they dewormed so much when ivermectin has such a long withdrawal time? Do alpacas just have really crappy pest resistance?

50 bucks to shear one animal?! Ohhhhhh, man. My sheep dude charges 4 bucks a head, damn! (I always tip him nicely because I think that's crazy low, but still... 50?!)

You guys seem cool

Very interesting! Enjoy the lovely alpacas.💕

Everyone wants to buy yarn of your alpacas. It is the best yarn. 💕

So what was the grand total for costs for a year growing yarn?

Aww how could u not touch them. Cuteness overload

much ado about nothing! in salvation army i will collect your yarn for 3$ each/////

Did I miss the bit where you say how much you make from the fibre?

Very informative, thank you! One thing is you covered costs but it'd be to know to know income. How much does a skein sell for and how much does it cost to produce one? It'd be good to know a per-piece ratio to put all the costs in perspective. Thanks much. Very cute and informative.

Inspiring. Thank you

With deworming so often are you not worried about dewormer resistance

How much does each animal produce in a year?

How ridiculous are those ears

So the reason why they try to have minimal contact with the herd is to I believe reduce the risk of Male Berzerker Syndrome. This occurs when the farmer bottle feeds the alpaca and it imprints onto whomever is feeding it, and thus, once they become an adult, they see you as an equal, not as something that is owner/pet.

The white alpacas and their racist toenails. Also, Ivermectin once a month?? What the MG per KG/CC that is normally drawn up? From what I've also seen and heard, Alpacas aren't the smartest tools in the shed, as the lights are on but no one is ever home. Also, dude chasing the baby alpaca around to scratch it's ass is funny.

why your not suppose to touch the little one who fluffy while?

So your in California? I was thinking of getting prob 3 of them to eat our grass. We have so much grass but nothing to eat it.

What about the dental care

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How do you decide the end price of a skein of yarn ready to sell? I am asking, because I am planning to get into the homemade soap business as a next step from hobby level. Thanks a lot!

Is there a specific reason you shouldnt touch them?

Dude, your ear plugs look — how should I say this —




…ridiculous. 🤭

Great informative video. Thanks for sharing.

What’s the yarn worth ?

I bet that Pumpkin & Marshmallow combination drapes beautifully when knit into a garment.

Just a heads up… you probably already know… but no one is going to want ivermectin treated manure as most of it passes through and takes quite a while to degrade, meanwhile killing all the earthworms and other beneficial bugs in the soil.