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Alpacas and Llamas
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Blue eyed whites and Peruvian phenomena
Friday, 18 June 2010
Alpacas are colourful animals. Compared with sheep the colours are stronger and more vibrant, and range from true black through to white.
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Keeping cute, gentle alpacas
Monday, 24 May 2010
Llamas are much bigger than alpacas, they have been bred as pack animals whereas alpacas have been bred for their fleece.
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Birth of an alpaca
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Visitors come to the farm, point to a well rounded female alpaca and say, “Is she – um – in calf? In foal? What do you call it with an alpaca?”
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Selecting Alpaca fleece
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Alpacas are generally shorn once a year and with animals of average quality the blanket would be expected to yield up to 2kg in weight, with a staple length of between 7 and 13 cm.
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Building a new rural fibre industry
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Over several years Megan Robbins of Rapson Estate Alpacas has developed a business out of her passion for Alpacas, and it is quite infectious.
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Five reasons to have an alpaca
Thursday, 14 January 2010
With their long legs and necks alpacas move gracefully and are elegant animals.
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Tranquil and safe - among llamas
Monday, 20 July 2009
Llamas have been in New Zealand far longer than we might have expected, as Julie Insley of Rangemore Farm, and President of the Llama Association told Rural Living.
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Stoic and useful - llama balm
Monday, 20 July 2009
My experience of the Camelid family to date has been limited to a memorable, if uncomfortable trip across part of the Sahara. Despite their reputation I found camels in general, and my mount Rosy, to be charming animals.
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LLAMA TRIVIA
Monday, 20 July 2009
Llamas are members of the camelid family, and so are related to camels, alpacas, vicunas, and guanacos...
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Silverhill Alpacas
Monday, 19 January 2009
After buying a small block just out of Wellsford, Val Bushell decided she needed something ‘different’ to run on it.
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Passionate about peaceful Alpacas
Monday, 19 January 2009
Breeding alpacas is something of a passion for Cresta Viento Alpaca stud owner Linley Yeoman.
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An abundance of alpacas
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Alpacas, those endearing animals with attitude, have become the ‘animal of choice’ for hundreds of lifestyle farmers in New Zealand. They are also being farmed commercially and therefore have considerable financial backing.
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Amazing alpacas
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid and resembles a small llama.
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