Alpacas of WNC Learning Site

The next Alpaca Buyers Clinic will be held on June 20th at Venezia Dream Farms in Asheville, NC.   Whether you are just thinking about alpacas or have already started your new farm, don’t miss this clinic.  learn the facts you need to know. View Flyer

Morning Seminars:

• Choose the right alpaca to fit your needs
• Practical information on routine care, feeding & shelter
• Tips that work to make your alpaca business successful

Barn Lab:

• Practice halter & lead
• Evaluate health & conformation
• Routine care of toes & teeth

Finish off with fiber:

• Touch & feel
• Learn how to feel & see the quality & characterists of alpaca fiber

RSVP contact and other important info:

• Space is limited, please RSVP by calling Star at 828.298.9100 or by email at starr@veneziadream.com
• Get directions by on MapQuest
• Lunch & snacks provided

This event is sponsored by AlpacasWNC

Sorting Your Fiber - What to keep & what to save

• The best part of your alpaca’s fleece is the blanket area between the base of the neck and the hips and tail.
• Be careful to skirt away the trash that is always at the base of the neck and don’t get the coarse hair at the tail into this fiber.
• Also avoid the dirty fiber on the belly and don’t get into the coarse fiber on the legs.

Make Sorting Easy – Save your back
A great sorting table can be made with PVC pipe fittings, pipe and the heavy plastic mesh now sold for poultry cages and little league backstops. Ours is about 6 feet long and 3 feet wide and I also use it to dry newly washed fiber on. The trash falls thru but the fiber stays on the mesh . When I am done using it, I pull the legs off and hang the top on the garage wall.

This site is new, but we’ll be adding to it frequently.   After logging in, you can post your questions and thoughts for the local breeders.