About Alpacas of Alagaesia

  My husband Don and I discovered Alpacas first by the commercials on Animal Planet. We  thought "Oh how cute!". We lived in the city at the time though and farm life didn't seem even remotely possible. Our desire to get out of the city grew. I wanted to return to my country roots and Don wanted something new. City life is so hectic and the worries of drugs, gangs, etc for our children was stressful! We craved a more simple life (simple doesn't mean easy though!) with more traditional values for our family. We came across the almost ideal property in the fall of 2004, we bought it and have just now started to make our dreams come true! We started visiting farms and drawing out plans for our pastures, barns, etc... (we are STILL revising those plans!). With the 20+ years of raising horses and cats I have learned the strong value of a pedigree and started researching what looks I liked and what bloodlines are behind those looks. We have purchased our foundation herd based on some of those lines and also for the color and type that we want to achieve. Since we have brought our alpacas home we haven't been disappointed for even a moment. They are such a joy to watch...truly intoxicating!

  I do get asked about our farm name, Alagaesia, and this might be a great place to explain what it is and how it seemed to fit the idea of our Alpaca farm. Alagaesia is the fictional land in the novel  Eragon, by Christopher Paolini. If you like fantasy, Tolkein type stories this book is awesome and you should take the time to read it or listen to the audio book. It is just the first book of a trilogy. The author started writing this series at the ripe age of 15 (when he graduated from high school!). Eragon is a boy who finds a dragon egg and learns of his destiny to be a legendary Dragon Rider. I know, I know... Alpacas don't resemble dragons but they do look very unique in comparison to your "normal" cats, dogs, cows and sheep! I thought our Alpacas needed a fantasy land name for their farm and it also kind of represents our Alpaca adventure...it is like a fantasy coming to life!

  Thank you for taking the time to learn a little about us. I will keep adding to this page as our farm and experiences grow.

Here is a picture of the first four Alpacas we brought home, Andre, Chino, Psyche and Gracie...

Here are the boys running to greet Lili and Star when we brought them home...

Here is Don giving Psyche and Gracie a treat...

More fun photos....

Having a Hay Day! Meet the quality control team for our farm. Their job is to inspect every new bale of hay to make sure it measures up to their high standards!