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Lime Tree Alpacas
Our Story
We started farming alpacas at Christmas 2014 with a group of 4 males given as a present, just to keep the grass down as an alternative to mowing.
Two years later we bought three females and the fun started. Males and females were kept apart, genetically the girls were better breeding stock than the original males. The girls were subsequently put to outside stud males and the breeding started in earnest. We had caught the Aplaca bug and fallen in love with these beguiling animals
Our first cria (baby alpaca) Tommy was born in June 2019 in the middle of a dawn thunderstorm. This summer we have 10 crias, a record number for us. Our current herd ranges from 35-45 animals depending on sales and births.
Alpacas are members of the (camelid) camel family and related to the llama, both originate in South America, in the case of alpacas, the Peruvian Andes. There are two main species, the huacaya and the suri. Our herd is exclusively huacaya.
We started showing our fleeces in 2021. With many good results, a highlight being Lime Tree Sirius winning the BAS Supreme Huacaya Champion at the Cornish Show with 86.75 points and Lime Tree Neffeti winning Reserve Natoina Light Champion at the BAS Champions of Champions at the National Show 2025. We started halter showing in 2023 at the BAS national Show and since then our animals have won prizes at every show attended. So much is learnt attending the BAS shows. Being able to see and examine leading animals in the industry provides a really valuable insight into genetics and breeding excellence not to mention the fun meeting old friends and making new along the way.
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