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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.
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.
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 Tommy winning the Light Huacaya Champion at the Cornish Show. 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 shows. Being able to see and examine leading studs animals provides a really valuable insight into genetics and breeding excellence.
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