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Alpacas and Alpaca Fleece from Countryside Alpacas
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lpacas are members of the camelid family! Yes, they are relatives of the camel and llama. They are native to the Andes mountain regions in Peru, Bolivia and Chile and are herd animals. They do not like to be alone and require the company of at least one other alpaca. Their primary food source is grass in the summer and hay with a grain supplement in the winter. Alpacas are not large animals, adult alpacas are approximately 3 ft. high at their back with their heads rising to approximately 5 ft. An adult generally weighs between 100 and 180 lbs.
Compared to other livestock, alpacas are a very safe animal to be around. We are often asked if they bite and the answer is no! Alpacas only have teeth on the bottom and a hard dental pad on the top of their mouths. This arrangement allows them to chew the grasses they feed on. Alpacas are ruminants (an animal that regurgitates it’s food and chews it again). In order to accomplish this process, alpacas have three stomachs! Alpacas have two toes with toenails and soft padded feet. When grazing, they bite off grass rather than pulling it up out of the ground whereas sheep pull the grass out of the ground when they graze. You can raise up to 10 alpacas per acre. They require very little maintenance and are easy to care for. Our children handle the alpacas and we don’t have to worry about them being injured!
Baby alpacas are called crias. The gestation period for an alpaca is approximately 11 months and they normally have only single births. Female alpacas can be rebred a couple of weeks after having their cria. Females can be bred starting at approximately 1.5 years. Males start breeding between 2 and 3 years of age.
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- Countryside Alpacas
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- Winsted CT
- US 06098
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- +1.8607381490
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