Latest News & Events:
Alpaca History in US Dates Back to 1800s
Kathleen recently researched and published an article in the Purely Suri magazine (August 2011), about the history of alpacas in the United States. Her research led to a revision of conventional beliefs that had no alpacas in the US prior to the recent importations in the 1980s and 1990s.
Her article is available here in its unabridged version.
EPDs and Classification: How Do They Relate?
Do you understand the concept of EPDs? Expected Progeny Differences is not a stats game for math geeks. EPDs can constitute the difference between guessing which herd sire to choose for your dam, and making an educated decision. This article about EPDs was first published in Purely Suri, Jan 09. Click here
BREEDINGS AVAILABLE:
- Opus One, the winner of a first place at AOBA in 2009, is now breeding and has recently settled his first female. His friendly and curious nature is certainly something we hope he will pass on to his offspring, along with the lock consistency, fineness and luster for which Opus had also won first and Color Championship at NW Alpaca Showcase, and a second place at CABA (both in 2009). To reserve a breeding to Opus, please click on the Contact Us button and send us an email. Introductory breeding: $950
- Also breeding and with his first offspring on the ground is ESCALATION.
This young male has won several championships and reserve
championships. He is medium fawn and his density, luster and fineness
are just amazing. The offspring he produced is a tremendous improvement
over the dam's qualities. Paired with high quality dams, he is destined
to sire outstanding cria. Breeding fee: $1100. Reserve your breedings now!
Colostrum For Sale:
- Do you have a beautiful cria and the dam doesn't have any colostrum and milk? We have frozen goat colostrum for sale that may work great to replace alpaca colostrum. (Some cria, we understand, do not absorb goat costrum very well and may still require a plasma transfer. In many other cria, it works just like alpaca colostrum. We cannot give any guarantees.) Call us or email for pricing.
Raw Fiber for Sale:
- If you want to reserve any raw fiber from this year's shearing, please email us immediately!
Alpaca Manure for Sale:
- We have beautiful manure, much of it well composted. Alpaca manure makes a great garden soil conditioner and will make your garden soil rich and fertile. We've used it on our own clay soil and turned it into rich, black top soil in a couple of years.
- $10 per 50 lb bag, $35 per truck load (4 bucket loads of our tractor). We load your truck or trailer for free.
We appreciate your interest and willingness to spend some time with us, virtually on this web site, and in real life should you decide to visit our farm.
At Foothills Suri Alpacas, we are dedicated to the breeding of fine Suri alpacas, combining proven bloodlines from Peru, Bolivia and true US breeds into a truly superb North American animal. Our alpacas are conformationally correct, have fine, lustrous fiber, and are genetically diverse.
Our many awards at alpaca shows have confirmed that our breeding program is successful when compared to any other breeder.
If you are interested in purchasing alpacas, please contact us, visit with us, and learn how to care for these gentle animals - even before you make a commitment to buy. We will work with you to help you stay within your budget, buy the best animal for the money, and will be able to offer "packages"(dam with cria, several animals, male and female, etc.).
