Farm Adventure

PSAF Peruvian Cocoa

We first saw alpacas at the 1999 AOBA Nationals held in Columbus , OH .  Every night for the next 3 months Fred was on the internet gathering alpaca information.  We visited 5 farms and asked a boat load of questions.

We own 12 acres and wanted to utilize the land to earn additional income for our daughter's college and our retirement.  Learning that you can raise 6 alpacas to an acre got our attention.  The availability of mortality insurance and the farming tax advantages convinced us we wanted to become alpaca breeders.

We started with the purchase of 2 pregnant suri females in August, 1999.  The next year we purchased 2 more pregnant suri females and 1 suri yearling male.

Our first crias were born a day apart on a June weekend in 2000.  When a cria is born, you want to spend all your time in the field watching them.  They are adorable.

We now have 15 suris, 8 females and 6 males. (We have sold 6 since 2002.)  Our suris are full Peruvian, the majority have Accoyo bloodlines.  We have 3 breeding males and 3 future herdsires.  Our last crias were born on October 1^st  and October 2^nd, 2004 .  The first is a beautiful girl named Cocoa after her coloring.  You can see her picture at the top of this page.  The second is a gorgeous beige male out of Accoyo Ace.  His name is Ace’s Jack of Hearts.  His picture is at the bottom of this page.

We have been very successful in the show ring.  Our first cria born on the farm, Storm Peruvian Silver Lining, was Grand Champion at Ohio AlpacaFest 2001. We have won 5 Grand Championships, 1 Reserve Grand Championship and numerous blue and red ribbons.

Bing, Storm and White Chocolate have cria that are sure to add ribbons to our wall of champions.  Bing’s daughter, Tess, just won Grand Champion at the ALSA Alpaca Championship Show on October 2^nd, 2004.