Earth Friendly Farm & Fiber   February 26, 2011  By: Wren Owens
A+ Ways to Obtain a Close-Knit Alpaca  Many options are
available to make your dream a reality...  Deciding to add
alpacas to your life is a big choice, and along with conducting
all the proper and necessary due diligence, it is equally
important that your method of obtaining your alpacas is one that
will work for your business plan (you DO have one, right?! That
is important and will definitely help you make it with
alpacas!).  As you have probably noticed by now if you've been
looking into alpacas for any length of time, you can obtain one
alpaca to add to an existing herd, OR you may avail yourself of
significant savings by taking on multiple alpacas in one "deal."
Most Sellers or breeders of alpacas call these "package deals."
There are benefits and sometimes drawbacks to these package
deals. On most farms, their packages are made up of a few or
several closely related alpacas, or ones with significantly
overlapping genetics. Close-Knit Alpa