Alpaca Shearing by Hand: Whole Body Demo

Spring 2020 Alpaca Shearing Season has started on our farm! Since I am hand shearing, it will take a while for me to finish shearing the herd…meanwhile, they will look kind of funny with partial hair cuts and uneven spots. … Continued

Hand Shearing a Suri Alpaca

This year (2015) we decided to try something different. We’ve shorn our alpacas the usual way- stretched out on the ground or on a table with electric shearers in the past years. It’s been relatively calm when we’ve done it … Continued