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A bit of alpaca info. Alpacas are members of the camel family. The huacaya is the most common with a crimp in the fleece. They look like fluffly teddy bears. The suri has pencil locks that hang down. Alpacas are about 36 inches tall and can weigh up to 200 pounds. They eat grain about one cup a day, hay in the winter and grass in the summer. They also need fresh water and free choice minerals. The gestation is 11 1/2 months. Alpacas are mild tempered and easy to manage. They can steal your heart the first time you see them with their beautiful eyes and graceful manner.
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Our farm will participate in the first ever, and there after annual National Alpaca Farm Day the last weekend in September. This event is sponsored by AOBA with many alpaca farms through out the country becoming a part of this event. We host two annual Open House weekends at Lucky Acres Farm. The first weekend in December for our Holiday Open House, and the first weekend in May for our Spring Open House. These events will feature the alpacas and special unique gifts made from their lovely fleece. We will also have yarn and raw fleece for sale from our animals. Please plan to come and bring lots of friends. There will be lots of refreshments. You can visit the animals and get your picture taken with an alpaca. You can also see all the wonderful things we have for sale in the store. It will be the place to buy really special gifts. We can also sell you some of the best fertilizer ever. After 30 years of vegetable gardening we had the best garden ever this year. We hope you can join us in our celebration of our wonderful farm lifestyle. Call us for more info at 864-287-2339 or cell 864-903-1856.
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Rockette was the first cria born on our farm, just 24 hours after they arrived.
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Our beloved little Rockette lost his life at just six weeks of age. When I got home from work Joe met me at the door and said we had lost our little boy. Sometime around 3:30 he was playing with the others in the pasture and got entangled in the branches of a pecan tree and had hung himself. The tree wasn't even in the pasture, just a few branches hung over the fence where they liked to play. Joe says farmers have to take it on the chin, but this was a really tough one for us. All I can say is that Rockette gave us much pleasure every day of his short life, and he was loved.
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Chloe was the first female cria born on our farm.
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Chloe was born in the dead of winter, Jan. 12. Her mother didn't have any milk, we don't know why. We called the vet who came to the farm and gave her two transfusions. We also had to feed her through a feeding tube in her nose until she could suck a bottle. We fed her every 3 hours for a while and she began to grow so slowly. When she was two weeks old we had a terrible ice storm and it was very cold. We kept her and Candy in the barn enclosed with hay bales to keep warm. Candy was a very attentive mother, but Chloe just got sicker. She spent the last week of her life at the animal hospital where they did all they could, but to no avail. She lost her life one day before my birthday. It really makes you stop and think when that happens. I had held and fed her every day of her short life and it feels like losing a child. She was the sweetest little alpaca ever. Still we keep hoping for better luck the next time.
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I am currently updating our price list.
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This is Lady Jane and Lucky Jack waiting for Santa Claus. They get so excited about their gifts at Christmas. Lady came with us when we moved here and Lucky is a stray. He came here as a very small puppy who was starving and sick, I didn't think he would make it. Now he is a lovely pet. We pride ourselves in the fact that others think we take good care of our animlas. We have had comments like "when I die I want to come back as one of your dogs". At our fall fest the comment was made that they had been to visit another alpaca farm that had a very professional web site and did very expensive advertising. When they visited the farm the animals were not cared for as well as ours. We truly are very "lucky" at Lucky Acres Farm in having the opportunity to be able to purchase this old homestead and continue this wonderful country lifestyle. Please come and see for yourself. We enjoy showing visitors around the farm. Lucky Acres Farm is a member of Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, Alpaca Registry Inc., Alpaca Small Farm Network, National Heritage Corridor Farmers Association, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, and associate members of the Georgia Alpaca Association. We are very proud to participate in all of these groups. In the future we hope to participate in showing our alpacas at AOBA certified shows. We are looking forward to participating in 4-H when our Granddaughter Lily is old enough.
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We have worked hard on this web site. I hope you enjoy it. Please tell us how we can make it better. Thanks for your feed back. e-mailGloria and Joe Williams
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