Alpacas are small camelid mammals raised by the ancient Incas in South America over 6000 years ago. Kept in herds, alpacas ...

Alpacas come in 22 colors, from a true, blue-black through browns and tans to white, according to Alpaca Ventures. Some Andean people eat alpaca meat. In Peru, it is often served in upscale ...

Alpacas come in two coat types, the huayaca (which the Ferraras’ farm has), which look like fuzzy bears, and the suri, which has a dreadlock-type fiber. The animals come in 22 natural colors and ...

so that the alpacas should be like the condor and appear to fly from one mountain to another, and let them come in all the beautiful colors." People sell their woven textiles. If they have a lot ...

The farm, also the home of the Borgstein family, has recently begun selling alpaca wool in natural colors. Karen Borgstein, her husband Niels, and their daughters care for the alpacas in the ...

Just like how dog show competitions are separated out by breed, alpacas are separated by coat color and sex. “All the gray ones go in together and there’s different age groups,” Lundstrom said.