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Alpaca Fiber

The value of alpaca fleece is the economic basis of the future market for alpacas. An alpaca breeder with a small herd on small acreage can expect to harvest his animals' fiber and sell their offspring profitably.

Most alpaca ranchers readily sell their fleece for $2 to $6 an ounce to local artisans. Each animal on average will produce five to eight pounds of fleece a year.

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SPRING FARM DAYS June 4-5

Our first Farm Days of 2011 will soon be here!  Join us on Saturday or Sunday, June 4-5 from 11-5pm

As you can see from the picture, our littlest baby alpaca (or cria) is growing up quickly.  Bellina and her Mom Belle are waiting for visitors to feed them grain.  Hopefully the sun will shine for Farm Days where you can meet (and feed!) our alpacas and this year, kids will be able to dye some alpaca fiber with Kool-Aid!

Mark your calendars – we hope to see you then.
Greg & Leanna

PUYALLUP SPRING FAIR – April 14-17

Stop by and visit our booth at the Puyallup Spring Fair this week!  We will be located in the “J” Barn with the Shepherds’ Extravaganza.  We will also be selling the new beaded bracelets there so stop by and maybe pick up a gift for Mother’s Day!

We also have new babies at Firwood Farm.  Not the alpaca kind though…we let one of our new bantam hens set on some of her eggs and she hatched four baby chicks.  We purchased four more chicks at the feed store (two that lay colored eggs!) and she adopted them without hesitation so we have eight little chicks running around the barnyard.  Spring is really here!