Alpaca Forums and other Misc websites

http://www.alpacanation.com/forum/default.asp
Alpaca Forum at AlpacaNation
This Forum HAS TONS OF POSTS!!!!! It should be a great resource for me on my alpaca journey...

http://www.abowp.com/forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpacarescue
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Also, some great links for Alpaca related info:

http://www.alpacas.com/AlpacaLibrary/AlpacaLibrarytermsofuse.aspx
Alpaca Library Terms to Reprint Articles..
they have some great articles! The NWA Alpaca Library is a free resource for anyone wishing to learn more about alpacas and the alpaca industry.

http://ranchlinks.com/Livestock_/Alpacas__Llamas__Camelids/Alpacas/index.html
Possible Link Partners

http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Agriculture_and_Forestry/Livestock/Camelids/Alpacas
Directory On Alpacas

http://www.llamacrossing.com/Llama_Basics/Useful_Information/Llama_Email_Lists
Great Email List for Camelids

Bookguru: Alpacas in Ann Arbor

http://nixieknox.blogspot.com/2005/07/alpacas-in-ann-arbor.html

ALPACAS IN MY HOMETOWN??

"Shortly thereafter, as we turned down a dirt road to head back in the right direction after seeing the blimp we came upon an alpaca farm. Alpacas in Ann Arbor! And this was no novelty pet - there was a whole posse of the furry beasts corraled on a lovely farm. I can't imagine what you do with alpacas, something with their hair? I hope it isn't something to do with alternative food sources because they just seemed so neato!

It may seem silly, but seeing those two incongruous things really made my day and because it altered my whole outlook, the day with the kids totally changed from crazy and hectic to mellow and relaxing."

another person dreaming of moving to northern CA

another person dreaming of moving to northern CA to raise alpacas and sheep

http://myknittingpassion.blogspot.com/2005/07/rose-and-mark-have-moved-with-their.html

Ionia Montcalm Magazine: Fourth-generation alpaca farmer Yolanda Blissett

http://ioniamontcalmmagazine.blogspot.com/2005/07/fourth-generation-alpaca-farmer.html

This blog post refers to "www.homesteadacres.com" a farm that sells "fiber products" and has pics of alpacas as their logo.

Ann Arbor Alpacas--Michigan alpaca farm and breeder

http://www.a2alpacas.com

Ann Arbor Alpacas--Michigan alpaca farm and breeder

Knitting Alpacas

Interesting alpaca blog devoted primarily to alpacas... linked from the family in my previous post who is moving from LA to georgia to farm alpacas. Interesting stuff!

http://www.knittingalpacas.blogspot.com

Maison des Fleurs: We're Moving

Here is a family who is moving (posted on my birthday, in fact) to go raise alpacas:

http://maisondesfleurs.blogspot.com/2005/07/were-moving.html

In their entry explaining what they're doing, why they're going to rais alpacas, they reference this site:

http://www.alpacainfo.com/

Knit Kandy Knit. Spin Kandy Spin.: Sandy's corrupting me!

http://knitkandyknit.blogspot.com/2005/07/sandys-corrupting-me.html

"My dream is to have an alpaca farm. You know those commercials - Ilovealpacas.com. I MUST raise alpacas - watch the stars while checking on the herd at night. Yep, no corporation sending requests for info needed yesterday, no reports, no 'romper room' antics, no beating your head against the wall because someone won't take the time to THINK. "

The Fiber Freak: Back to Salt Springs........

alpacas for their "fiber" potential. the sentence on alpacas is hard to find, click control F and type alpacas, you'll see it on the following page:

http://fiberfreak.blogspot.com/2005/07/back-to-salt-springs.html

Alpacas: The "World's Finest Livestock Investment"

This blogger talks about how alpacas are the the worlds finest investment as far as livestock goes. He's quoting ilovealpacas.com (who I posted about earlier).

http://www.scottkidder.com/2005/07/alpacas_the_wor.php

alpaca farming getting popular

http://www.keepmecurrent.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=6647

This article (also linked from a spa*mmy blog) seems focuses on the trend of alpaca farming becoming popular (this paper is focused on the northeast coast, so I'm assuming thats where they've noticed the trend... the alpacabusinesssecrets guy is from New Hampshire as well).

Here are some interesting excerpts:

"According to the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, the price for a female alpaca can range between $12,000 and $25,000 in North America.

Females with unique attributes have been known to sell for as much as $50,000 or more. Proven, top-quality herd sires typically sell for $20,000 to $50,000, and the highest quality males have sold in excess of $150,000."

Knitting in Color

This post has another reference to alpacas, related to their investment potential for "fiber"

http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-mexico-fiber-resources-im-really.html

I Love Alpacas: Alpaca Investment Potential - Benefits of Buying Alpacas

note to self, that ilovealpacas.com site is also related to investment potential of alpacas

I Love Alpacas: Alpaca Investment Potential - Benefits of Buying Alpacas

Here's a link to an alpacas site that has the same name as my blog! It was a link in one of the spa*mmy blogs related to alpacas

http://www.ilovealpacas.com/investment.shtml

alpacas - Google Search

Here's a info product being sold on adwords. The main ad goes to get opt ins for his newsletter:
http://www.alpacabusinesssecrets.com/OptInA.htm

Here's the product:

http://www.alpacabusinesssecrets.com
http://www.alpacabusinesssecrets.com/TemporarilyOutOfStock.htm

Alpaca FAQs == Info-pedia.com ==

Another adwords site

http://www.info-pedia.com/alpaca.html

HOWEVER, it does reference a wikipedia article on alpacas where the content comes from:

http://www.wikifaq.com/Llamas_and_Alpacas_FAQs

What is an Alpaca?

This site seems to be exclusively to get adwords revenue on alpacas

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-alpaca.htm

Alpacas At Tucker Creek - Alpaca Information - Alpaca For Sale

Great resource on all things alpacas. Hands on Seminar, Alpacas for sale, History, art, etc... Seems to be focused on Alpacas as a business.

http://www.alpacadigest.com