Re: [AlpacaTalk] Looking for Advice About Seling My Alpacas

 

I agree with Laura that it will be difficult to place older alpacas.  One way you can ensure a good placing is to ask for veterinary references.  If they don't have a vet who can confirm their suitability, that would signal to me that they don't take very good care of their other animals, which means they will probably not take care of your alpacas either.  

That said, I typically charge $250 for fiber or companion-quality boys, and have gotten that amount for boys from weanling through 5 years of age.  Again, the fee is more to ensure that people want them badly enough to pay for them than to make money.  If they aren't willing to pay at least as much as they'd pay for a pedigreed dog, then I wouldn't market to them unless they can prove definitively to me that they have the resources to take care of them if they got them..

 

Judith Korff

LadySong Farm Bolivian Suri Alpacas

Randolph, New York 14772 

Cell: (716) 499-0383

www.alpacanation.com/ladysong.asp

Suri: Silk Without the Worm 

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From: Laura A. Roberts <laura0554@hughes.net>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Looking for Advice About Selling My Alpacas

 

            If you are more interested in them having a good home, I would suggest checking with other farms.  At ten years of age and not show quality,unless they are very easy to handle and can be used as 4H projects, I don't think you will have much luck selling them for more than a couple hundred dollars, if that. 

 

            I have been offered males free of charge on many occasions.  I normally do not take them unless I really have a use for them- their color or fiber can improve my herd in some way, or my daughter wants to show them in performance classes.

 

            If it was me, I would advertise for someone wanting a pet and fiber animal.  If a good home appeared, I would probably give them away.

 

Laura Roberts

R Half Pint Farm

Spotsylvania, VA 

 

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From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Jacqueline
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:44 AM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Looking for Advice About Selling My Alpacas

 

 

Hello I hope someone can give me some advice. I am considering selling my two male alpacas. I got them from a friend and have decided I prefer my sheep and I just don't like working with alpaca fiber as much as wool. I don't have any idea what I should charge for the guys since I got a deal from my friend. They are about 10 years old. One peach colored one red colored. One is intact and the other is not. They have nice fleeces but are not show quality confirmation wise. I have papers for them. I want to charge enough that I know the person really wants them and will be committed to caring for them but I'm not looking to make a killing on them.

If anyone could give me any advice I'd welcome it.

Jacqueline Jacobson
Lone Jack Fiber Mill
www.lonejackfiber.com

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