Yesterday I had the delightful opportunity to hang with about 40 alpaca for an hour or so. I am absolutely charmed by them. We stopped by an alpaca ranch in Sedro Wooley. The owner was perfectly lovely and showed us around. She has a fiber studio much like I dream of having one day - complete with loom and spinning wheel and shelves of handspun yarn. She happens to have three little cria bucks that were born last August for sale. I am so tempted. One is a beautiful chocolate brown, one is beige and one is gray.
I've been re-thinking the goat thing in favor of a more practical animal. I really need to make a list of pro's and cons to help me decide on the animals I raise.
| (on a scale of 1-5, 1 being the best) | Fiber | Milk | Personality |
Ease of Care
|
Goats
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
Alpaca
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
Sheep
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
Bison
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
I'm not sure if that helped me. Although I'm pretty sure I've ruled out bison. Perhaps I should get two of each (except the bison) and resolve the question that way! Nobody said I had to have just ONE kind of animal, did they?
Oh.. I finished my sweater. It's kind of big and baggy and sloppy - but it's also cozy.
