Gold's Lady Genevieve of NAL
Lady Genevieve displays all of the wonderful qualities of her royal lineage which includes Uribe, Accoyo Gold, Torbio, Estrello, DPA Prince, Aureo and Ricardo. She is full Peruvian and 3/4 Accoyo.
HHSF Czarina Accoyo
Czarina is a stunning, multi-champion, full Accoyo female with both Baron and Ramilo genetics. She has exceptional luster that even shows through the dust in which she loves to roll. Czarina's tight locks return after each shearing.
HHSF Tiburon's Peruvian TIZO Suri
The judges call him "the perfect Suri alpaca!" At one of his first shows, the judge invited the spectators to come over to lift his fleece and touch and look at Tizo, since he was "what a Suri is supposed to look like". Tizo has impressed every judge in whose ring he has ever shown. Not only because of his perfect conformation and large, lustrous locks but because of his well-behaved presence in the ring.
NAL Baron LaFite's Philippe I
Philippe has the classic Suri head of his famous, herdsire of the year father, LaFite, and the fine, lustrous fleece of his Ramilo and Baron heritage.
Paragon's Mademoiselle Abia of NAL
Abia arrived as her dam's cria all have before her: standing & nursing in minutes and running and bouncing within hours!
Lady Chinaka of NAL
Chinaka is our first birth of 2010. She arrived early but has boundless energy and curiosity. Chinaka has beautiful milk chocolate colored, lustrous fiber with white spots on her head and two front white socks.
Marquis Milo of NAL
Milo has impressive names in his ancestry, such as Silver Lining, Ramilo, Baron and Kilimanjaro.
HHSF Peruvian Ocotilla
Ocotilla is a rare Pival Accoyo Admiral daughter, Accoyo Ace granddaughter. She is full Accoyo and has bright white, lustrous fleece.
ASF-PA Peruvian Marina
Peruvian Marina carries the exceptional and renowned genetics of Ramilo and Silver Lining. She has the density, lock and luster that her ancestors passed down to her and she has passed these fine qualities on to her first cria as well.
Lord Drinnian of NAL
Lord Drinian of NAL reflects his fine MacGuyver heritage in amazing lustrous fleece with tight, spiral locks to the skin. From the day he arrived, Drinian has impressed us, He has the calm, patient personality of his delightful dam, Truly Devine.
Sir Gareth of NAL
Gareth carries on the qualities that made Torbio, Uribe and DPA Prince desirable.
Tizo's Lord Malachi of NAL
Malachi is our first cria from our multi-champion herdsire, Tizo, and he bears the remarkable traits that made his sire a champion.
Paragon's Obasi of NAL
Obasi is a very beautiful full Accoyo cria who we welcomed in fall of 2009.
Peruvian Maid of Honor
Maid of Honor is a gentle and sweet female who was one of our first alpacas. She has color in her ancestry and she has produced a cria with color.
HHSF Yeoman's Contessa
Contessa carries well the genetics of her sire, Accoyo Baron Yeoman, a rare light fawn, full Accoyo male.
ASF-PA Peruvian Silvia
Silvia is a large female with with the same wonderful dense locks and luster of her full sister, Marina.
Drayton, Duke of NAL
HHSF Peruvian Solara Suri
Solara is a bright white Suri female with perfect conformation. She has won many ribbons, showing off the qualities of her exceptional genetics.
Imogen by Ricardo
When I first touched Imogen's fleece, it was the silkiest fiber I had ever felt and I had to have her!
LMFI My Peruvian Gingersnap
Gingersnap is a long female who is gentle, delivers easily and a great mother.
Paragon's Obasi of NAL
Obasi has the stunning fiber of his sire and his dam in bright white with a "kiss" of light fawn on his head as a reminder of his sire's color genetics.
Paragon's Sir Sabato of NAL
Peruvian Tosca
Tosca carries the perfect conformation and bright white, lustrous fleece of her famous grandherdsire, Ramilo. She is carrying her second cria after having an almost effortless first delivery.
Tibault, Duke of NAL
Truly Peruvian Devine
Truly Peruvian Devine is everything anyone could want in a female alpaca: sweet disposition, easy handling, fertility, easy birthing and excellent mothering abilities.
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2008 National Alpaca Farm Days
Here is a fun look at last year's National Alpaca Farm Day. We had lots of fun in spite of the weather. See the pictures from 2008.
About Alpacas
About Us
We bought our farm for horses but then discovered alpacas. All of our past animal experience, our professional backgrounds and our relatively new knowledge about farming worked together to help us make the transition. But, there are always a lot of fun stories to tell along the way when you undertake an adventure like an old 50 acre farm, and a new species!
Alpaca Sales
Proper genetic planning prior to purchase and post sale support are very important in choosing a breeder from whom you purchase animals.
Alpacas for Sale
Animal Husbandry Links
Animal Husbandry is the formal name for breeding and raising livestock. In alpaca breeding, as in the breeding of any other species, this involves nutritional issues such as feed analysis and pasture management, health issues, knowledge of genetics, birthing and raising young and many other issues. We keep current with these issues with the assistance of wonderful organizations involved with alpacas.
Boarding/Agisting
Boarding or agisting alpacas on a breeder's farm allows time for a new owner to learn alongside those with experience and it allows other owners to invest in alpacas without owning a farm.
Bred Females
Choosing the breedings can be lots of fun, caring for the dam is loaded with anticipation, waiting, watching and wondering when the time will come can be a little nerve-wracking. But welcoming a new cria into the world is a thrill worth waiting for!
We are expecting seven cria in 2009.
Breeding
Nobility Alpacas, Ltd owns a multi-champion herdsire and is aquiring or raising several other impressive herdsires for diversity in breeding to your female alpacas.
Certified Sorted Apprenticeship Seminar
Fourteen alpaca breeders gathered in Harrisville, New Hampshire to learn to sort and grade alpaca fiber by the Certified Sorted method.
Chicken Tales
They may not be the smartest critters God ever made, but they certainly are entertaining! And useful, too. We enjoy fresh eggs from our free range chickens daily and less flies and other "bugs" as well.
Events
We were blessed with many visitors at our two farm events this September and October. They were able to meet alpacas and all of our animal characters at the farm.
Farm Fun and Memories
One of the most fun parts of alpaca ranching is taking pictures! Some of the most fun pictures are of the spontaneous, everyday situations, so keep a camera nearby!
Fiber Links
The gift of the alpaca to us is their extraordinary fiber. It is why we raise them and so we continue to study and learn all we can about it.
Foundation Stock
Meet our exceptional resident foundation herd, our sweet gelding companions and our macho guard Llama, Prince Caspian.
We currently have 22 animals on the farm and house them in three different buildings and we rotate them in seven different pastures.
Gallery of Show Pictures
In the alpaca business, showing your animals is an important part of documenting your animals' best qualities. It is also important to take your own photos to keep a record of your alpaca's cria, juvenile and full fleece and regrowth after shearing.
Harris Designs Yarn Spinning Mill
Apprentices for the Certified Sorted Seminar began their education by watching the process by which fiber becomes yarn.
Herdsires
History of Alpacas
Alpacas are members of the cameloid family and have a fascinating story - past and present. They are native to Peru, Chile and Bolivia, still raised in mountain herds there, valued for their fiber and hides and eaten as meat.
How We Got Our Start
We had always intended to make the farm a profitable business and thought it would involve horses until we experienced how much labor they required in larger numbers. When we changed our focus to alpacas, all of our previous labors worked right into raising camelids.
Junior Herdsires
At Nobility Alpacas, Ltd, our upcoming herdsires live in the "Young Lord's Lodge"!
It can be a challenge keeping all of these youngsters from wrestling each other to the ground, but our guard llama, Prince, keeps the young boys in line, most of the time!
Links & Affiliations
Maiden Females
Being able to raise a cria and be involved in all of their training from birth is fun - after all, they are the cutest critters alive!
Even more meaningful is being able to see multiple generations of females raising their young together.
Mentoring into the Alpaca Business
Becoming an alpaca owner and breeder requires important stages of learning. At Nobility Alpacas, we understand the learning process and want to help new alpaca owners as they encounter every stage.
News
Spring means babies, alpacas shows, shearing and warmer weather! Yeah!
News/Events
After a particularly snowy winter here in Pennsylvania, the weather has finally become spring-like. Our alpaca herd is bursting with energy and we are anticipating the birth of new cria very soon.
Other
Many businesses support our industry and make our work easier and our alpaca life more pleasurable.
Photo Gallery
Watching a new cria arrive and learn how to interact with the world is a fascinating experience. Once they, literally, hit the ground, they learn to stand up on long, weak, wiggly legs and find their source of milk all by themselves. In their first day, they run, roll, and even play with other crias. Amazing!
Qualities of Prime Alpaca Fiber
If you breed alpacas, you are in the fiber business. Even if you never learn to knit or weave or spin and you have them to breed and show and sell, the whole point of an alpaca’s domestic existence in America, is fiber.
Services Offered
When purchasing, breeding or boarding an alpaca, you want to know that your valuable animal will be in honorable and competent hands. At Nobility Alpacas, we strive to offer the best quality services to novice and experienced breeders alike.
The New Crias
The arrival of cria is both exciting and nerve-wracking, at least until they stand up, dry off and nurse on their own. Within hours, a new cria clumsily jumps and attemps to run in their small area and before you know it, they are racing around the fields and rolling in the dirt!
Virtual Tour
We bought our farm in 1999 and set about rehabilitating it for us and our horses. When we decided to raise alpacas, the design of some of our rehab plans changed. We also changed the way we managed the soil and how we harvested our hay. It has been an adventure!
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Camelidynamics Seminar with Marty McGee Bennett
We had so much fun and learning at the Camelidynamics 2-Day Seminar taught by Marty McGee Bennett at Cinco C's Alpacas in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
2009 National Alpaca Days
This was our second Annual National Alpaca Farm Day and we had some rain but overall much better weather and still, lots of fun!
2009 Berks County Farm & Agri-business Tour
At Nobility Alpacas, Ltd., our agricultural venture is raising Peruvian Suri Alpacas for sale and to harvest the extraordinary fiber for processing. Many came to learn about this wonderful business and meet our newest alpacas and we had a lot of fun!.
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Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA)
AOBA is the largest of our alpaca organizations. It is a national Association who has endorsed the formation of regional affiliates which can function in a smaller and closer community of members.
North American Alpaca Fiber Producers
NAAFP is an agicultural cooperative dedicated to producing the highest quality alpaca products in North America.
Camelidynamics with Marty McGee Bennett
By Jeanne J. Noble
Camelidynamics is a handling and training system developed and continually refined by Marty McGee Bennett. Marty's 25 plus years of experience with camelids paired with her insight and natural gift of communication has made alpaca and llama ownership so much more enjoyable for owner and animals alike.
Alpaca Registry, Inc. (ARI)
ARI is the alpaca pedigree registry for all alpacas in the United States.
Coarse Broads, Inc.
Coarse Broads, Inc. is a business which educates all of us about how to grade and sort our alpaca fiber and about the alpaca fiber industry.
What Do I Need to Learn to Become an Alpaca Owner?
By Jeanne Noble
Alpacas seem to cast a spell over many of us and we anticipate ownership with great excitement. But there are many important things to learn so that we will be prepared to care for them well.
Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America
AFCNA was founded in 1998 for the purpose of building a successful and sustainable alpaca fiber industry.
Llama Doc Herbs
Dr. Robert Pollard J. Pollard is a veterinarian who has developed safe herbal formulas for use in camelids.
Mid- Atlantic Alpaca Association (MAPACA)
MAPACA is an organization whose members are alpaca breeders from the mid-Atlantic states, including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
Usefull Llama Items
This retail site carries specialized camelid products.
Pennsylvania Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (PAOBA)
This is our regional affiliate of AOBA.
The Advanced Clinic
What is it? Camelidynamics is a handling and training system developed and continually refined by Marty McGee Bennett. Jeanne will continue learning these methods at the Advanced Clinic.
Lancaster Farming
Local and regional farming papers are a great asset to us.
The Suri Network
There aren't as many Suri alpacas inthe world as there are Huacaya alpacas. The Suri Network formed to promote Suri interests.
Alpaca Fiber Sorting Certification Seminar
By Jeanne Noble
Certified Sorted is the trademark for training certifying fiber graders and sorters. Standardizing the method of grading alpaca fiber is an important step in the advancement of the alpaca fiber industry in the United States.
Empire Alpaca Association
EAA is the state alpaca association for New York.
Alpaca Breeders Fiber School, LLC (ABFS)
ABFS provides a graduate certification for those who complete a comprehensive series of courses covering herd management, alpaca genetics, health and nutrition, fiber technology, reproduction, business and marketing.
Alpaca Sales
We will work with clients to create a purchase package that fits within their business plan and help them to acquire the best investment quality animals possible.
Breeding
Light Livestock Equipment
This company carries the larger items that are essential to managing alpacas on the far.
Mentoring into the Alpaca Business
By Jeanne Noble
At Nobility Alpacas we believe that breeding and caring for alpacas is serious business.
New Holland Agriculture of North America
New Holland makes all kinds of farming equipment from very large to small farm-friendly.
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