Farm Services
At West Winds Alpaca Ranch, we offer the following services:
Agistment or Boarding Services – If you
want to purchase alpacas, but are not ready to keep them on your
own farm (or don’t have the farm yet), or wish to own alpacas
for the investment aspects and tax benefits, you may want to consider
agisting your alpacas at someone else’s farm. For a fee
of $2.50 per day per animal, we will board your alpaca. This fee
includes normal daily care like feed and hay, and toenail trimming
when needed. There would be an additional charge for any shots
given (e.g., Dectomax for meningeal worm, annual shots such as
CD &T, rabies, etc.), as well as any costs incurred for veterinary
fees and fees for birthing expenses.
Seminars & Workshops – For more information,
contact us regarding our seminars and workshops that we will be
scheduling to assist people who are looking into the possibility
of getting into the alpaca business. We will help you to determine
what is needed to get started the right way, how to find the right
alpacas for you, how NOT to run out and make and uninformed purchase
that may not be what you really want. We’ll show you, through
hands on lessons, how to care for an alpaca and how to evaluate
an animal for its conformation, bite, and fiber. We’ll teach
you some of the “buzz” words, like “conformation,”
and help you understand what everyone is talking about. Most of
all, we’ll be there for you, now & later (even if you
purchase your alpacas elsewhere), to support you and mentor you.
Sales & Consulting
– We offer alpacas for sale from our own stock. But if we
don’t have the alpaca you’re looking for, we will
gladly help you find that “perfect” alpaca. We have
many friends in the alpaca business, so we can find whatever you
may want by working as Consultants. Just tell us what you are
looking for and we’ll find the alpacas for you to check
out.
Product Sales
– We will be offering a line of alpaca products for retail
sale, including sweaters, scarves, socks, hats, gloves, yarn,
teddy bears, and the like. There’s nothing like an alpaca
sweater on a frigid winter day to keep you toasty, or an alpaca
teddy bear to cuddle!
Farm Visits – Please call us to arrange
a visit! We love to have people come to see our alpacas and see
for themselves how wonderful these creatures really are!
We’ll
be more than happy to talk to you more about any of our services
that may be of interest to you. Don’t hesitate to call us
(716-942-3886), or visit our contact
page to email us, for more information!