
I fell in love with llamas on a trip to Eucudor
in March of 1990. Their big eyes and very expressive faces captured
my heart. However, we lived in
CA
for the next 11 years and had no room for llamas. My dream to
one day have llamas remained a dream until we moved to TN.
We acquired our first 2 from Carolyn & Jerry
Ayers, of Walnut Ridge Llamas, Chuckey, just a few minutes drive
across our valley. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending
on your point of view, as a friend says, they're worse than
potato chips - you can't just have a few. So, in the next few
months, we had acquired a total of 10. (6 females and 4 males).
Our first three from Walnut Ridge, the second
3 from Deloris & Jack Gardner of High Acres Llamas, Fredericksburg,
TX, the next 3 from the Futurity Sale in Lexington, KY in Sept.
of 2002 and our 10th. from Eve Ashbaugh of Evelin Farms in Ohio.
My husband then took control and said we needed to shore up
our
infrastructure, etc., fencing and etc. & the brakes to the
buying spree were applied. A wise man.
Our current plan is to acquire several good foundation
females and get our breeding program underway. Our goal is to
breed for disposition, conformation, and medium to heavy fiber,
in medium sized animals.