Yellow Rose Fiber Farm --Alpaca Documents

We have collected a number of helpful documents as we have done research on Alpacas and Angoras and setting up a business. They have been gathered from a number of other web sites. We make them available here for you to make the job of searching for information easier. Many of them have come from a very good collection maintained by Northwest Alpacas (a large ranch in Oregon that specializes in raising suri and huacaya alpacas for sale, and alpaca business plans for breeders and owners worldwide). Others have come from the Camelid Quarterly Library. They are all in PDF format so that you can save them locally if you wish. To view them you will need a free reader which is available for all computers from Adobe.

Getting Started	Marketing
Getting Started in the Alpaca Business	How to Create the Ideal Alpaca Marketing Plan
The Alpaca Business, A Unique Opportunity	American Alpaca Market in Retrospect
Alpaca Taxes 2006: Section 179 Deduction	Elements of a Successful Website
Why Raise Alpacas	Is a Website Really Necessary for My Farm?
Why Not Let Uncle Sam Help	NAAF Marketing & Sales Seminar (Power Point Presentation)
It's All My Wife's Fault	NAAF Selling Alpacas & the Alpaca Business
Blazing the Financial Trail	NAAF How to Have a Pen Sale
Llama & Alpaca Farming	NAAF Alpacas as the new Diamond
Natural Goat & Alpaca Care
Building Your Own Chute	Medical
Glossary of Alpaca Terms	Alpaca Skin Problems
A Caution about Alpacas on Turf	BVD Virus
Common Garden Plants Poisonous to Camelids	BVD Testing in Alpacas
Managing Your Ranch for Poisonous Plants	Preventing Heat Stress
In Defense of Alfalfa	Are You Ready for Summer?
Hay Storage Guidelines	Heat Stress: Texas Style
Understanding & Reducing Mold Growth in Hay	Heat Stress in the Cria
Planning for Paddocks and Pasture Fencing	Preparing for the Newborn Cria
Setting up an Alpaca Ranch from Scratch	Hyperthermia: Are You Ready for Winter?
Guinea Fowl: Reducing Parasites & Pests	Animal Health & Husbandry in Alpacas
Automatic Waterers	Body Scoring Llamas & Alpacas
Retraining the Problem Import	Gaining an Insight into Alpaca Herd Activity
Dealing with Spitters	Respiratory Disease aka 'The Snots'
Managing the Manure	Bio Security - A Growing Concern
Alpaca & Llama Manure Benefits	Instructions for Doing Fecal Tests
Llamas as Livestock Guards	Do your own Fecal Testing
Preparing for Wild Fires	Farm Management to Treat Viral Illnesses
NAAF Introduction to Alpacas	Now for the Gut Worms
Getting Ready For Your Alpacas (large file)	Barber Pole Worm: Coping with a Killer
	Summer Crias & Dehydration
	Congenital Deafness in Alpacas
	Alpaca & Llama Teath
	Update on CRD (the Snots)
Breeding	Health Care of the Geriatric Llama and Alpaca
Practical Alpaca Breeding
What Makes a Champion
The Importance of Hindquarters
Alpaca Herdsire Selection	Fiber
Breeding Standards	Measuring Fibre Curvature
Breeding Bottlenecks	Fiber Testing Terminology
Standard of Excellence	The Case for Crimp
What is the Value of a Gelding Alpaca	Crimp vs Crinkle
Analysis of Alpaca Breed Types and Standards	Small Mills in the Big Picture
How To Select and Show Winners	Crying Over Spilt Onions
Cheating at Shows	Fleece Preparation
Mobile Mating	Fiber Sampling
Alpaca Genetics Glossary	Pest Problems & Fiber Storage
Blue Eyed White Problem (very opinionated)	Understanding Histgrams
Blue Eyed Whites (more reasonable)	Sorting Your Fleeces
A Better use for BEW	Fiber Coop Refocusing
Color Genetics of Alpacas	Legacy Lane Fiber Mill - One Year Later
Inbreeding or Line-Breeding	A Brief Look at Fiber Processing
	Exploring The Choices for Fiber Processing
Showing Your Alpacas	Identifying Superior Suri Fleece
Show Ring Etiquette	Fiber Fun for Kids
Mastering the Art of Great Animal Photography	The Making of Champions
The Photographer's Mental Checklist	A Spotlight on Alpaca Spots
3 Deadly Sins - Photographically Speaking	Washing Your Fleece at Home
Understanding Oral Reasons	NAAF Fiber For Profit Course Module 1
	NAAF Fiber For Profit Course Module 2
	NAAF Fiber For Profit Course Module 3