Pecan Lane Farm alpacas

We are located about 20 miles North of Huntsville Alabama in Taft, Tennessee, on 39 Acres of gently rolling land. We purchased our farm in the spring of 2003 after looking for the right place to retire for over three years.

Our personal goal for the farm and alpaca business is to provide us a reason to get out of the house during retirement so we don't stagnate. We breed quality alpacas using Sires from the best blood lines. We have succeeded in grwoing our herd to 43 alpacas while winning about 100 ribbons including a reserve champion. We don't compete in a lot of shows but enough to have experience and ribbons from multiple shows and haveing experience in front of multiple judges. We hae diversified our herd from the beginning to ensure that we could continue to breed without getting to close to a single blood line. Today we can offer our customers breeding stock that will provide years breeding without breedin to close to an individual blood line. With 7 years of experience we can provide our customers with the best animals and support available at a reasonable cost. We believe that having started out with only 4 animals we are better able to understand the support needed by new farms. We had little experience in the raising of herd animals or the kind of facilities required therefore we have gradually built up our facilities for supporting our Alpacas. To us the sharing of our experience and knowledge with our customers will increase their probatility for success and our personal experience will limit the required capital outlay in the early years of your business.

Below you will fince some quetions that we asked initially and believe woudl be an excellant start if you are considering entering the business. We suggest that you ask each farm these quesitons to get an overview of how they started then make your decision.

1) What does it cost to get into the Alpaca business?

2) How much can I expect to make in the alpaca Farming business.

3) What fencing is suitable for alpacas?

4) What training is important?

5) What kind of facilities do I need?

6) How much land should I expect to need?

PECAN LANE FARM

716 Ardmore Highway

Taft, TN 38488

Home: (931)438-2791

Ray's Cell: (256) 656-3272

Wynna's Cell (256) 508-1488