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Location: Langonnet
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It would be nice for everyone to know who they're talking to! Please give us a little background about yourself and your animals. Thanks!
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Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 4/11/2009
Posts: 59
Location: Tronget, Allier, France
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Hi all, Mike & Sue here. We run a llama breeding farm in Tronget, Allier, France and have been breeding and training llamas for just over 8 years now. We currently have 13 llamas ( 1 x stud male, 6 x females and 6 x males)and will soon be increasing this with another 7. We both absolutely love llamas and could not imagine our lives without them. Look forward to chatting and exchanging info and views with everyone here. Rgds, Mike L
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Hi Mike and welcome. You have the honour of being the first 'new' member! All the best to you and Sue. Joe
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Location: Tronget, Allier, France
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Thanks joe, I'm sure that the others will be along shortly. Would like to wish you every sucess with the forum and I am certain that it's membership will grow and become a valuable resource for many camalid lovers not just in France, but all over the world. kind Regards, Mike L
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Joined: 4/11/2009
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Location: 33 st antoine sur l isle
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Glad your back on line, it does look a lot better (neat). I'm Rosemary (23) i have been in France for 12years, We have a family run mixed farm based on self sufficiency, we started with llamas about 7 years ago, We have slowly build our herd up to 22 llamas, comprising of 17females of classic, woolly (+ eye brow woolly), silky and suri types. Plus 5 studs (2 classic, 1 eye brow woolly, 1 silver suri and a white suri). including 10 which we imported from America a couple of weeks ago. I train, trek and use them to guard livestock as well as spinning and knitting their wool into garments for our family and for sale. I take them to fairs when i do spinning demonstrations, to show the public that llamas are not mad spitting machines!!. I use have alpacas.
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Thanks for re-joining Rose. Out of interest was it very difficult importing from the States?
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Location: Tronget, Allier, France
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Hi Rose, Do you shear your llamas of brush/comb their fibre out? Sounds like a lovely bunch of llamas you have there. I think that Suri llamas are quite rare over here are they not, have never seen one in the flesh (so to speak). Rgds, Mike L Joe, Where are the smiley's?
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I will upload them within a week or two Mike.
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Location: 33 st antoine sur l isle
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Just a bit!! made the mistake of agreeing to buy them before finding a way to get them back! A wheel barrow of paper work, -20 litre of llama blood for tests , 90 then 30 days quarantine, unseen administion problems, a lot of arguing with freight companies/customs, stress and a very big hole in the bank!! although the llamas were worth it, and it was the only way to get quality of llamas i was looking for.
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just read your post, I shear the woollies and suris every two years and brush the classic when they molt (every two years around now) Yes suri are very rare less than 100 in the whole of Europe and only 20 in France. They are so beautiful the locks moves in waves then they walk. The suri fiber is like mohair it is a single fiber (no guard hair) and has little or no hooks making it silky soft, its like running your fingers though water.
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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 4/12/2009
Posts: 6
Location: Bazouges La Perouse
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Hello from Bazouges La Perouse (35). We have 8 female and 6 male alpacas, 2 shire horses, 2 dogs and a cat. I'm already planning the next additions to the menagerie! We have a variety of coloured alpacas, and I am hoping to settle for about 10 or 12 females and 4 males. You can check them out at www.vauxhardys.comNorman and Orla
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Suri llamas wrote:just read your post, I shear the woollies and suris every two years and brush the classic when they molt (every two years around now) Yes suri are very rare less than 100 in the whole of Europe and only 20 in France. They are so beautiful the locks moves in waves then they walk. The suri fiber is like mohair it is a single fiber (no guard hair) and has little or no hooks making it silky soft, its like running your fingers though water. I should imagine that they would look quite magnificent standing on a hill with a breeze blowing. I just read in the BLS magazine that there is a company that has produced 18 suites made from Vicuna fibre and they are being sold at £35,000 each. It took 5 years to collect the fibre and 18 months to develope the cloth.....you could start your own Suri Suite production line!!!
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Hello everyone, I'm llamafarmers wife. You will have te excuse mu avatar as llamafarmer did it (he secretly wishes I was pammie)and I don't know how to change it as I am a bit of a technophobe.
We did our first introduction to llamas yesterday with two young children. Went very well, Ozzie was a superstar as he absolutely adores people and loves being fussed over. As the children were quite young we let them take Barry and Princess Di for a short walk, Princess Di was her usual serene self and Barry is just Barry. The children thoroughly enjoyed it and had lots of photos taken with all the llamas and lots of cuddles with Ozzie. The only downside was that it was pouring with rain.
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Joined: 4/19/2009
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Location: Brittany
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Hi Everyone we are Linda and Robin of Utopian Alpacas breeding Suri and Huacayas at the moment we have over 30 animals and also spin and weave alpaca products and have had alpacas here for the last 5 years
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Hi Linda and welcome. I wondered what happened to you guys! All the best. Joe
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Joined: 7/15/2009
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Location: N.Brittany
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Hello, we're Judi and Ron, living in Northern Brittany with our little herd of 5 females and a gelding. We've had the alpacas for 16 months and had 3 cria which have now been sold and moved on. Our alpacas are pets and are a variety of colours. We have 2 white, 2 chestnut, a black, and a grey and, whilst still very much a novice, I am starting to handspin their fleeces...when I find time!
We also have a couple of breeding pairs of peacocks in our little menagerie!
Judi
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Joined: 7/13/2009
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Location: San Sebastian, Spain
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Hi to everyone,
I am Andrey, living near border in Spanish part of Basque country. I moved there from Finland last May.
I do not have a llama of my own (well, I am a city dweller), but I would like to have one on someone's farm (as people keeps Private horses on public stables) for training, sport and show activity. Back in Finland we had such activities quite regularly.
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Best regards!
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Hi Andrey welcome to the forum.
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