Llamas and alpacas have to be sheared every year before it gets too hot. Got the llamas done today, the alpacas soon.

This is my llama Nika, before and after. Her mother Ixchel is also in the after photo. Every time a llama is sheared the others come and stare!

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This picture from a few years ago is one of our alpacas - compared to llamas their coats are typically thicker and denser with finer fibers. I weighed one alpaca before and after and found we had cut away 6 lbs of fiber!

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JKJ