Hinchcliffe Alpacas was birthed officially in 2008 after a love affair with alpacas which began in May, 2007 with our original purchase of 2 wethers, Jack, a solid black huacaya, and Barney, a solid medium brown huacaya whom we purchased from Rathdowney Alpaca Farm, not far from our acreage home at Kooralbyn. It was not long before we added Southland Raskol a solid white huacaya male who was later joined by a weanling Teddy who has a superb chocolate brown soft, fine and crimpy fleece and his mate Phantom a solid white huacaya male alpaca with very fine, crimpy lustrous fleece.
I have heard it said that Alpacas are addictive and this may be true, they certainly are therapeutic and have a calming effect on most people when interacting. As mentioned previously our original motivation for the purchase of alpacas was for lawnmowers on our acreage property but we fell in love with the alpaca as a farm animal and also developed a high respect for their wonderful fibre and environmentally friendly characteristics. After our first shearing in 2007 it was very exciting to receive our first supply of natural spun yarn from our own animals, which was able to be knitted up into wonderful garments or sold to local knitters.
"Our mission is to produce a high yielding quality fleece with softness of handle and lower micron."
Due to the limitations of the size of our own small acreage, after purchasing 7 pregnant females and one stud sire, our careers as Alpaca Breeders began with the offer of a facility of our new breeding herd being agisted and maintained at Rathdowney Alpaca Farm. Since this time, our herd has grown in size and number with several exciting additions to our beloved alpaca family.
Hinchcliffe Bonaparte
