Professional Alpaca Shearing

How we shear alpacas

 

Shearing day tends to be a stressful day at the farm. But it doesn't have to be. It's our goal to make your day easy when shearing your alpacas. Shearing is that one big day in your year, but for us, it's every day.

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Two-station alpaca shearing

Jeffrey usually works alongside two or three crew members. Together, they operate a two-station alpaca shearing team, taking care of all the handling of the alpacas during the shearing process. Two members of the crew have the specific job of handling the alpacas and securing them safely to our restraint ropes in preparation for shearing. We work with two stations side-by-side so that as the master shearer is shearing one alpaca, another one can be prepared for its turn. This way, we can still operate in a timely fashion while giving the animals all of the care and respect they deserve, causing minimal stress on your animals. 

We gently lay the alpacas on our specialized, padded shearing mats and carefully restrain them for their safety during their shearing.

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Each alpaca will only be restrained for an average of 5-10 minutes. Once the shearing process is complete, they will be cleaned and carefully let back up. 

 

Biosecure alpaca shearing – We do our best to disinfect and wash equipment between farms as needed.

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Need alpaca nail trimming?

We do FREE nails with shearing and can offer on-site dental work while we're shearing alpacas at your farm.​ For a complete list of our prices, click here.

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Offered Services

While we specialize in alpaca shearing, we also offer some additional services.

• Alpaca Shearing

• Llama Shearing

• Nail Trimming

• Camelid Dental Work

• Sheep Shearing*

• Goat Shearing*

• Hoof Trimming

• Fiber Bagging

• Herd Health Services

• Private Shearing Lessons​

 

*We can only shear a limited number of sheep and goats from March-June, as we are typically booked up with alpaca work during this time.