Meet Chuck (a.k.a. Charlotte) Island Alpaca Co.'s Feline friend! 

Thank you to Island Alpaca Co.'s newest, most unique on-line customer.
Chuck is now busy nurturing his newest purchase, the Island Alpaca Piccolo Bear! According to Chucks owner, Ellen from Herndon, VA, Chuck loves cuddling with her Teddy Bear!  Thank you for sharing your photo with us! :O)

MUSIC TO THEIR EARS!

Island Alpaca Co. Alpaca were fortunate to have their first experience with the harmonica.. as you can see from the video below, they were quite curious!
.... the harp was played by our special visiting guest ( all the way from CA ) Reta... Thank you for sharing with all of us.. we all thoroughly enjoyed!

2016 Island Alpaca Annual Neonatal Clinic

Island Alpaca Neonatal / Birthing Clinic hosted by Barbara Ronchetti and Dr. Cheryl DeWitt was a big success!! Breeders and soon to be breeders from far and wide were in attendance ... Texas, Florida, Michigan, Connecticut and New Hampshire and locally, to learn the basics of alpaca neonatal care, and experience hands-on alpaca birthing simulations and more!

Please enjoy the video presentation by clicking here or on image.

Next clinic tentatively set for Saturday May 6, 2017 For information and registration, click here!  Interested in a Fall 2016 clinic.. please send us and email to let us know!!

Thank you to all of those who attended, and many thanks to Ashleigh for this wonderful video production!

Alpaca visit the "BIKE MS: Ride The Vineyard" Finish Line!

It was a bright, sunny Spring day on the island this past Saturday, April 30, and it was the perfect temp for the ride! Island Alpaca joined in the finish-line festivities at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School with our two alpaca, Revelation and Atticus Rex.  The alpacas were welcomed by many participants of this annual fundraiser for MS including David Cunningham of Sharon, MA. Thank you for sharing your photo with us!

Matt Best, expert shearer!

Thank you to the Martha's Vineyard Times and to Lisa Vanderhoop for your wonderful coverage and photography this past week on the cover of the Calendar section in The Times and on MVTIMES.com --What a surprise that was to see! It was such a wonderful event (click on image to see the coverage!)

Many thanks to the efforts of our shearers and our fabulous non-stop volunteers. Nicola Blake of West Tisbury,  Jason Grovenburg of Chicago, Ethan Howard of Falmouth, Samuel and Caleb Hannon of Boston, and David Hannon of Edgartown, Charles and Luise Ronchetti of Lexington... you all went above and beyond!

Our staff was most impressive, coordinating efforts to make it possible to shear the 56 alpaca in record time-- averaging 7-1/2 minutes per alpaca! Many thanks to all: Simone Brewer, Andrea Figarato, Courtney Nigro Fitzgerald, Keily Hathaway, Rosmarie Jost, Ashliegh Plante, Elizabeth Stevenson -- it would not have been possible without any one of you!

 

Please take a moment to check out the link to our wonderful coverage writing by Betsy Abraham of the Long Island Weekly about Island Alpaca.. She really captured the essence of our farm!! Kudos and Thank you Betsy! Just click on their logo below!

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE!!

Nicola and Philippe arrived at the farm to inspect the alpaca teeth with Ashleigh to see how they were coming along... (*taking Ashleigh out of the Gift Shop she was managing... ) During this time, one by one the guests arrived into the shop and gathered around the cake with lit candles, when Ash and the others returned from outside.... Everyone sang the requisite song...     
                     HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ASH!

March 8, Marks Ashleigh Plante, our Barn Manager-Extraordinare's Twenty-First Birthday... the BIG TWO-ONE!!

"Let Them Eat Cake"?? You may ask? YES is the answer. Black Dog Bakery's, "Chocolate Majesty" (not Brioche from the origins of the traditional French "Cake")

Fun was had by all of our staff and former staff and Island friends! 

Above, the BIG... TWO-ONE!!
Wishing you many more Happy B-Days to come Ashleigh!