Not Your Standard Farm

I took a second job a couple weeks ago working part-time at Island Alpaca as a store clerk and general alpaca-care person. Had I ever spent more than a couple hours working on a farm before? Nope…but fortunately, alpacas are about the most low-maintenance livestock animals you can imagine. They don’t have upper teeth, so they can’t bite you; they’re herd animals, so generally if you get one to go a certain way the others will all follow; and they just like to spend their days eating and being lazy (not too shabby).

I also work with the Junior Discovery weekend programs, when kids come to help out with the chores and meet the alpacas up close. These are some photos from last weekend’s Discovery (barn light is the best!).