Good question. We settled on alpacas after first investigating several other livestock options. (sheep, goats, llamas) The more research we did, the more we kept coming back to the alpacas. Awfully cute. Awfully good investment.

All things considered, they’re pretty low maintenance. (We were unwilling to raise anything that had to be milked!) The other huge plus for us is that alpacas are earth friendly: they don’t require large acreage, they nibble grass down from the top, they don’t rip it out by the roots, they have padded feet which do not compact the earth the way hooved animals do and you do not have to slaughter them to get your return on investment.