Building Dreams... 4 Legs At A Time

Katy and Amber Alpaca

Sign up for our FREE newsletter above! Welcome to Fairhope Alpacas! We are a working family farm breeding and raising the highest quality huacaya alpacas. Each of the 70 alpacas that live on our farm has a unique personality and receives individualized care. Our herd consists of award-winning males and females born in  the U.S. with excellent bloodlines. We offer starter herds and show quality alpacas for sale, provide breeding to blue-ribbon winning herdsires, and provide our customers with ongoing support.  We make it EASY for you to start your alpaca business. You can always find bred females for sale on our farm as well as package pricing designed to save you money. We also offer several educational opportunities each year, with something for both new and experienced breeders. At Fairhope Alpacas, all of our breeding alpacas are DNA blood-typed and ARI registered.

Breeding Philosophy
Our philosophy in breeding is that you have to start with the best to get the best cria (baby alpacas). We believe that the quality of the dam is an integral part of a successful breeding program. After all, they are going to contribute 50% of the genes to their cria. Our foundation herd consists of animals that were born in the USA with bloodlines from Peru, Chile, and Bolivia. We gathered outstanding alpacas from across the country to build a herd with proven pedigrees and awesome genetics. We are continually matching dams and herdsires to improve fleece, and perfect conformation. We breed for the best animal, with country of origin being only one of the considerations. We love color! Our alpacas come in a variety of colors, though our breeding program mostly focuses on fawn and grey.  We are committed to producing the highest quality North American colored alpacas and improving colored alpaca fleece with every generation. Within the past five years we re-invested heavily in our alpaca business, adding four incredible herdsires and over 30 outstanding females. The addition of SCA Peruvian Magnum, SCA Peruvian Shawnee, and Brutus' Firecracker will help us take our breeding program to the highest levels. Magnum's cria are on the ground and they are following in his footsteps with two AOBA Champions among them. One customer raved that her Magnum cria is several generations improved over her dam. His genetics are some of the best to be found in the world. Check out his listing on our herdsire page. You won't be disappointed! See our Foundation Herd on the Sales List page to view some of our new dams. 
Experience
With twenty-four years combined experience raising and breeding alpacas, we have learned a lot about these adorable creatures! We are available to our customers at all times to answer their questions and mentor them as they begin their alpaca business. To share information, we offer seminars and clinics on a variety of alpaca topics. This coming June we will host the introductory seminar  "Alpacas 101: Everything You Need to Know Before Buying Alpacas". We have hosted many seminars about alpaca fiber, understanding it, and breeding for improved fiber.

Designed with the alpacas and those who care for them in mind, our state-of-the-art facility and fencing is set up for effortless herd management. Consulting with customers on their farm set-up is one of the many services that we provide. We also offer breeding services for your females.  Whatever it is that you need as you start your alpaca business, we are here to help make it easy for you!
 
About Us  

Katy Cocking has been breeding alpacas for fourteen years. Prior to our "alpaca lifestyle" our family used to live in bustling South Florida.  Katy's husband worked in the computer industry and Katy achieved her doctoral degree in clinical psychology. They relocated to the slower paced Fairhope, Alabama in 2000. For many years Katy has enjoyed being a homeschooling mom to her four children and manager of the alpacas. Alpacas have proven to be very rewarding, both personally and financially for their family.  

In 2008, Katy began to realize the importance of the alpacas' fiber in her business. She started to work with it more herself, and she began to write about it. The popular Alpaca Farmgirl Blog was born, and she has been writing ever since. Katy now writes as much as she can, mostly about alpacas.

In August of 2011, Katy married Jim Cocking (who used to own Kentucky Criations). Jim has twin boys so the couple now has a blended family with two sets of twins, and three boys and three girls! Jim is recently back from Iraq where he worked as a contractor, but he was in the alpaca business for ten years in the past. Jim transported alpacas and was well-known for his award-winning black and grey breeding program. He was co-owner of Kentucky Alpaca Center as well, a store that sold alpaca equipment and panels. Jim brings even more business and breeding expertise to Fairhope Alpacas! Jim gained a tremendous wealth of knowledge during his years of transporting alpacas all around the country. Knowledge that he is happy to share with you!

The Town of Fairhope
This picturesque little town, located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, is easy to fall in love with. Shopping, golfing, fishing, boating, yachting, and polo are just a few of the activities available to visitors to our area. Sugary Gulf beaches are about 45 minutes away, and we are within an hour of  both  the Mobile and Pensacola airports. We invite you to come visit our farm in person and experience the charm of Fairhope and the alpacas!  The alpaca lifestyle has made many of our dreams come true. Let us share the wonder of alpacas with you.
 

Call today to schedule your farm visit! 

We want to be sure that we are available to introduce you to our herd. You deserve our undivided attention. In order for us to meet our family obligations and give you an informative tour of our state of the art facilities we ask that you please make an appointment and schedule a farm visit several days in advance.

Don't live close by? That's okay. We are within an hour of two major airports, and we can pick you up there if needed. See you soon! 

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