Walt & I love being outside, we love our old barn (that we did not use except for storage), we've talked about running a
farm but we just couldn't decide what would best suit our already busy life and our family. Our four children, (all
teenagers when we started) kept us running plus we both worked full time jobs, like we need one more thing in our lives...
I always wanted horses as a child, I just didn't know how we would find time to ride, and I knew I did not want to raise an
animal I would name and then have to eat it. (some say in that case I am not a true "farmer")
While we were deciding, we continued to put up fence, improve our pastures and do the necessary repairs to our over
one hundred year old barn. It became somewhat of a joke within the family and around our little town of Tidioute as to
what would end up in our beautiful pastures...donkeys, cows, horses, how about fainting goats?? Well, one day a friend
of ours was at a craft festival and brought home a card from an alpaca farm selling fiber products at the festival. As a joke
she told us to "stick this in our fence"...
October 2005, was the start of our research, the more we learned the more interested we became. The start up cost was at
first overwhelming and I thought I will never be able to afford this, but there are many available opportunities through
farms and even state programs, the opportunities will only continue to get better and better as the alpaca industry grows.
Where there is a will there is a way...
We contacted a local farm who invited us to come to their farm and learn hands-on about these wonderful animals.
We returned for several weeks in February 2006, we gained invaluable experience, after all the research and several
weeks of "cold" hands-on experience we visited a couple different farms, attended the MAPACA, Breeders Showcase
and knew this is what we had been searching for.
Through all this I have not only found these amazing animals, I met some of the most friendly, helpful, devoted and
generous people who I now call my friends.
We look forward to watching our herd grow and adventure into other aspects of the whole "LIFE OF LOVING WHAT YOU
DO" alpaca business!
These are just some of the great bloodlines we have incorporated into our foundation herd;
farm but we just couldn't decide what would best suit our already busy life and our family. Our four children, (all
teenagers when we started) kept us running plus we both worked full time jobs, like we need one more thing in our lives...
I always wanted horses as a child, I just didn't know how we would find time to ride, and I knew I did not want to raise an
animal I would name and then have to eat it. (some say in that case I am not a true "farmer")
While we were deciding, we continued to put up fence, improve our pastures and do the necessary repairs to our over
one hundred year old barn. It became somewhat of a joke within the family and around our little town of Tidioute as to
what would end up in our beautiful pastures...donkeys, cows, horses, how about fainting goats?? Well, one day a friend
of ours was at a craft festival and brought home a card from an alpaca farm selling fiber products at the festival. As a joke
she told us to "stick this in our fence"...
October 2005, was the start of our research, the more we learned the more interested we became. The start up cost was at
first overwhelming and I thought I will never be able to afford this, but there are many available opportunities through
farms and even state programs, the opportunities will only continue to get better and better as the alpaca industry grows.
Where there is a will there is a way...
We contacted a local farm who invited us to come to their farm and learn hands-on about these wonderful animals.
We returned for several weeks in February 2006, we gained invaluable experience, after all the research and several
weeks of "cold" hands-on experience we visited a couple different farms, attended the MAPACA, Breeders Showcase
and knew this is what we had been searching for.
Through all this I have not only found these amazing animals, I met some of the most friendly, helpful, devoted and
generous people who I now call my friends.
We look forward to watching our herd grow and adventure into other aspects of the whole "LIFE OF LOVING WHAT YOU
DO" alpaca business!
These are just some of the great bloodlines we have incorporated into our foundation herd;
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Created by Bully Hollow Alpacas
BULLY HOLLOW ALPACA FARM
| We established our farm in April of 2006, like anyone raising alpacas we love talking about them and sharing what We have had great farms guide us into and through this adventure with an outcome of a great farm networking program. We are looking forward to expanding the network with anyone that is interested in joining this life style, whether you are a veteran in the alpaca business or just looking to get started we would love to hear from you and share our stories and experiences. Bully Hollow Alpaca Farm is located along the Allegheny River just 6 miles outside of a small, beautiful, Victorian town called Tidioute in Warren County, Pennsylvania. We can assist you with the following services... |
- SALES
- BREEDING
- BOARDING
- FARM NETWORKING
- FARM VISITS ON AND OFF SITE
- Vengador
- Don Juan
- Grand Alero
- Valeroso
- Timoteo
- Royal Fawn
- Mucho Augusto
- Dakotia
- Silvio
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