Halter training an alpaca
About Spring Farm Alpacas
Spring Farm Alpacas was established in Sussex in 2000 with the purchase of three top quality white Peruvian huacaya female alpacas. Our first suri alpacas followed soon after. Our aim is to constantly improve the genetics and phenotype (appearance) of each generation of alpaca offspring – by careful selection of herd sires. Our herd now numbers approximately 100 alpacas (both huacaya and suri), having selectively added a wide variety of coloured alpacas along the way. We can now offer a range of friendly alpacas for sale from pet to show standard.
Spring Farm is situated in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just outside the picturesque village of Fletching, in East Sussex. Whilst based in East Sussex, we are conveniently situated for West Sussex, Surrey, Kent and the Home Counties and have clients with our alpacas all over the UK and continental Europe. Over our years here, we have improved our grazing through the seeding of wildflowers in our fields as part of our commitment to Countryside Stewardship and our alpacas health. We now farm approximately 110 acres of pasture and woodland – producing our own wildflower hay and haylage - with all our farm facilities now customised for use by the alpacas.
While neither of us come from farming families, we are both extremely interested in wildlife and conservation. Chris has been a keen fisherman since childhood, now allied to wildlife photography. Vicki has a scientific background in zoology, and studied fish biology at Masters level. We both devote most of our time to the farm and the alpacas - and to our clients to whom we provide a “second to none” back-up and full training in all aspects of alpaca ownership and handling.
Alpaca enthusiasm, knowledge and experience.
We started with a little knowledge and a lot of enthusiasm. Over the years since, we have attended courses, seminars and conferences to improve our understanding and ownership skills of these fabulous creatures both in terms of husbandry and fibre. Vicki is a British Alpaca Society Judge, chairs the South East Alpaca Group and is on the joint Health and Welfare Committee (for BAS and BCA – we are members of both).
Given what we now know, our aim is to produce healthy, relaxed, extremely friendly and well trained alpacas, who will produce fabulous fibre for us (and you!) - for many years.
We have taken the utmost care of our herd in biosecurity terms for the last 5 years. In considering any purchase from us, we are happy to discuss all aspects of biosecurity and are always willing to conduct any tests you may require for complete peace of mind. We keep historical records of all our alpacas health and would be delighted to share this with you.
