MEON VALLEY ALPACAS was established in 1998 by Karen and Peter Oglesby. They live at Grooms Cottage, Droxford – home of Meon Valley Alpacas – with their daughter Rebecca, dressage horses, dog, cat, various small pets and their lovely herd of alpacas. Peter is a pilot and Karen is a dressage trainer.

"We moved to Grooms Cottage and its rather neglected 22 acres and stables just before Christmas 1997. Having spent a great deal of time, money and effort in clearing the land of brambles, fallen trees and general rubbish we realised that we had far too much grazing for our 6 horses. We looked at sheep quite seriously but decided that they seem to have too many problems and were a bit dull. So we followed our hearts and went for alpacas.

Starting Up Like many people just starting the price of females seemed rather daunting. We decided to buy two boys and see how we got on. We loved them and just over a year later we bought two pregnant females with female crias at foot. We became hopelessly hooked! What started as an interest soon became an obsession and "Meon Valley Alpacas" gradually became a herd.

Hampshire's Largest Breeders We are now the largest breeders of quality Alpacas in Hampshire. Even though our herd numbers well over 70 at times, we know all our animals as individuals, and we love them all. We always have a good selection alpacas for sale as Breeding Stock and Field Pets or Sheep Guards . Pictures...

Imports & Uk Bred Alpacas Many of our alpacas have been imported from Peru and Chile, some from Australia and even Canada, and the rest have been bred from imported stock. All are registered with the BCL or BAS.

Training We are constantly learning about these wonderful animals and have attended many management, judging and training courses. We are more than happy to pass on this information and we give regular Husbandry Courses on our farm.

BEGINNERS COURSES

Saturday 19 April & Saturday 7 June 2008

Shows 2007 Our Show team has been very successful during this season, gaining prizes at the BAS Spring Show in March, South of England and BAS Nationals in May and the SWAG Bath & West in June. Sir G, La Croix and Swallow's Return have done particularly well. We have also exhibited our Alpacas at the Rare Breed Show at Singleton, and Alton Show in July, and Alresford and Romsey Show in September. Pictures

Shows 2008 We took two of our weanlings to the British Alpaca Futurity 2008 Meon Valley Bon Bon a White Junior Female who came 6th in a very large and very high powered class and Meon Valley Ardingly, a Grey Male Junior who came 3rd. We were very pleased.

We've just returned from the BAS Spring Show - very, very pleased!! Bon Bon came 3rd in a huge class of Junior White Females, Ardingly came 4th in Junior Grey Male, Goldrush came 5th in Junior Fawn Male. Then on Sunday it was seriously exciting - our lovely Adult White Female Bonita won her class and the Champion Adult Female, Meonstoke won Intermediate White Male and then the Intermediate Male Champion, Ocho came 3rd, Sir G won his class of Adult White Male, and then to crown it all off Bonita won Supreme Champion and Best White- we're thrilled. Next Shows - Blue Tongue Zones permitting will be South of England and the BAS Nationals.

Open Day 2008 By popular demand we are holding our Annual Open Day this year on Saturday 16 August. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon amongst the alpacas. Farm Walk. Young crias to watch playing. Husbandry Demonstrations. Afternoon teas, beautiful knitted and woven alpaca fibre products to buy, yarn and raw fibre for handspinning. Alpacas for sale at Special Prices, plus our Stud Males with their progeny on show.

Southern Alpaca Group In January 2007 we got together with other breeders in our area to form a Regional Group affiliated to the British Alpaca Society. Our aims are to offer support and training in all aspects of alpaca in Hampshire and surrounding Counties. We will hold Clinics and meetings 3 or 4 times a year, these give alpaca owners and enthusiasts the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences, make new friends and contacts and to learn more about alpacas. Contact us to join the group. Meetings have included a Visit to Meon Valley Mill and a Summer Fibre Day and social. An Alpaca Veterinary Talk by Gina Bromage, and a Camelidynamics Course with Julie Taylor-Brown here at Meon Valley Alpacas - on Saturday 5th April 2008 and "All about Fibre" here on Wednesday 16th July.

Sales .. Training .. Information .. Help and Guidance .. After-Sales Support 24/7 .. Sponsorships .. Fleece

We have an excellent selection of Alpacas for sale - both pregnant and young females for breeding, and males for fibre, companions and pets. We are happy to advise newcomers in their setup for keeping alpacas as pets, or for breeding and starting an alpaca business. We offer support and training in all aspects of husbandry to our clients, and we're always just a phone call away. We are stockists for Camelibra and Alfalfa Pellets. We offer educational visits to schools and groups. We sell baby fine fleece to hand-spinners and craftsmen and we sell our own beautiful knitting yarn in double knit - available in natural colours. Also available - alpaca throws and luxury cosy duvets from our own animals. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

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