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Alpaca Farm Day educates and excites

Sweetbriar farm showcases animal, fleece
BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY
October 5, 2011
Malaine, 4, and Makenna Chavez, 10, of Georgetown enjoy petting and feeding the alpacas. But watch out, they spit. BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY
Christian Addor and Chris Reichard moved their alpaca farm to Sweetbriar Road outside Milton in 2010. BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY
Crowds of people got to meet the alpacas outside Milton during National Alpaca Farm Day Sept. 24. BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY
Ryan Remmey walks one of the baby alpacas, owned by Dawn Remmey and Del Morris of Lewes. Ryan Remmey is shown with Cassanets Marker's Pride, a baby alpaca who enjoyed much attention during farm day. BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY
The Chavez family of Georgetown enjoyed farm day. Shown are (l-r) Makenna, L.B., and Malaine Chavez. BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY
Alpacas are valued for their fleece, which is shorn once a year for these Huacaya alpacas. The other type of alpaca - Suri alpacas - are shorn once every two years. Huacaya fleece is soft and fluffy with a fine crimping in the strands. BY RACHEL SWICK MAVITY

The C&C Alpaca Factory on Sweetbriar Road outside Milton celebrated National Alpaca Farm Day Sept. 24, when  visitors toured the farm and learned about alpacas.

Christian Addor and Chris Reichard relocated their alpaca farm from New Jersey to the Cape Region in 2010, and they have been enjoying the area ever since.

Originally from Delmarva, Addor said he wanted to move closer to his family and to the beach. Alpacas are low-maintenance animals, he said, so raising them is easier than raising other animals. Land is not a major problem because eight to 10 alpacas can live on a single acre, he said. Addor and Reichard have three acres on Sweetbriar and where they are raising a small herd of young and adult alpacas. The farm is also home to a llama, two horses and several cats.

National Alpaca Farm Day gave the pair a chance to show off the beauty of the animals and the fleece they sheer once a year. The farm features a shop where yarn and alpaca fleece products are for sale.

Mason Couchman, 4, of Georgetown, feeds the alpacas during farm day activities.

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