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Rare breed farm specialising in alpacas, llamas, miniature donkeys, rare Poitou donkeys and Valais All of the animals are hand fed and cared for personally.
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Balnuith Alpacas is part of Balnuith Rare Breed Farm in Angus, just on the outskirts of Dundee

We specialise in Alpacas, Miniature Donkeys and Falabella Miniature Horses. We breed all of these animals on our farm on a small personal scale. The alpacas are 100% Scottish, having been bred on our farm, sheared once a year by the specialist Australian shearer who travels through the country to visit

the few alpaca farmers in Scotland. Once the fleece has been cleaned by hand of the twigs and general debris, it is sent off to The Border Mill at Duns in the Scottish Borders where is it processed individually and returned as luxury balls of wool bearing the name of our lovely alpaca who donated their fleece. The fleece is 100% natural, there has been nothing added from the day it grew on the animal. Once the wool arrives back in Angus, I spend many happy hours hand knitting the lovely gift items to share with my new alpaca lovers. I can therefore guarantee that my alpaca products are 100% Scottish, not many people can say that these days. Alpaca wool is a natural, organic product which is more luxurious than cashmere. It is also very warm as the fibres are natural and bond together naturally providing the warmth. Quality alpacas are bred for the fineness and density of their fleece. A fine fleece means that each individual fibre is fine but when combined with the density it means that there are many of the fine fibres. This provides a luxurious wool which gives a soft, natural warmth. The lesser quality fleece from the leg areas can be used for felting or bedding as it has a more course fibre which would give a bit of an itch if processed into wool. For those who knit, I sell the wool as balls for you to inject your own creativity. What I can say is that when you knit with alpaca wool, it leaves a lovely smooth feeling to your fingers where processed wool can leave your fingers dry and course. That's the educational part of the alpaca story but the real excitement is when the babies are born in the summer ........ your heart just melts!

10/11/2024

Sunday family fun on the farm 💕💕💕

09/11/2024

Alpaca Walking vacancies tomorrow (Sunday) at 1pm 💕

09/11/2024

Loved the enthusiasm from today’s visitors 💕💕💕

07/11/2024

Alpaca Walking with a sheep, a donkey and an Irish Wolfhound 💕💕💕

06/11/2024

Alpaca Walking vacancies this week:

- Thursday (tomorrow) at 11am

- Sunday 10th) at 1pm

- Tuesday (12th) at 1pm

05/11/2024

Our new arrival, Balnuith Tickety Boo, is getting ready to meet her first visitors 💕💕💕

19/10/2024

Beautiful Saturday morning with lots of fun and laughter 💕💕💕

18/10/2024

Friday fun on the farm 💕

17/10/2024

It was all about the girls and their families today. Lovely morning 💕

15/10/2024

It was one of those days where everyone seemed to get along well and enjoy the fun 💕💕💕

13/10/2024

Sunday Funday with the beautiful alpacas 💕💕💕

12/10/2024

Beautiful sunshine for today’s fun visitors 💕

12/10/2024

Only a few vacancies left during the school holidays 💕💕💕

11/10/2024

Four seasons in one day for today’s visitors.

We all had great fun, they were a lovely group of people 💕

06/10/2024

Multi national visitors having fun with our beautiful alpacas 💕💕💕

02/10/2024

Alpaca Walk vacancies tomorrow (Thursday) at 11am 💕

01/10/2024

Alpaca Walking vacancies during the October school holidays are now up to date on our website at www.balnuith.co.uk 💕

22/09/2024

Lots of fun and laughter for today’s visitors 💕💕💕

Address

Balnuith Farm
Tealing
DD40RE

Website

http://www.balnuith.co.uk/

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For those that have visited in 2024, you may remember Lazarus, the lamb with the bandaged legs. Today’s a great day, he’s taught himself how to run 💕💕💕