Harmony Hill Ranch Alpacas - Designs in Harmony

01/23/2022

2022 is the beginning of our first full year without our herd. The barn is empty, the tractor and trailer sold. We miss the hums and warm snuggles with each of our herd. We are blessed that they are settled into homes with luscious pastures and loving humans! Thank you to all who have supported us over the years, and become lifelong friends!

07/16/2020

The farm is on the market! Only 9 alpacas remaining for sale. 6 males and 3 females. Two of the females are bred for September crias. Message for info.

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MLS # 1544417 – Beautiful little hobby farm with 15 acres. Close to Boyceville & Menomonie. Home was built in 2001 w/over sized attached garage. Insulated shop 30x45, beautiful 36x50 barn w/8 ft awn...

05/15/2020

Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence ;) Atreyu made a clean break to the new grass under the fence, followed shortly by Comet. Glad they are good boys, easily haltered and returned to their pen.

02/26/2020

Retirement from alpaca farming draws closer, we have listed our remaining herd on our Openherd farm page. ** link below**

We take pride in assuring that each of our clients understand alpaca care basics, and are willing to provide the love and care eac⁹h of these alpacas deserve.

Though we are retiring and the farm will be sold, we will continue to provide support, including follow up visits and farm sitting for our clients.

UNTIL March 17 we are offering a 10% discount on multiple purchases!

https://www.openherd.com/farms/523

Dreamweaving for Tomorrow, Alpacas Raised With Love

01/01/2020

As retirement from alpaca farming draws closer, we are listing our remaining herd on our Openherd farm page. ** link below** We still have several to add to our sale pages including bred females and herdsires. They will be added this week. We take pride in assuring that each of our clients understand alpaca care basics, and are willing to provide the love and care each of these alpacas deserve.

Though we are retiring and the farm will be sold, we will continue to provide support, including follow up visits and farm sitting for our clients. We have loved every day spent with these incredible animals and will miss them greatly, but the client network we have developed over the last few years gives us confidence and comfort that all will be well for our herd in their homes.

https://www.openherd.com/farms/523

Dreamweaving for Tomorrow, Alpacas Raised With Love

12/27/2019

Rehomed! UPDATE - AS SPRING DRAWS NEAR, IT IS TIME TO MOVE THESE BOYS ONTO A NEW HOME. TOGETHER THEY HAVE AROUND 20 # OF PRIME BLANKET FLEECE BETWEEN THEM. WE ARE REDUCING THE PRICE FOR ALL 5 FOR $300. MESSAGE US OR CALL (LEAVE A DETAILED MESSAGE AND WE WILL RETURN YOUR CALL) We are getting closer to moving on into complete retirement from farming. We still have some wonderful fiber males available. Jules, Dante, Snitch, Valor and Frankie deliver beautiful white blankets that are turned into gorgeous yarn each year. They would be an excellent investment for either a starter herd or to add to your existing herd. To the right buyer, all 5 can be purchased for $300. Either PM or call to check them out.
See pictures in comments.

10/03/2019

Emma finally delivered....a beautiful girl. Last cria from Sir Locksley! Her is her first photo

10/02/2019

We welcome Comet and Lady's Ladybug!

10/02/2019

Lady delivered a beautiful little girl with the help of Auntie Shell today. We welcome Lady and Comet's Ladybug

09/26/2019

Firefly and Desi2 are growing! Firefly has decided that grain is good :) Three weeks old and the earliest for a cria to start on grain at Harmony Hill!

09/24/2019

"It is that time of the year again...it's Rob and my annual open farm days. This year is extra special to us because it will be our LAST year!!

Yes, you heard that correctly. After much thought and consideration we have decided this will be our last year farming and raising our alpaca herd. The farm and herd are ALL for sale.

Swing by, September 28th & 29th from 10am-5pm, to check out everything our little slice of heaven has to offer. It is located in a convenient location, just over an hour away from the Twin Cities Minnesota region. A short scenic drive from a major interstate for an easy commute to Hudson, Stillwater or any of the Metro areas. If you are looking for an quiet piece of paradise with big city access, this the spot for you!

At our open farm days we will be available to answer your alpaca questions and have gorgeous alpaca made products available for purchase. Items such as hats, socks, yarn, raw fleece and rovings too name a few. Many which are homemade.

We are sad to be ending our era of alpaca farming but very excited to begin out next chapter. We look forward to helping someone new begin theirs next chapter on the farm. We will continue to educate our alpaca buyers (as it is a true passion to assist others) after the selling of our farm & herd.

It is a difficult to even begin to put into words how much our many alpaca friends mean to us during the years we have had the farm. We hope that many of you will be able to come celebrate and reminisce with us, September 28 & 29th, as we reflect back on our years on the farm. We are looking forward to seeing everyone old and new at the end of the month at the Open Farm days. ❤"

Photo by Joelle Julian Photography — with Joelle Julian Photography.

09/12/2019

The little ones are growing rapidly! Cria games are late afternoon and evening with races and pronking. Our little girl has a name...she's our little "Firefly". She loves to fly around the pasture and pester the moms and moms to be.

09/11/2019

Our Lil'Miss has bonded with her biological Mama :) She is nursing from both Mamas and gaining weight. She loves both of her Mamas. Lucky little girl

09/07/2019

Lola's little guy is a firecracker! Here he is running the pasture at 18 hours old. Going to be fun trying to catch and weigh him today, but with this much energy, he's undoubtedly getting plenty to eat ;)

09/07/2019

More cria fun yesterday!! Lola decided to get in on this whole labor excitement. She progresses onto lazily attempting to deliver her first cria. She tried to deliver just like her mom did...laying down. Silly Lola! After a great deal of human assistance her baby boy arrives & is a stunner! Up walking under 10 minutes, nursing in 25 minutes and motoring all over the pen. Talk about a go-getter. I wonder what fun the farm has in store for us the rest of the weekend?

09/07/2019

Who needs the Great Minnesota State fair, when we have our own rollercoaster...right here at Harmony Hill!

Two days ago our 1st fall cria came. She is an adorable girl of striking black color. We noticed our girl, Penny, was laboring while we were cleaning the barn. We were happy that she had delivered so smoothly or so we thought…

We shuffled Penny and cria into the barn to do all the after delivery farm stuff like nursing,getting the legs under the cria, ect, but Penny still seemed to be laboring. Well, that was a new one for us but we knew (after this many years farming) to always expect the unexpected. A quick call to our vet and shortly after the vet's arrival we discovered Penny had a breech baby. Wait..what?! Twins and one was breech! Ok, that was a new one for us. Sadly, after much effort the breech cria did not make it. Enter Kiana the day after Penny's "twin" delivery. Humming away, very attentive to the new cria, very sweet. We of course assumed she was just being a sweet hormonal expecting mom...ah, NOPE! Kiana had quietly given birth to that beautiful black cria the day before that we all thought was Penny's.

So here we are trying to transition the new black beauty to Kiana (who has an abundance of milk ready for her) but so far no such luck. At this point we are just going to keep Penny, Kiana, and the cria together. Both Kiana and Penny seem quite content to co-parent together. The cria is very happy to have two attentive moms with lots of good eats for her. Everyone wins!

What a interesting, odd, magical rollercoaster this fall cria season has begun with! Remember to come out to Harmomy Hill Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th 10am until 5pm to see what else can happen on the farm within that time.

09/07/2019

Time flies!

Braylon and Mr. Fuzzles did it again! Grand Champion in the Costume Contest of the 4-H Lama Category at the MN State Fair two years in a row! We are so proud!!! Thank you Braylon and Nancy!

08/31/2019

Last day for us at the MN State Fair... prep begins for Farm Days- Open House, last weekend in September. Hope to you see you!!

08/24/2019

Fun day :) Chillin' at the fair.

08/24/2019

Back again at the MN State Fair with Nadia, Kerrigan and Cora. Come visit when you get to the fair.

08/23/2019

Enjoying the Mn State Fair once more! Highness and Comet are enjoying making new friends :)

05/22/2019

Shearing is done and they are beautiful! Check out the spring look :)

05/21/2019

Congratulations Claire Bee on a great Presentation!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tJgM14D0SpU

05/08/2019

Now that spring has finally arrived, it's time for haircuts. Our fluffy herd will become "liked" (naked) as my granddaughter used to say when she saw them after spring shearing. Looking forward to all the gorgeous fleece this weekend. Shearing begins at 8:00 am Saturday. We are planning to sell the herd in the next few months and retire completely. Now is the time to select the best of our herd to enhance or start your herd. We have 6 bred females, 3 maidens, and 14 males, both proven herd sires and fiber males. The selection is good and the prices are even better. In retirement we will continue to provide support to our clients. Visits to see how the herd transitions to their new homes and if requested, we may even be available as farm sitters. Enjoy the new pics of the girls in full fleece :)

04/17/2019

Beautiful day and beautiful girls! Preparing for a special Birthday surprise and Easter! Nadia and Kerrigan are ready to go.

10/27/2018

Fiber Herd - 6 intact males, 5 white, 1 Fawn. 4 are registered and 2 are proven males with cria on the ground. Incredible opportunity for a starter fleece herd or great addition to an existing one. Fleece from each has been processed yearly into yarn and rovings.

10/23/2018

Fall has definitely arrived! Our little guys are now 3 weeks old and life is filled with running, playing and hanging out with moms. We managed to catch a few pictures when the sun broke through for a day. Life is good!

10/05/2018

After a wonderful Open House weekend, our little guys are beginning to bounce around and enjoy exploring their pasture. Oldest cria is a week old today and is growing rapidly. His little buddies are 5 days old, our little gray guy is up to 18 # and our wee brown buddy has finally surpassed 13 #. Size or lack thereof does not stop any of them from running, pronking and bouncing off from each other and moms! Here are a few pictures to share the fun! Hope the weather warms a bit more so all can be free of their coats.

09/29/2018

A cold but wonderful day for the first day of our Open House. We promised new babies (crias), and our girls didn't let us down. Within the first half hour after guests started arriving Medusa gave birth to precious little boy, followed within a half hour with Kiana giving birth to her little boy. Never a dull moment at Harmony Hill :)

09/27/2018

One down, two to go! Giselle and Majesty's new baby boy has arrived :)... today, tomorrow and Saturday is open house! This little guy will be up and running in time to meet everyone.

09/03/2018

Last day at the MN State Fair. Nadia and Cora relaxing.

08/25/2018

At the MN State Fair!

08/23/2018

Almost time for the great MN Get Together. We will be in the alpaca booth by Alpacas and More 9 days this year. You can visit with us on any of the following days: August 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, September 1, 2, and 3. Looking forward to seeing both old and new friends. Stop by and meet some of our herd.

04/24/2018

Here are our weanlings after the move to a pen of their own. Full fleece for another 10 days ;)

02/28/2018

Do you think Spring is just around the corner? Before you know it, it will be shearing time.... looks like Memorial day weekend and the first weekend of June are the most likely times for shearing here. Hopefully the weather warms up and the sun shines on the days we choose. Come visit in April and May to pick out your alpacas! We will help you choose those who will best fit your plans. If purchased before shearing, we will board free until shearing. You can have your new purchase sheared here by our talented shearer before you take them to your farm. Drop us a note and we'll set a visit date ;)

A few pictures of last September's Crias!

02/07/2018

Another beautiful day at the ranch! Dr. Val dropped by to do chiro adjustments on two of our yearlings. They love her gentle touch. We are very fortunate to have access to great vets!

Heads up to all who are considering starting or adding to your herd this year. We have packages, bred females, maidens, experienced herd sires and junior herd sires, fiber males and females available at great prices. We provide training for first time owners and can board purchases at greatly reduced rates. New owners can then participate in shearing and take their sheared fleece and alpaca/s home in May or June. Drop us a note or give a call (leave a message and we will return your call shortly). Come visit soon....

02/03/2018

Beautiful day to get some sunshine. It's been a dark, cold winter and every day the sun shines, is a day to adventure out to the pasture ;)

11/28/2017

The boys are growing so fast. Falkor is 3 months old, Edgar is 2 months, and Custer and Clay are yearlings. Their fleece is deep and dense, and they are ready for winter fun ;)..