Local Luxury Fiber
Preserving the multi alpaca... one gray, pinto, and appy at a time
Homegrown • Handspun • Handmade
Preserving the multi alpaca... one gray, pinto, and appy at a time
Located just minutes south of Madison, Wisconsin, County Road Alpacas offers quality huacaya alpacas and products made from their fiber.
Our products are available in all natural, non-dyed colors from our herd of multi-colored alpacas and colony-raised angora rabbits.
All fiber preparation is done on our farm – we skirt, sort, wash, pick, card, spin, knit, crochet, felt, and weave on site. We offer a truly local luxury product from the animal to the handmade item.
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Visit our Online Store or call or email for an appointment to come out to shop here at the farm. We will wear masks, follow social distancing and handwashing guidelines, and have our product set up in a well-ventilated building.
Please keep us and all other local farmers in mind as we continue to work through this pandemic! Thank you and stay safe! -Mary & Josh
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We have been in business since 2003. We're in the country on a small piece of land with 25 alpacas, 2 angora rabbits, 5 cats, a large flock of chickens and 8 ducks all protected by 2 Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs. Life is good.
The humans of County Road Alpacas are Mary Sternitzky and Josh Biser. Mary is newly retired from the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Josh is a chemical applicator and jack-of-all-trades at the Oregon Farm Center.
The Supervising Cats of County Road Alpacas are Hal, Jasper, Malcolm, Bob, and Gilbert and they would be greatly upset if they were not mentioned here. Who wants upset cats? Not us.
Our hard working, loving Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs are Poppy and Preston. They take good care of all of us.
Our products are hand-processed and handmade by us on our farm using fiber from our alpacas and bunnies.
We also belong to fiber pools and offer USA-grown and made socks, inserts, gloves, and more.
Click Here to Visit our Online Store or call (608) 239-3157 or email to set up a time to shop in person at our farm.
Below are some examples of the handmade items we offer.
Our handmade items come with a care instruction card and a photo of the alpaca(s) that contributed fiber.
Thank you for supporting our small family farm!
Here are some photos of life on the farm.
This is a series of photos showing a typical alpaca birth in the pasture featuring Gypsy and Leonard.
Gypsy had it all under control so we just held back and watched and took some photos. I've been lucky to have been able to watch most of the births on the farm.
It is amazing to see the dam's reaction to the process, to see that she knows just what to do, and to watch how the rest of the herd responds.
Leonard's birth took less than 30 minutes, he was nursing in an hour and a half, and walked out to meet the herd 2-1/2 hours after being born.
He did have curved ears at birth, but they straightened out without any intervention in the months that followed.
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County Road Alpacas
W503 Amidon Road Brooklyn, WI 53521
608-239-3157
CountyRoadAlpacas@gmail.com