Welcome to Classical MileEnd Alpacas
Chas Brooke and Rachel Hebditch are independent alpaca breeders based in Devon with over fourteen years of alpaca ownership and breeding experience. Our three companies are Classical MileEnd Alpacas, the alpaca breeding and stud farm; Classical Publishing that produces the quarterly magazine Alpaca World; and the yarn manufacturing business UK Alpaca.
UK Alpaca is able to buy your fleece, bringing first class fully worsted alpaca yarns to the market place, whilst the quarterly Alpaca World Magazine ensures you have the latest news and information on alpacas worldwide.
We have a wide range of animals for sale in all the fabulous alpaca colours of black, brown, fawn and white. There are pregnant females, pregnant females with cria at foot, young males suitable for stud work and gelding males who will make companion animals, flock guards or field pets.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our first class back-up service to new and experienced owners. Our pedigrees are impeccable including Australian lines Purrumbete Highlander, Purrumbete Inti, Jolimont Stefano, Purrumbete El Dorado, Purrumbete Ledger’s Boy, Peruvian lines Accoyo Tulaco, El Moustachio, the legendary Shere Khan plus the great American sires Peruvian Hemingway and Peruvian Vengador.
Alpacas for Sale
We have a number of pregnant females available for sale in a range of colours mated to our stud males including Alpaca Stud Jaquinto and CME Tulaco Centurion. There are blacks, whites, fawns and browns available with enticing discounts for groups of three or more. Here are Classical MileEnd Star and MileEnd Claudia who are looking in this photo, with some trepidation, at our ginger cat.
The girls are of excellent quality with full pedigrees and many have won in the show ring or have progeny that have done so. Their bloodlines include some of the most famous American, Canadian, Australian, Peruvian and British stud males.
Below are some of this year’s cria.
If you cannot see the animal you are looking for on our sales list please get in touch as we have many more for sale that are not listed at the moment. There are also some charming groups of young males that are ideal in groups of three as field pets that come at an excellent package price. If you are interested in older males as sheep guards or to keep the fox away from your chickens, we have a few of those too.
Please contact us to arrange to view.
We do have some of Dovecote Jaquinto’s sons who did well in the show ring last year and will work this summer and younger fawn males sired by Tulaco Centurion who will work in 2010. If you are interested in taking a look at these young studs, please contact us.
Discover Alpacas
Our ‘Discover Alpacas’ days are designed to help the potential or new breeder find out what is involved in keeping alpacas. You will handle and lead alpacas and learn about field and barn layout so that you can easily manage your animals. We look at how to assess an alpaca for conformation and fleece characteristics. We cover basic husbandry, the worming and vaccination regimens, toenail trimming and shearing, feeding, common ailments and learn about fleece and fleece processing in the UK.
Sessions run from 11am to 3.30pm and cost £20 per person, or £30 for a couple, and include lunch. If you would like to book, please get in touch on 01884 243 579 or email rachel@alpaca-uk.co.uk.
Alpaca Stud Services
Dovecote Jaquinto, CME Tulaco Centurion, CME Paris, Bozedown Kazzan, CME Shanbrooke Distinction, CME Aztec Avalanche, CME Kurrawa Micah and Shanbrooke Toffee Crunch are all standing at stud in Devon.
New for 2009 will be our white Classical MileEnd Paris, a black Bozedown Kazzan. CME Paris was show champion at the Devon County Show and North Devon Show 2008 and 1st in the Intermediate White class at the British Alpaca Futurity 2009 and the BAS Spring Show and Champion Intermediate Male at the Royal Bath & West 2009. Bozedown Kazzan was Reserve Champion Black Male Huacaya at the 2008 British Alpaca Futurity and won the intermediate black class. He was Black Male Colour Champion at the South of England Show 2008 and the Devon County Show 2009.
We are thrilled by the quality and uniformity of the cria from our two leading herd sires Dovecote Jaquinto and CME Tulaco Centurion. Their progeny have triumphed in the show ring throughout the 2009 seasons and could do the same over your females.
Please contact Rachel Hebditch or Chas Brooke on 01884 243 579 or rachel@alpaca-uk.co.uk for more information.
Show Success
Here are some pictures of our prize winning youngsters. Our show results are all on the Prize Winners page.