Full Accoyo – You Can Bank On It

Welcome to Accoyos of Virginia in the beautiful and historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where we are the primary caretakers of these wonderful animals.  With the only outside help on the farm being a woman that helps us daily with  pasture clean-up, we feel that we have a very strong working knowledge of each of our animal’s behavior and medical history.  Because of our active involvement, nothing is left to chance and there is little opportunity for things to fall through the cracks.

Accoyos of Virginia, LLC was an idea brought to fruition in 2005.  Since getting into the alpaca business in 2000 with full Peruvian alpacas and seeing the ease at which quality sells, we decided to ratchet it up a notch and focus strictly on full Accoyo.  It is our desire to carry on the benefits of genetic gain begun by Don Julio Barreda’s breeding program at Estancia Accoyo.  With this most recent crop of babies, we can honestly say that we think he would be proud!  Breeding our genetically superior herdsires to our quality hembras, we have produced healthy crias with amazing brightness, extreme density and fiber architecture that brings new meaning to the word “crimp”.  They are all an outstanding representation of what we have set out to accomplish.   

To take it one step further, for our 2007 clip, we are proud to say that 65% of our entire herd falls into the “baby alpaca” range with 35% characterized as “royal baby”.  All that fineness, coupled with an eight and a half pound average shear weight, reinforces the fact that we are on the right track. 

Whether you want to add another Accoyo female to your herd or just improve your offspring by selecting an Accoyo herdsire to breed your females to, we know you’ll be pleased with the variety of Accoyo genetics we have to offer.