Railside Farm

As a small llama breeding farm in central Virginia, our goals are health, correct conformation, good wool and good disposition. Our llamas come from well-known North American lines and are reasonably priced.

We are interested in the use of llama wool and have a small cottage wool business where we do some spinning and knitting with our combed and shorn wool. We also have a fiber related business, Lofty Llama, fine yarns and crafts, in partnership with Shirley Estrada.

• March 10 & 11; Virginia Classic, Lexington, VA
• April 21 & 22; Chesapeake Llama & Alpaca Expo, Frederick, MD
• April 28 & 29; Old Dominion Gold Cup, Herndon, VA
• June 23 & 24; Nelson County Summer Festival, VA
• August 25 & 26; LAMAS Conference, Staunton, VA
• October 6 & 7; Fall Fiber Festival, Montpelier Station, VA
• November 3 & 4; Chesapeake Heritage Arts Festival, Chesapeake, VA
• Early December; Heavenly Creations, Ashland, VA Lofty participates in a wool-coop that does a mill-run of yarn each year. We buy clean shorn llama wool in the spring for approx. $5 -- $10/lb.

Breeding services:

Zanzibar--our long-wooled, honey-red, Canadian breeding male is making appointments for 1998 and 1999. A gentleman breeder, he has 7 plus babies on the ground, solids and paints, good disposition with pizzazz. Fee--your farm $450.--our farm $350.

Please call and visit if you are in our vicinity. We are 3 miles from the Route 54 exit (Ashland) of Interstate 95, just north of Richmond.