Jock River Alpaca & Llama Farm
79 Fortune St., K0A2Z0 Richmond, ON, Canada

With the new covid stay at home order, all llama walks are cancelled during this time, unfortunately.

Shearing 2021 booking has started! Clients will be contacted this week with a date.

Merry Christmas from our herd to yours!

Introducing Boomer the Australian Shepard! Chief of livestock management and rotational grazing.

The winner for the free llama walk is Melissa Herrick!

Heidi had her baby today! Little female!

Welcome to the herd MacGruber (Mac) and Heidi! Both are settling in well.

After our usual farm calls for shearing we managed to shear 2 out of the 5 new rescue llamas. The last 3 realized the gate was left open for 2 seconds and took off into the pasture. Each one had over 30lbs of matted fleece. Time to get some weight on them. We sheared our main herd (45 alpacas/llamas) on May 2nd but left these girls till later so they didn't get too much of a shock from the cold.

Jet and Duke are at Fallowfield Tree Farm this weekend and next weekend. We'll be in the Richmond Christmas parade tonight at 5:30pm with Larry, Oscar and Lenny.

Rescued 6 donkeys and 5 llamas today.

We're doing a Christmas llama walk giveaway again! To enter you just have to 'like' this page, and comment or tag someone. The winner will be announced on December 23. Here are a few reviews from the llama walks, we've had roughly 250-300 groups do the 1km walk over the last 2 years!

In response to the Covid-19 and our 2020 shearing season, we'll be making a few changes to ensure the safety of everyone involved. We ask that you keep helpers to a minimum (just someone to collect the fleece, give any shots, etc), consider paying with E-transfer (we still accept cash though), and practice physical distancing. We are still on schedule. In regards to the llama walks, we've cancelled/postponed them till further notice. Stay safe!

We'll be at Pondview farm's open house with the llamas again this year doing llama walks!

Ill be starting the booking process for shearing 2020 in the very near future. If you require shearing (alpacas and llamas) please get in touch. We'll be going as far east as Montreal (2 trips for sure), as far west Bancroft (1 trip for sure), as far south as Kingston and as far North as Pembroke area. You can email me at [email protected], text 613 407 3957 or message me on this.

Some random pictures from around the farm recently.

We're all set up at the Richmond fair with Duke and Jet! We'll be here in the agricultural barn till 3. We'll be in the derby tonight at 7pm.

We'll be at the Richmond fair with the animals from Thursday (sept 19) till Sunday(sept 22) in the agricultural barn. We'll also be in the demolition derby on Thursday at 7pm. The little bottle baby llama has been taken in by one of the female alpacas and she has started to produce milk for her. I think we've settled on the name KitKat but are still open for suggestions.

We took in this little female cria a few days ago. Her mother rejected her at a farm not far from here. We've been bottle feeding her in the house for the last couple of days because she was so weak. She met the females yesterday and hit it off with them, she'll move in with them later this week or next week once she gets stronger. We need a name for her. (The pictures are from the day we got her till today)

Made it into the paper! https://www.facebook.com/6533373917/posts/10156803246658918/?sfnsn=mo

This little fella was born yesterday at 9am! Very small but overall healthy! Kodiak x Leonessa.

Made this hutch/buffet in woodshop. Had to include Oscar and Otis in it!

The new guys and the crias got a nice haircut this afternoon.

Picked up these lads on Monday. The herd is 38 strong now. We'll be shearing them today.

The girls enjoying the warmer days.

Finished up shearing today. Everyone is set for the summer now.

Gearing up for shearing this Sunday.

Alpaca and llama shearing service. We'll be shearing around eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Peterborough area and the Collingwood area this May-July. We shear, trim teeth, and trim toes. PM me if you're interested.

We made the big screen! http://glueottawa.com//new-app-based-in-ottawa-promises-u/

With the 2019 shearing season coming up, its time to start booking! Let me know if you require shearing and we'll get a day for you. You can reach me through FB, 613 407 3957, or [email protected]

Today we finished 6 months of bottle feeding Otis!

Great day at the farm. The animals are enjoying a break from -40c and 25+cm of snow.

Picked up a full load of alpacas today! 11 in total.

Welcome to the farm, Lenny(white chin)! He is half brothers with Jet (on the left).

Merry Christmas from the crew!

We turn 7 today! From 2 alpacas to 22 alpacas and llamas!

The trailer is all decaled up! Just need to weld up the doors.

We picked names out of a hat for the free llama walk. Congratulations Jennifer H for the free llama walk! Please let me know when you'd like to book it.

We had a great time at the parade! The llamas were a hit!

We're doing a Christmas giveaway! You have "like", "share" and comment on this picture and like this page to enter for a free Llama Walk! The winner will be announced on Thursday afternoon. Good luck!

We're taking a few of the llamas and the tractor in the Richmond parade of lights tonight at 5:30pm. See you there!

We will be at Pondview Farm Alpacas this Saturday with the llamas doing Llama Walks!

We ended up at CC's Corner today with the llamas.

Its time to book fall teeth and nails for your alpacas and llamas. PM me if you're interested and we'll get you fixed up. We'll be starting in mid October!

Got the rest of the winter's hay tucked away before the rain set in. Thanks Ron Finley for the hay!

Happy international talk like a pirate day!

We picked up this little 3 week old orphaned cria on Saturday. He needs a name. Any suggestions?

We'll be at the show with the llamas on September 9th. Drop in and meet the llamas.

Happy 3rd birthday Oscar!

Today we finished up painting and fixing our new Ford 8n tractor!

We were at the Lombardy Fair today with the llamas. We'll be there all weekend!

And thats a wrap! Our 2018 shearing season is done (as far as i know)! With a grand total of 224 alpacas, 49 llamas, and 6 sheep. It worked out well shearing after school, weekends and being dependent on my family for driving us to the farms untill I got my license. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!

Now that shearing is coming to a close we had a chance to do some fencing. The last 3 days we added a few acres worth of pasture. Happy herd.

We had a blast in the Richmond 200 parade on Saturday! Oscar and Duke did great on their first parade. After it was done the llamas went on display at the fair grounds for a couple hours.

Our alpaca socks are in! Men's size 12 and women's size 8. Available at The Village Shoppe in Richmond! We also have yarn, insoles, and raw fleece for sale too! We will also be participating in the Richmond 200 parade and we'll have a set up afterwards with the llamas in the fairgrounds, stop in and see Oscar and Duke on June 16!

Finished the 2018 shearing at our farm today and kicks off the rest of our season at the other farms in eastern Ontario!

We lost a couple of our hens on the weekend due to a weasel. The remaining hens have taken up residence in the work shop until we resolve this issue.

Huck decided to tag along on our llama walk yesterday.

Today we picked up this little fella, Huck. His mom died a few days ago and he needed some buddies that are his age, lucky for him we have 4 that are his age.

Today was a great day at the farm! A huge thank you to Louise Rosch for doing a spinning demo for all the vistors. After the all the tours, we went into the Richmond Christmas parade in the rock truck.

We will be participating in the Richmond Holiday Tour this Saturday (December 2nd). Drop in and meet the animals. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=153899035221418&id=144996452778343

It's that time of year again! If you would like to donate your pumpkins (whole or carved) or straw bales to a flock of chickens and a herd llamas please drop them off at The Village Shoppe in Richmond. Please make sure there isn't any paint or candles in them, thanks!

Welcome to the crew, Jet the llama! He is 2 days older then Ned. Better pictures to come!

Happy thanksgiving from all of us at the farm!

Welcome to the herd Clara and her son, Duke! Duke (2 weeks younger then Ned) and Ned are already peeling around the farm.