Taking care of our stock of 2500 alpacas can be difficult and for that reason, we must follow a very strict sanitary calendar. The principal activity in this calendar is the control of internal and external parasites. By preventing or controlling skin diseases, we can  achieve an average production of fibre in the order of 5 pounds per animal, where the normal native average is 4.5 pounds per animal.

Mating is carried out between December and February and the newly born arrive eleven months later. The rainy season, normally from December to March, helps to produce the abundant, fertile grasslands which are perfect for mating and also for the re-growth of the fibre after shearing, which takes place in December. In March or April we proceed to mark or identify the newly-born by placing rings on the ears. Rings are placed on the right ear of males and on the left ears of females and each ring states the number of the animal, the year of birth and initials of the owner.

Our alpacas are white, we do not raise coloured alpacas since the white ones are the most used in the woollen industry. The quality of the grasslands is so good, that we can raise or manage up to 3000 alpacas, planned for the year 2008. For the time being we manage 2500 animals of which 2000 are huacayas and 500 suris. The district of Nuñoa specializes in breeding alpacas suris and there one can find the most populated area in the world for alpaca suri, and Fundo Palca is part of this world.