Llamas....
Llama shearing prices are $30 for a full body cut, $35 for a show cut, and $25 each for basic barrels. John will trim their toenails at your request. He prefers to lay the llamas down just like alpacas and restrain them with ropes, as he feels this is safest for the animal as well as the shearer. He brings his own restraints and mats, as well as a helper, and prefers owners to have their own help bagging and sorting fleece as well as cleanup.
John does have a chute, but will only use it with well behaved animals who are used to being shorn in a chute.... If you have show animals, or near due pregnant animals that you want done in the chute with barrels or show cuts he can bring his chute or use yours. He does charge a $20 set-up fee for the use of his chute.
If you or your vet would like to vaccinate or worm the llamas while he has them restrained, please be sure to let us know beforehand as this tends to slow down the process.
He does not use drugs, (on himself or the animals...;-)) as this puts all animals, especially the pregnant ones at risk.
Llamas need to be dry...penned and accessible, when he comes out.
John enjoys shearing, will do large groups of llamas, and will travel, but we prefer to group you with others in your area, We have moved from a per mile travel fee where travel is outside of our local area to a $50 set up fee per farm....
This helps to cover some of our travel and lodging expenses and makes it more likely that we will come out to your area if there are several farms willing to use us.
If you are able to coordinate with other local farms, and set up a single location, there is only one set up fee that can be divided between farms.
While we don't generally have a minimum # of animals, we do try to fit our small farms in where there are several together to make our trips as cost effective as possible.