I have ten alpacas and they behave so oddly.
Hahah, that's cute. Do you have them for their wool or just as pets?
I use their fur to knit sometimes. 
Cool, I have a pair of Alpaca socks. They're super comfortable. Do you know how long we've had Alpaca on farms/
Alpaca
The alpaca ("Vicugna pacos") is a species of South American camelid. It is similar to, and often confused with, the llama. However, alpacas are often noticeably smaller than llamas. The two animals are closely related and can successfully cross-breed. Alpacas and llamas are also closely related to the vicuña, which is believed to be the alpaca's wild ancestor, and to the guanaco. 
There are two breeds of alpaca: the Suri alpaca and the Huacaya alpaca.
Alpacas are
or they do not have the resources for machine shearing. Many people still also use blade shears for trimming or dagging their sheep. There are a lot of people in the UK who know how to blade shear but most would shear only a few sheep per year.
Occupational South America.
There is still some blade shearing in South America for Alpaca, Llama and sheep. Blade shearing is used for sheep in parts of Patagonia where the weather can be very harsh and so the extra cover of wool left by blade shears