We (Mike & Janet) have been raising & breeding livestock for the past 40 years. We have raised registered Angus cattle, registered Quarter Horses, registered Australian Shepherds, registered llamas and suri alpacas. We have also been involved with livestock through our business of Wilkins Livestock Insurers, where we insure all kinds of livestock. During that time, we have also raised six wonderful children and currently have 12 grandchildren.

We were first exposed to llamas about 20 years ago at an auction where we were selling insurance. We had seen first hand that this was a profitable industry, and decided we wanted to be a part of it. We soon found out not only was it profitable, but we thoroughly enjoyed the llamas as well. They are a gentle, regal animal with wonderful personalities and great fiber. It wasn’t long and we had 20 breeding females at our farm and our cattle were sold. We specialize in raising show quality llamas.

When alpacas started being imported, Mike & I had the privilege of insuring most of those imports. This gave us a first hand view of the beginnings of another livestock industry. At this time our son Craig and his wife Stacy came back to live in our community, and Craig wanted to work with the camelids. Therefore, we decided to invest in the alpacas as well and have Craig be our Ranch Manager.

We specialize in black and grey suri alpacas, but of course we have other colors as well. We especially enjoy working with new people who are interested in investing in camelids.

It has been a wonderful journey that we feel so blessed to have gone on. We currently have 25 breeding llamas and 30 breeding alpacas. We still enjoy both and look forward to showing them at the shows and meeting with all the wonderful friends we have made over the years.

In the spring of 2005 we lost our son, Craig, and grandson, Chase, in a terrible head on car accident. It turned our world upside down, but now we are finally on a straight path once again and enjoying our camelids. Stacy, our daughter-in-law, remarried this fall (07) to a wonderful man, Joe Miller. He will be a good dad to her two children, Dakota & Taylor. Joe is currently working with us on the ranch and he and Stacy own a few alpacas themselves. We have a new Ranch Manager, Steve Kamler, who is doing an outstanding job for us.

One of the joys we have in owning the camelids, is seeing our grandchildren show them. Dakota is shown here with our llama “WLK Chubaca”, where he won the LFA Amatuer Futurity Class in 06.

Take a look at our camelids to see what we are doing in our breeding programs. We love having people drop by. Please don’t hesitate to stop and see us or for any further information.