School Visits

School visits are one of our favorite times. Schedule your school visit today!

Spring Creek Farm and Alpacas is so excited to incorporate our Farm and Alpacas into your educational programs. We offer a unique opportunity for your students to learn more about all our animals and some basic farm knowledge. Schedule your next field-trip today!

Fun Facts About Alpacas

  • There are no wild alpacas

  • Alpacas live at high altitude in the South American Andes

  • Like cows and sheep, alpacas are ruminants

  • Alpacas are related to llamas

  • Llamas are mostly used as pack animals and alpacas for their wool

  • Vicuñas are descended from camel-like animals that evolved in North America then moved south roughly 3 million years ago

  • Around 6000 years ago the Andean people started to domesticate alpacas

  • There are two kinds of alpaca, the Huacaya and the Suri

  • Alpacas are the smallest members of the camel family

  • Alpacas all over the world thrive on ordinary farmland

  • 99% of the world’s alpacas still live in South America

Fun Facts About Chickens

  • Chickens are living descendants of dinosaurs

  • Chickens aren't completely flightless

  • Chickens can dream

  • Chickens have better color vision than humans

  • Chickens have complex communication

  • Chickens have great memories

  • Chickens bathe by covering themselves in dirt

  • Chickens have a pecking order

Fun Facts About Goats

  • A baby goat is called a kid, but did you know that a goat giving birth is said to be "kidding"?

  • Goats are sociable animals

  • They are one of the cleanliest animals

  • Goats are very intelligent and curious animals

  • They communicate with each other by bleating

  • Goats can be taught their name and to come when called.

  • They are very picky eaters and have very sensitive lips

  • Goats use the sneeze sound as an alarm

  • They are extremely intelligent and curious

  • Goats dislike water and would rather leap over streams and puddles than step in them