Kiln Farm
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The Bensons, Kiln Farm
& wish them continued success
for the future
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34 Autumn 2017 www.farmers-mart.co.uk
Understanding the
psychology of the llamas is
crucial and it is also important
to know their history – there
are those that just don’t fit in
and so have to be sold.
The past two years have
seen the business really take
off. Suzanne has redesigned
the website and they have
bought some more boys
as they had too many girls.
Suzanne’s knowledge of
llamas and alpacas is now
pretty extensive, so much so
she is now North East and
West England co-ordinator for
The British Llama society and
is frequently asked for advice
on health, behaviour and
nutrition by the RSPCA.
She explained that they are
amusing creatures but have to
feed separately as they tend
to spit at each other and if one
spits in the others food they
won’t eat it! Also, when the get
stressed they dislocate their
jaws. Fortunately, the alpacas
are happy to eat together!
FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE
– AND THERAPY TOO
I asked Suzanne her plans
for the future.
“To keep the farm on an
even keel and to produce all
their own trekkers - although if
they keep producing girls we
will have to have two teams!”
she smiled.
She now has the trekking
side down to a fine art. As well
as straightforward trekking
they do stag and hen parties
now, weddings as mentioned
earlier but also very
interestingly, they work with
special needs children and
also with dementia patients.
The animals have an amazing
calming effect and equally
amazing memory. They have
one girl who comes every
year and goes with the same
llama every time.
A llama trekking
experience is fantastic. Firstly
you meet Suzanne and her
friendly team then the next
part of the experience is like
speed dating - where you
meet the llamas and find out
which one you are suited to,
get to know them, then off
you go on the trek. Seven is
the age limit that works best,
which is why they have the
pet village for the younger
ones.
It has been a long, tough
journey with many challenges
that Suzanne, James and
indeed the family have risen
to, but today they have both
Kiln Farm and the Nidderdale
Llamas of which they can be
justifiably proud.