Posted by Sonja on Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Sonja Lisenby and her Llama friend
Thank you for visiting our website. We are one of the newest alpaca ranches in Southern California and are enjoying the growth of our starter herd. We welcome visitors and would be glad to give you a “live tour” if you are living in or visiting North County San Diego.
We chose the name Old Castle Alpacas because our ranch is located just 15 minutes up Old Castle Road from the 15 Freeway above Escondido. While driving up scenic Old Castle Road if you look to your right in the Valley below the curve, you can see the old Castle Turet.
We currently have 26 alpacas, 4 Llamas, 2 horses, an Alpine Dairy goat, 8 chickens, 5 dogs, 2 cats, a rabbit, 2 Russian Tortoises and a Canary to share with you and we have been told by former guests that they truly enjoyed their visit with us!
My son Joel created our website to be a blog so check back often for updates on “what’s happenen on the ranch!” Click on the links to the left for directions and information on the alpacas we have for sale, and thanks again for stopping in!
Sincerely,
Sonja and Robert Lisenby, Hans Klahr and Heinz and Christel Lueck
Old Castle Alpacas Starter Herd and Boarders
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Posted by Sonja on Monday, June 7th, 2010
Click to see all the pictures from our Shearing Day!
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Posted by Sonja on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Black Pearl had her cute Bay Female Cria over Memorial Day weekend. (Sunday, May 30th, 2010) She was already up and nursing by the time we saw her, so the birth must have went well.
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Posted by Sonja on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Uncle Hans came by today so we could try out our vacuum blower to clean off the alpacas before shearing this Friday…
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Posted by Sonja on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Robert and I picked up 3 new alpacas this month that will be ajisting with us. Their names are Chamille, Paloma and Cassia and their owner Martha says they are for sale at the bargain price of $15,000 for all 3 to anyone who may be interested! (Chamille and Paloma are Cassia’s Crias). Inquire within if interested!
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Posted by Sonja on Sunday, April 18th, 2010
We bought Golden boy as a yearling from the late Dennis Miller of Alpaca Palms because he won a first place ribbon and he is the Son of the famous Kahuna, but we still didn’t know how he would turn out as an adult and we are proud to say that he has turned out “very well, thank you!”
Yesterday, after we checked his teeth (which only needed a little touch up grinding) we took these pictures of him and his fleece and I’d say we have a winning Herd Sire to start breeding our females with this year. We are very happy and proud of the way he looks and he has a sweet and gentle nature too. We can’t wait to see the off spring he produces!
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Posted by Sonja on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Most people don’t know that (Some) Alpacas need to have their teeth trimmed every year, (I know I didn’t know!) so I thought I would share this video of how we do it…pretty interesting! (And very squimish for people to imagine this…So “Caution” to those who can’t handle dental work!) I’m very proud of my Husband Robert who is a “jack of all trades” and learned how to do it from the Best of the Best. (The late Dennis Miller, owner of Alpaca Palms in Wildomar, CA…Thank you Dennis for teaching us this last year…we love and miss your presence here.)
To view the link, go to www.youtube.com and search for OldCastleAlpacas. (You will have to write it in exactly like that to get to our page (no spaces in between).
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Posted by Sonja on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Love my morning greeting! Look at all those happy faces 
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Posted by Sonja on Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Twinkle and Braun Moreno’s cria was born on March 6, 2010.
(He was up and about “pronking” within a couple of hours.) 
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Posted by Sonja on Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Twinkle had her Bay brown male cria yesterday on a cool and drizzly afternoon…The Sire (Father) is Braun Moreno. He weighed in at 21 pounds, that was our heaviest cria born yet! (The average is 12 – 16 pounds) He’s all legs!
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Posted by Sonja on Thursday, January 21st, 2010
After having mostly boys last year, it was a pleasure to see two very nice females born on the ranch! The white girl is almost pure Accoyo from Rosita, the most expensive Alpaca we bought when we started…
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