About our Farm
Located at the "Gateway to Beautiful Southern Indiana," Yellow Wood Llamas resides on a high ridge in a forest setting ablaze with the beauty of dogwoods and redbuds in the spring, and only a short walk from the Goethe Link Observatory daffodil exhibition in April. In autumn, the yellow and red maples turn the very air golden, attracting "leaf-peepers" from all over the state. 
Visitors are treated to a new sight adorning the hills: Llamas! Llamas have proven to be the perfect livestock for us; moderate in size, gentle in nature, intelligent, curious, fun to train and easy to care for. Starting several years ago with companion llamas, we slowly began to develop a breeding program producing show quality animals with fine fiber and the signature elegance and beauty that our lines have become known for. We've been rewarded with many grand champions and nationally recognized llamas, both in the halter show ring and in fleece competition. But as much fun as showing can be, we still find the day to day enjoyment of the llamas to be the ultimate reward. Whether it is watching a baby nurse for the first time, or training a youngster to negotiate a new obstacle, these intelligent companions have won our hearts.
Our Breeding Program
Yellow Wood Llamas is dedicated to the development of conformationally correct, quality llamas. Our foundation female herd of North American, Chilean, Peruvian, and full Bolivian and Bolivian crosses include such names as RAR Black Jade, Top Flight, Whist, OAB La-Mar's Llevi, Union Jack, MV Pablo, Peruvian Bardo and Leroy Brown. Representing the finest Bolivian bloodlines are two full Bolivian herdsires, including our LW Willie K son, Captain Curry, who is a Kissam grandson. Curry consistently throws exceptional balance and refined elegance, and his offspring are taking their share of championships. Bolivia's Jeffe is the sire of our extremely tall, stretchy Sudden Impact, who is producing champions as well with his signature size and stretch. While developing traits of strength and beauty, we never overlook the importance of the llama's personality. Whether used for show, companionship, or as a packer, an easy to handle llama that exhibits a bond to humans is, and always will be, a pleasure to own.
A Word About Support
Only a few years ago, we were new llama owners. We began our venture with the idea of owning a couple llamas as pets, and later adding a female so that we might share the joy of raising a cria. Enchanted by these beautiful, intelligent creatures, we soon made our decision to expand into a small, selective breeding program. As new owners, we learned the value of support offered by a few caring, professional farms. Advice on feed, supplies, training, behavior, breeding and medical concerns was only a phone call away. We are dedicated to extending the same professional support to future llama owners, and those who purchase animals from us. We strive for impeccable medical and breeding practices within our herd. We aim to give each animal the daily attention and training it needs to be an enjoyable, healthy member of your herd.
We stand behind each and every one of our animals with health records and fertility/breeding guarantees. We offer full disclosure on all aspects of a llama's history. We are breeders, not dealers. We want you to be satisfied with any llama you purchase from us, from companion animals to top show and breeding stock. Our only regret is that we do not have the infinite space and resources to keep every llama! From crias we've watched take their first wobbly steps,to matrons that give us healthy babies year after year--all are cherished companions who have enriched our lives. It is very hard for us to watch one of our llamas leave for a new home. We therefore have a heart-felt interest in providing you with continued support and education so that you can in turn enjoy healthy, happy llamas as a wonderful way of life!
The Origin of our Name
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
and sorry I could not travel both
and be one traveler, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth.
And took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps a better claim,
because it was grassy,
and wanted wear those as for that,
the passing there had worn them
really about the same.
And both morning equally lay
in leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day
yet knowing how way leads unto way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads diverged in a woods, and I
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.
by Robert Frost
Strong, straight and proud, the yellow poplar tree embodies our standard for the "perfect" llama. The yellow poplar, also commonly called the tulip poplar, was chosen as the state tree of Indiana with good reason. Our woods and pasture is punctuated by several mature, towering specimens, adding their strong vertical lines to the wooded landscape of pines, maples, and other hardwoods. A white flower, resembling a tulip, graces the tree in the spring, to be followed by large, easily recognized leaves. Providing shade to our pasture and elegance to our farm, these trees are beautiful year-round. The wood is frequently used in fine woodwork, providing a fine-grained, strong, easily worked wood of a light color, slightly yellow in tint, which takes stain easily. The yellow wood trees are an unmistakable part of our landscape, and lent themselves easily to be chosen as our farm name. Yellow wood has other significance, however, that sealed its future as the namesake of our farm. In the well loved poem by Robert Frost, "The road not taken," he speaks of his fate as paths chosen:
Our lifelong dream of moving to the country culminated with the purchase of the farm surrounded by thousands of acres of open woodland, that would become Yellow Wood Llamas. Suburbanites our entire lives, we ventured to pursue our hearts fantasy, and found the llamas to be the perfect compliment to make our farm a reality. We could have chosen the safe path, and remained locked in ordered rows of homes in secure neighborhoods, accepting our destiny as armchair country-dwellers. Our conviction that you should follow your dreams is so eloquently illustrated in Frosts poem, as he ponders his life choices in melancholy, but certain knowledge that he choose the right path.
