Breeding and alpaca sales
The ranch raises alpacas in a range of natural colors, offers breeding services, and lists animals for people building or developing their own herds.
Vacaville, California
Menagerie Hill Ranch
A family-run working ranch connecting alpaca breeding, owner education, fiber products, reserved tours, and off-site animal appearances.
Official ranch website
- Location
- Vacaville
- Farm focus
- Breeding and fiber
- Public visit
- Private ranch tour
- Access
- By appointment
One ranch, several connected roles
From herd development to public visits
Menagerie Hill Ranch is a family-run alpaca operation in the English Hills area of Vacaville. Deb Galway and Kirk Howard raise alpacas for breeding stock and fiber while also working with visitors, livestock buyers, and people preparing to keep alpacas of their own.
That combination makes the ranch broader than a tour stop or retail shop alone. Its work joins animal care, breeding decisions, education, direct product sales, and scheduled agritourism—several of the purposes found among alpaca farms across California in one property.
Ranch services
Support for owners, visitors, and fiber customers
Menagerie Hill maintains separate offerings around the herd. Availability changes, so prospective owners, tour guests, and event planners should confirm the service that applies to them directly with the ranch.
Care education and mentoring
Prospective and newer owners can learn about housing, feeding, routine care, ranch planning, and the practical preparation required before alpacas arrive.
Fiber and ranch-store goods
Raw fleece, roving, natural-color yarn, apparel, socks, gifts, and other farm products connect the annual fleece crop with materials customers can use.
Weddings and special events
Selected alpacas can travel to off-site weddings, photo sessions, and other planned gatherings. Event arrangements are quoted and scheduled separately from ranch tours.
Visiting the ranch
A private, scheduled introduction
Ranch tours give guests a guided opportunity to meet, photograph, and feed alpacas under the hosts' direction. Because the experience takes place on a working property, the ranch uses appointments instead of maintaining general walk-in hours.
Visitors looking for other farm settings can return to the national collection of alpaca farms, but each listing should be checked for its own access rules before travel.
Plan before driving
Tours and shopping require arrangements
Tour times can book well ahead, particularly on weekends. The ranch store also operates by appointment, so a shopping visit should be confirmed rather than treated as separate public hours.
Review the current ranch-tour page for scheduling, participant information, and the experience included with a reservation.
Fiber with a visible source
Natural colors in fleece, roving, and yarn
Menagerie Hill's emphasis on colored alpacas carries into its fiber selection. The ranch offers fiber in natural shades without relying on dye to create the color, allowing customers to see a direct relationship between the animals and the material.
The broader store includes finished clothing and household goods alongside supplies for fiber work. Product listings change as fleeces are processed and inventory is sold, so the ranch website is the current source for what is available online or during an arranged store visit.
Contact the ranch directly
Choose the service before making plans
Use the official website for tour appointments, event inquiries, available alpacas, owner education, current products, and store arrangements.
Profile information was reviewed against Menagerie Hill Ranch's official website in September 2026. Tour availability, services, animal listings, event options, and store inventory can change; confirm current details with the ranch.