N.L.'s 1st alpaca farm for sale

Ed Hutchings has put the family's alpacafarm onthe Port au Port Peninsula up for sale, even though youget the impression he's a reluctantseller.

Hutchings and his wife Cathy have run the Felix Cove farm for 16 years. The first in the province, it startedas a hobby in 1995 and quickly turned into a petting zoo for tourists.

The 17 alpacas provide an amazing fibre for mittens, socks and sweaters. The farms' knitwear craft shop and farm attracts 10,000tourists every year.

"The only reason we are selling it is because our children and grandchildren are all over Nova Scotia," Hutchings says.

Watch the video tolearn more about the alpacas and the farm.