Young Love ♥
Saturday, June 28, 2014 If you’ve been here you know I have basically 2 groups of alpacas, females and males. Sometimes when we have new babies intoduced to the herd the 1 year old females are so curious and excited, … Continued
Baby names!
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 The babies have been named. We never let them go past 3 days without names here. Yes I am superstitious on that. 🙂 The boy: Miranda’s Mojo The meaning of the name Mojo is A Magic … Continued
Babies are here!
Sunday, June 22, 2014 We have babies!!!! Two at once! Born about 30 minutes apart, both babies and first time moms are doing great this morning. I tried to keep them in front of the cam, but healthy active babies … Continued
Clear skies ahead!
Friday, June 20, 2014 OK girls, we have a string of about 10 days of beautiful 70 degree weather and no freezing nights. Perfect weather for new babies don’t you think? It’s just that I’m getting excited to meet the … Continued
Getting closer
Thursday, June 19, 2014 It dipped below freezing again overnight but I think we will be on a warming trend now. Once the sun comes out, the alpacas love this cold weather and graze in the farther pastures much longer … Continued
Snow on June 17!
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 We did have snow yesterday and when I drove home from running an errand the snow plows were out on the road! I put out extra hay for the pacas and they all did fine even … Continued
King of the Hills
Monday, June 16, 2014 The boys have a clean barn and a brand new dirt hill to climb on. If you have alpacas you really need a hill for them, it will provide hours of entertainment for you and excellent … Continued
Saturday happenings
Saturday, June 14, 2014 The target for today is the boys barn and pasture. We need to get it ready to move the little boys over and rebuild some of the low spots that get icy in the winter. When … Continued
Patiently waiting
Thursday, June 12, 2014 No babies yet, so I will have time to concentrate on more fleeces today. I’m hearing about other alpaca farms who have been waiting more than 365 days for crias to arrive this spring. We plan … Continued
Shearing is done!
Sunday, June 8, 2014 We’re done!! All alpaca are “nekked”, fleeces all bagged and I’ll start sorting through fleeces next week. Today we rest! 🙂 Thank you to an excellent shearing crew and fabulous helpers! No babies arrived during shearing, … Continued
Sweet boys
Friday, June 6, 2014 I went out yesterday to the boys pasture to get some final pre-shearing photos and I had my telephoto lens on my camera. Well the boys obviously enjoyed my visit because they all came and stood … Continued
A lovely distraction
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 While trying to get things ready for shearing day on Saturday, I have been making frequent trips outside to check on Miranda, and I always have my camera with me, just in case. Our nesting swallows … Continued
Getting close!
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 Miranda, one of our new girls, had me on the edge of my seat yesterday. She is looking really close to delivering her cria. I’ve been through this hundreds of times before but it always gets … Continued