Alpacas at Morrison’s
Snowshoe Farm will be at Morrison’s Feed Bag in St Johnsbury tomorrow (Saturday) from 8:30 until 2:00 with alpacas. Come and visit!
Update on the preemie
The cria that was born on June 11 and showed signs of being a bit premature still has problems. He can’t get up. We’re working under the assumption that he has white muscle disease, since he has responded to injections of selenium. Within a day or so of the second … Read More
Mid-Summer Sale!
Details of our Mid-Summer Sale are posted on our website. We are offering all alpacas on our sales list for 50% off during the month of July! Yes – 50%. We have several generations of some of our foundation breeding stock as well as a number of consigned alpacas. This … Read More
Busy birthing day
We had a busy day in the barn today with two crias being born. One was an uneventful birth; a first time mother who did just fine and has a healthy and beautiful cria who is nursing well. The second birth was a little more exciting. As soon as I … Read More
More babies….
The two newest crias on the farm were born this week. Both were uncomplicated births and the crias are healthy and active. That’s the way we like it! Our little preemie is maintaining and getting slightly stronger, but is still unable to pick himself up. He requires regular feeding. He … Read More
Preemie cria
This little guy was born yesterday – just a couple days short of 11 months gestation. Not extremely early, but he exhibits all the signs of being premature: teeth not erupted, floppy ears, weakness. His dam – who is usually a very good mother – doesn’t have a lot of … Read More
Newest cria
Rosita has been under our watchful eyes for weeks now as she often has her crias early. Finally – at day 340 – she had her cria at around 2:00 this afternoon. A big boy – 19.5 lbs. He looks to be medium silver gray. He’s active and pretty steady … Read More
Cria watch
It’s birthing season here at Snowshoe Farm. Alpacas have a fairly wide window for birthing; gestation, in our experience, can be as short as 10-1/2 months or can go over a year. So we do a lot of watching and waiting. Rosita is up next; her 11 month date is … Read More
Wild weather!
Last night’s storm was one of the worst I’ve seen. Hours and hours of thunder, lightning, rain, wind and hail. We lost power at some point and it just came back on at 9am. Our farm is located at a fork in the road; there are three roads to get … Read More
First cria of 2011!
We’re starting off on the right step this year – our firstborn cria is a girl! The first cria of the season was born on Friday, May 6. Her dam is our beautiful Nishio daughter, Isabellita, and her sire is our own champion white male, Snowshoe Aristides. This is the … Read More