Here at Snowshoe Farm we are looking back at 2011 and counting our blessings. Despite a down economy, we’ve managed to sell quite a few alpacas this year; we had a beautiful crop of crias – mostly female (yes, that’s a good thing); our homegrown herdsire, Snowshoe Aristides, won another … Read More
This time of year is as close as we get to “down time” on the farm. Outdoor chores are limited: no gardening, no mowing. Breeding chores are limited; no breeding, no birthing. We stick very close to home in the spring and summer, but this time of year we have … Read More
Our herd was due for its dectomax injections this week, so we took advantage of the gray, wet, but still fairly mild weather to get that chore done today. Snow is in the forecast for tonight and more seasonable temps to follow. It’s time… Tomorrow the crias get their oral … Read More
We’re finally back online after over a week without internet! It seemed like longer! Today we delivered three yearling male alpacas to their new home on a beautiful horse farm in NH. We try to be very careful about where we place our alpacas and this will be a wonderful … Read More
Snowshoe Farm is packing up and heading to the Empire Alpaca Extravaganza tomorrow. It’s our last alpaca show of the season. We’ll be bringing the same three white males that we showed at the Green Mountain Show last weekend: Snowshoe Astraios who took third, Snowshoe Cosmo, who took second and … Read More
We’re splitting up and heading in two different directions this weekend. Ron will be taking three of our male alpacas to the Green Mountain Fall Spectacular in Essex Jct. Terry will be heading down to Rhinebeck to the NYS Sheep & Wool Festival. If you’re going to be attending either … Read More
We had a great weekend at the annual Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival. Saturday was rainy and cold but Sunday was drier and milder. A little rain never deters the serious fiber enthusiasts; it was fun to see many of our old fiber friends and meet many new ones. Thanks … Read More
Every spring we look forward to a new crop of crias – baby alpacas. And every fall we’re relieved when the months of being on “baby watch” are over. This year we had 15 crias due and the last one made its appearance yesterday. But not successfully. Our beautiful white … Read More
We had a great visit yesterday with a busload of USDA FAS folks. Now back to business and getting packed up for our first fiber festival of the season. Fall is a really busy time for both fiber fests and alpaca shows. We start off this weekend with the Southern … Read More
It’s herd health day at Snowshoe Farm, our monthly day for dectomax shots and body scoring. If the weather cooperates, we’ll also finish up weights and toenails on the “big boys”. It’s hot and very humid today and the forecast is for a chance of thunderstorms, so we’ll try to … Read More