Reserve Champion White Male Alpaca
Here’s a photo of Aristides at the North East Alpaca Show. In my last post about this, I messed up his sire’s name. It’s TNT Peruvian Hit Man. Hit Man’s owners say Ari looks just like his dad.
Frosty Morning
This morning was a good reminder that it’s still spring here in northern Vermont. The temp was a frosty 25 when I checked at 5 am! We worry about early morning crias on days like this. But there were no babies when Ron did the early morning barn check on his … Read More
North East Alpaca Show
Our young white male alpaca, Aristides, won a blue ribbon and Reserve Champion at the North East Alpaca Show in Syracuse this weekend. David and Kathleen VanGelder from Cedar Brook Alpacas took Ari to the show for us. Ron is busy with shearing this time of year. Many thanks to … Read More
Alpaca Shearing
We did a full day of shearing today and will do the same tomorrow. Except for one alpaca that is going to a show next weekend, that should finish up our shearing. We’ve had some exceptionally warm weather for April, so the shorn alpacas are pretty comfortable. Of course, that will … Read More
Alpaca Shearing
We sheared five of our “big boys” yesterday. They were warm when we sheared them, but the temps dropped last night and they were shivering this morning. That’s the way it always goes. It’s OK; we worry about them being too hot, but not about them being a bit chilly. They … Read More
Crias coming soon!
Today I saw a cria kicking (in utero). Hannah’s Julie, one of our best females, is due in mid-May and her baby was kicking up a storm this afternoon. We always see a lot of “action’ with Julie’s crias. This is the first I’ve seen this year and reminds me … Read More
North American Alpaca Show
We’re back from our first alpaca show of the season. Our alpacas did well. Falcon, our brown male, took 5th in a class of 13. That’s about what I expected of him. Esther Rose took a 2nd in her class; she has done well in past shows, also. Aristides ended … Read More
Spring Pasture
Our pastures are still partly snow-covered and pretty wet. Normally, we would let the pastures dry out fairly well before putting the alpacas out on a regular basis. But today was such a beautiful day, that I let the girls out into their pastures for a few hours. They loved it and … Read More
Aaaah…spring!
What a great day! Warm and sunny. The first snowdrops are poking through the mulch around the big maple tree in the front yard. Rhubarb is poking up from an open spot in the garden. Most of our yard and fields are still covered with snow, but it’s melting fast. … Read More