Today I skirted a fleece from a male that arrived at our farm on Saturday. Starry’s Rastban is his name and he’s a light fawn herdsire owned by Starry Mountain Alpacas and boarded at our farm. And he’s for sale! Anyways, his fleece is fabulous – dense and fine with … Read More
Our first cria of 2010 was born prematurely last Tuesday. He needed support for the first few days, but finally seems to be nursing well on his own. I’ll watch him carefully during this week’s hot weather to be sure he doesn’t overheat and dehydrate. Several females are ready to … Read More
Only one month of shearing left to go! Let’s hope Ron’s schedule doesn’t extend too much beyond that; it’s time for him work on a few projects at home. We have fence to install, at least one shelter to build and many cords of firewood to cut and split. And … Read More
Our first day of shearing and we have a barn full of shivering alpacas! Here’s the view out our front door this evening….
…is not starting out very well! We have a winter storm warning through tomorrow afternoon. Rain changing to snow and 2 to 6 predicted for tonight. Alpacas are in the barn where we hope they will stay dry, but know they will not stay warm. We’ll be shearing for … Read More
Looks like tomorrow will be a good day for the start of the Washington County Fiber Tour. Fiber enthusiasts should venture to NY and join our alpaca and fiber friends for this fun event.
Our fellow alpaca breeder, Karen, from Moonacre Farm, picked up our champion white male, Snowshoe Aristides, early this morning to take him to the MAPACA Eastern Alpaca Jubilee in Harrisburg, PA. Ron is too busy shearing this time of year to travel to a show, so Karen will show Ari … Read More
We woke to 20’s and snow this morning! This spring has been warm and the pastures have been greening up nicely. We knew it was only a matter of time before mother nature threw a wrench into the works. That’s what we get for taking the chains off the tractor! … Read More
We had a scare last night with one of our prized herdsires, Nibblewise. Just before 7pm, Ron noticed Nibbles was cushed and groaning and salivating. He was obviously in pain. Our first thoughts, of course, were “worst case”: intestinal torsion or impaction or something like that. Our wonderful vet was … Read More
The first alpaca show of the season plus a family gathering for Easter made for a very busy weekend! Aristides, our champion white male took a respectable fourth in his class. It was one of the toughest classes we’ve seen with several champions in the line-up! Just making the cut … Read More