Yesterday we welcomed (finally!) the year’s first cria. At 358 days gestation, this not-so-little girl weighed in at 20.2 lbs. There was a bit of difficulty with the birth – the cria’s elbow was back and trying to come out at the same time as the shoulders and wouldn’t fit. But … Read More
We’re pleased to annouce that we will be boarding the New Millennium herd for our friend, Janice Spalty, as she sells the herd and closes this chapter of her life following the loss of her husband, Dar, to cancer. We know it can’t be easy for Janice to see the … Read More
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.
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
Wow – we just had our first thunderstorm of the season late this afternoon. I was stuck out in the girls’ barn. Torrential rain, wind, lightening. Now, just before it goes down, the sun decided to peak out a bit and we have a beautiful rainbow – a double rainbow.
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
A news crew from News 7 at Lyndon State College was here today for shearing. You can check out the broadcast at: http://www.lyndonstate.edu/news7/ Just look for today’s date in the archives. You’ll have to wait through the news and weather. The students do a great job and are very professional!
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
I hear the phoebe singing this morning. Now that’s a sure sign for us that spring is really here!