We’ve been waiting for several crias to make an appearance and now that we have cool rainy weather, they’ve decided to show up. Today was a good one – two girls! Cinnamon Girl gave birth to her second female cria sired by our champion male, Snowshoe Aristides. The baby was … Read More
A new (for us) herdsire arrived at Snowshoe Farm today! We’ve acquired half interest in Alberta Clipper, a full Peruvian male from Jolimont bloodlines. We have a number of light females that are closely related to our champion male, Snowshoe Aristides, and we look forward to using Clipper on some … Read More
We’ve been waiting for several crias to be born and Izabella finally gave birth to a beautiful white male this morning. The dam is our Dom Lucilio daughter, Izzy, and the sire is our champion male, Snowshoe Aristides. Both Izzy and Ari have some really nice offspring, so we’re looking … Read More
Alpacas, unlike many other livestock, have a fairly wide window for length of gestation. At Snowshoe Farm, we use 335 days from the last breeding to estimate each female’s “due date”. This gives us a heads up to start keeping a close eye out for a birth. The actual length … Read More
Those of you who own livestock will recognize this situation: there’s something not quite right about one of your animals, but you can’t put your finger on it. Or the problem stops just as you’re about to call the vet. It can be expensive to get the vet out to … Read More
Our first cria of the season was born yesterday and we’re off to a good start. Snowshoe Praline gave birth to a light brown female at day 325. That’s a little early and it shows; the cria has slightly floppy ears and her teeth have not erupted, but she weighs … Read More
About 9 years ago we took in three young male alpacas whose owners were divorcing and selling their farm. We eventually sold two – Salsa and Nick – but Blizzard had health issues and we never offered him for sale. Blizzard was overweight, down on his pasterns and had coarse … Read More
Here’s the official show photo for our two male – FULL BROTHERS – Snowshoe Aristides and Snowshoe Astraios. The pair won the White Male Color Champion and Reserve Champion at the Northeast Alpaca Expo last weekend! Aristides’ first crias were born in 2011 and we expect to see several of … Read More
Results are in from the Northeast Alpaca Expo! We are so proud of our two males – full brothers – Snowshoe Aristides and Snowshoe Astraios. They won White Male Color Champion and White Male Reserve Color Champion.
Shearing alpacas keeps Ron very busy during the spring and makes it difficult for us to participate in many alpaca shows. Tomorrow we will be heading to Syracuse for the Northeast Alpaca Expo, our last show of the spring season. Ron will be taking two of our males, Snowshoe Aristides … Read More