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
We’re busy this morning with last-minutes preparations for our first show of the season, the North American Alpaca Show, which is held in Springfield, MA at the Eastern States Exposition. Ron will be showing our champion white male, Snowshoe Aristides. After several days of rain, Aristides is not looking his … Read More
There’s nothing more depressing in mid-winter than a warm rain. The 40+ degree weather and heavy rain yesterday took us down to bare ground in all our paths and drives, but the unplowed ground is still white. Temps are below freezing this morning, so our fields are all ice. No … Read More
Registration for the North American Alpaca Show opened this morning. Spring is on the way! We’ll reserve our pens today for the two males we’ll be showing: our white multi-champion, Snowshoe Aristides, and our juvie male, Snowshoe Pharoah. We’ll also reserve space for a suri male, Christopher, owned by our … Read More
It can be very convenient to have your own herdsires at your farm for breeding. And most of the time, the males aren’t much of a problem. But every so often they get to fighting. Like tonight. One male was taken away to do a breeding at another farm and … Read More
We very pleased to announce that four outstanding males from New Millennium Alpaca Farm are now boarded at Snowshoe Farm. All four males are for sale and, in the meantime, are available for breeding. The four males include the well known Jedi Knight, sire of champions, B Dylan whose first … Read More