Fleece Show Success!

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Just a quick wrap-up of the fall alpaca shows…Snowshoe Aristides outdid himself once again!  His fleece was entered in two fall shows.  At the Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular, Aristides’  fleece won the blue ribbon, Color Champion, Judges’ Choice and Spirit of the Industry Award. At the Empire Alpaca Extravaganza, … Read More

Fall Alpaca Show Season

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Seems like we just finished up with spring shows!  Where did summer go?? We finally managed to complete our registrations for the upcoming fall alpaca shows. Snowshoe Farm will be attending both the Green Mountain Alpacas Fall Spectacular on Oct 19 & 20 and the Empire Alpaca Extravaganza on Oct 26 … Read More

Cria Shearing

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I’d venture to say that most alpaca breeders don’t shear their crias until the spring following the crias’ births.  But those cria fleeces become messy very quickly as their fine, velcro-like tips attract hay and other debris. We’ve learned that we can get much cleaner and more valuable fleeces in … Read More

Spring…finally!

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For some reason, it seems like spring has been very slow to reach to the NEK this year. Even nice sunny days have had a cold wind. But we’re finally seeing the birds return and the pastures turn green. The alpacas love this weather. They’re in full fleece and the … Read More

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