We spend a lot of time in the summer waiting for crias to be born. The length of an alpaca’s gestation is quite variable. We always assume 11 months as a “due date”, but we’ve seen gestations almost 3 weeks short of that and we’ve seen others over a year … Read More
This male cria was born on Saturday to Mia, a female who is owned by Starry Mountain Alpacas and boarded at Snowshoe Farm. The not-so-little guy weighed almost 20 lbs and was standing and nursing 45 minutes after hitting the ground! Now that’s what we call an easy birth… ten … Read More
After three boys, we finally had a female cria born yesterday. This girl belongs to our client, Nu Leafe Alpacas, from Calais, VT. She’s a beautiful, light fawn cria with lots of energy! I couldn’t keep up with her yesterday; she was up and nursing in no time and wandered … Read More
BC, a female alpaca owned by a client, gave birth to a fawn male yesterday. This was another easy birth with a vigorous cria who was up and nursing in no time. Makes my job a lot easier! It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day for a cria to be … Read More
A beautiful fawn cria was born on our farm this afternoon. Her dam is NM Mustang Sally and her sire is NM B Dylan. This is the first cria for both of them. The alpacas are owned by New Millennium Alpaca Farm and are boarded here. We will be offering breedings … Read More
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
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
Today I saw a cria kicking (in utero). Hannah’s Julie, one of our best females, is due in mid-May and her baby was kicking up a storm this afternoon. We always see a lot of “action’ with Julie’s crias. This is the first I’ve seen this year and reminds me … Read More