The arrival of November has meant that we are now officially commencing our 24th year of breeding alpacas and being in the alpaca business, arguably the last 10 years or so spent at our current size and rate of production (200-300 total animals at any given time, approximately 70 crias born each year). As one…
Hello friends! Sorry not to have posted anything here in a while but some times things take on a life of their own on a farm of our size. I’ll also freely admit, that though in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic writing about life on the farm does at times feel like a nice…
We are excited to announce that we have yet another newly operational Herdsire in our breeding program: CCNF Angiolo! As the person who manages 90%+ of the breeding activity here at our farm, I have seen quite a lot of variation over the years when it comes to the breeding behaviors of alpaca males. Some…
Let’s face it, with a herd our size bad stuff just happens sometimes. This is particularly true where the question of our production females are concerned. With 70 to 80 expectant females each calendar year, the odds of us going through a full birthing season drama-free are pretty much nonexistent. Even with 17 years of experience…
The wee Lutz clan landed late yesterday afternoon in Boston, along with our friends that had been with us for the past 10 or so days in the British Virgin Islands onboard our chartered sailboat. Though it’s always a bit shocking to go from 85 degrees and sunny to the heart of winter, at least…
What a week it’s been here! On Monday we blitzed through a full blown version of herd health day (read: with toe nail trimming) in just 5 and a half hours. Even by our standards, that was pretty quick for 250 animals. Though as my better half pointed out, the due girls were all kind enough…
