We are excited to be consigning two beautiful yearling females to the upcoming Royal Progeny Alpaca Auction, being held this year at the host farm itself, Alpaca Palace in Butler, PA! Held the weekend of of October 18th and 19th, the sale is bringing together some of the top alpaca breeding programs from across the…
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…
She is known simply by my better half as “my Opal.” And may the powers that be rise to protect you if you are foolish enough to speak ill of her in Jennifer’s presence! CCNF Opal, a 2-time black Futurity Champion is one of the small group of dark Snowmass Nova daughters that we still…
We had our first cria of 2013 born on Tuesday morning, though not without some drama. Oh no, wouldn’t want the first birth in almost 6 months to be routine and easy. What fun would that be after all? As luck would have it our retired Champion show girl, La Vie en Rose, whose 11…
We are excited to announce that our young Champion Herdsire, CCNF Invictus, now has confirmed pregnancies! The son of two Futurity Champions, MFI Peruvian Precocious and CCNF Opal, we are looking for this stellar beige colored male to do some exciting things within both our colored as well as our white breeding programs here at…
I think we just set a speed record for a full herd health session with all 230 animals getting their Ivomec shots, any scheduled vaccines, ADE paste (in the case of anyone < 1 year of age), as well as their bi-monthly toe nail trims over the course of a couple of days. With the…
