Why we waited to do the 3rd round of weaning for the 2012 birth class until the coldest day yet in January was perhaps lost on all of us but oh, well. There were some monsters in this group too, with several of them near or over the 100 lb. mark. Of all the criticisms…
So there we were on Thursday all excited because our former show girl, Isabella Star, had just given birth to her 2nd cria ever and was actually letting the little guy nurse. You see her first cria from last year — the one and only infamous Booger, who it should be noted is now down…
We were truly gutted earlier this year when we lost our beloved foundation female, Tessora, to a virulent inner ear infection. Though she was only with us for 5 or 6 years, her influence here was profound and will continue to be felt for years to come. There are not that many alpacas here in…
After making us sweat for several weeks Saphira finally had her first cria yesterday afternoon. It was the sort of uneventful maiden birth that makes you think she’d always known how to do that. “Thanks for watching but I’ve really got things all under control here folks!” Her 11 month due date, even before which…
It was some five and a half years ago as I sat in my basement office searching the internet for new light colored females to add to our foundation herd that we came across Tessora. Her discovery came after several frustrating days of calling up breeders that had females listed, often times for exorbitant prices…
