So here we are less than 48 hours away from loading up the trailer and heading not quite 100 miles north to the Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular in Essex, VT! As an aside, I’m quite certain that that is hands-down the longest name of any alpaca show in all of North America. In any…
We’ve known Brett Wicker and his family for several years now and we were horrified to learn a few months back that a young man in the prime of his life — and just a great all-around human being — had been diagnosed with metastasized cancer. With the leadership of Brett’s good friends at Autumn Kiss…
No, not that end. Nor that one. I’m just talking about the end of the birthing season here! With the final 9 expectant females all in the same feed group together up at the Arena, we can actually visualize it too. Of course if we were smart, we would have bred all of our females…
So this Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 4, we will be participating in AOBA’s National Alpaca Farm Days. Truth be told, it’s not going to be a whole lot different from any other weekend here on the farm except for the fact that we will have donuts, coffee, and cookies out and will be…
While working in the Arena the other day, I had an auditory epiphany of sorts. Though we had been going for days (and some times weeks…when it wasn’t 90 degrees) at a time with all of the hanging fans up there turned off as the days and nights had turned cooler, there was a greater…
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…
