Herd health in May is lovely. We figured out many years ago that as long as we had each member of the herd restrained for shearing we could also do the bimonthly toenail trim as well as any dewormers and vaccines that were required. This works even better as we have two shearing stations but…
If you are looking for a great breeding match for a female of yours but don’t want to break the bank, we have got a very special offer for you to consider… CCNF, along with our good friends at Tripping Gnome Farm, will be offering an opportunity this coming spring, summer, and fall to breed with…
Yuck! I mean I get it that there is apt to be some karmic payback for spending time away on a warm Caribbean island but couldn’t it have held off for at least a few days? My first thought this morning upon coming back upstairs and hearing the rain/sleet hitting the roof in our living…
Just got back home onto the farm this morning after two weeks away. Hey: how about that February thaw that happened while we are gone, wasn’t that great?! What’s that? Oh. To say that halter training the new crop of juvenile show animals is going to be tough when the bottom two wires of our six-wire…
No, really. As of 5 minutes ago (2/25 at 7:45 EST) there were fewer than 20 stalls left to fill for the entire show. Things had started off a little bit slowly but then in the past 10 days or so there has been a real push. For those who have been hemming and hawing…
Warning: this has ZERO alpaca content. This is what happens on vacation when you repeatedly take 9 and 12 year olds out to lunch with little more than their mother’s digital camera and a few hampster-shaped erasers. Though their father is grateful for the opportunity to further his video editing “skills” I don’t think Pixar…
