Well after all this bluster about big rain storms all we’ve seen so far are lots of overcast skies and roughly 70 degree weather today (cue monsoon/hail storm). Jen went shopping earlier at one of the big-lot stores for our upcoming shearing days, equipping the break room at the Arena with more cookies, brownies, chips, rolls,…
Word from Kimmy back on the farm is that Star Saphire gave birth yesterday morning to a beautiful little beige King of the Ladies girl! That is not only the first cria of the 2011 birth class but also Kinger’s first born for CCNF (his actual first was born a couple of weeks ago at…
There has been a shift in the daily schedule here necessitated by the time of year. Specifically there are females that are now 10.5 months removed from the date on which they were bred. Though the average gestation here has historically gone some 11 months and 10 days or so we have learned the hard…
Finding someone that you trust to look after your alpacas when you are not home is one of the biggest challenges that many people face. If you are lucky enough to find a person that is attentive and does a really good job though, treat them well as they are worth their weight in gold!…
So this morning I did (facilitated would be a better word) what should be the final 2010 breeding within the CCNF foundation herd, that is females which we own whom will most likely be birthing out here in 2011. In recent times we have tried to get more and more disciplined about trying to constrict…
Last Saturday it snowed here (see Max’s miniature ode to the coming season at left), really just enough to make the roads treacherous and remind us all that we had been lax in getting our winter tires put on. That it came in squall form over the course of just an hour or two and…
