The arrival of November has meant that we are now officially commencing our 24th year of breeding alpacas and being in the alpaca business, arguably the last 10 years or so spent at our current size and rate of production (200-300 total animals at any given time, approximately 70 crias born each year). As one…
We are excited to announce that the first two crias sired by CCNF Dreadnought — 2017 AOA National Fleece Show Champion Fawn Male and 2018 Futurity RC Fawn Male — were both born here over the past week, one a dark fawn/light brown boy to our maiden female, CCNF Reality, and the other, a beautiful…
We are not normally in the habit of making frequent birth announcements here at CCNF Chronicles for the simple reason that if we did so regularly, this blog might be little else, what with 70+ little farts being born here each year. However, it is not everyday that the cria in question is the full…
Unloading the mental desk drawer of the CCNF blogger while wondering which alpaca female it is that I forgot to get bred this morning…’cause it’s that time of year. We got home on Monday evening from a fantastic 2 week family adventure to Norway. A June/July trip with our boys has become a regular and…
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…
