Yes, it may feel a little strange to to be thinking about our spring 2018 show season starting up again when we just got dumped on by the latest nor’easter to make its way inland from the coast – but such is the reality of March in northern New England. We have for the better…
Funny how just a few weeks ago we had dismissed winter as something that had come and gone. Then the temperatures dropped into the single digits again and now we are all of a sudden staring down a nor’easter that could deliver a foot or more of the white fluffy stuff before it’s done with…
That is the term of endearment around these parts for our crias as they approach 6 months of age and continue, often without real need or cause, to suck valuable calories off of their dear mothers. While we know that there are many alpaca folks out there who wean based upon a cria’s weight, we prefer to…
As of this past weekend, virtually all of the animals that are going to be a part of our spring show strings over the next month and a half were together in one place, at the CCNF Main Barn. Specifically, all of the yearling females as well as any of the latest weaners that will…
Several takeaways from the past 4 days since we got back from our February break, visiting my parents in the warmer climes of the Caribbean. 1. This is the first winter out of the last 10 at least where we came home from being away in February and had as much snow on the ground,…
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…
