Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
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Rocky Mountain Fever, Part #1
It was June of 1996, not quite a year past our wedding day (more on that later), and Jen and I were in Denver, Colorado attending our first ever AOBA national conference and show. Though we didn’t yet own our first alpacas, we had purchased the house and parcel of land back home in VT…
Into Summer…
Wow, the last few weeks feel like they took place at double speed and one result of that, is that this space has been conspicuously neglected. We went from putting the final touches on our new farm cookbook (read: immersed in proofreading and the annoying minutiae until we really didn’t feel like looking at it…
CCNF Alpacas at the 2015 Parade of Champions Auction!
We are thrilled to be participating in the Parade of Champions auction again this year! The auction which will be run by Silver Penn Sales, and which is held at Little Creek Farm/Accoyo America in North Salem, NY, will take place on Saturday, May 30th, with previews beginning the day before. We have consigned 4…
Futurity 2015: Adventures in Road Tripping
What a way to go about acquiring a new truck! You can ask anyone that has survived my first 43 years on this earth: I’ve rarely been one to learn a lesson the easy way. When our farm truck experienced what were diagnosed at the time as fuel filter problems on the runs to/from the…
CCNF at the 2015 NAAS
So after weeks of walking — maybe that should be “walking” — somewhat recalcitrant juvi alpacas up and down our hill in an attempt to train them, the 2015 show schedule for us finally got under way. Amongst the many great things about the North American Alpaca Show, is the fact that the Eastern States…
Egg on our face.
It is never a good day when you discover (for the 2nd time as it turns out) that the young male you were hoping to represent your farm at a major national auction, in this case the Futurity sale, has a heart murmur. That we had originally identified said condition during his cria wellness exam, when he…