Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Winding down while revving up…
Oh, we can almost smell it! “It,” in this particular case, being the end of the 2014 birthing season. In fact as I write this, there are only 6 females left at the Arena that are still due with their 2014 crias. This after starting the parade of birthing shenanigans back in May with a…
Labor day(s)
Holy baby boom Batman! Jen started the tradition several years back of taking the farm’s staff out to the local Chinese buffet for lunch any time that we have had 3 or more crias born in a given 24 hour period. The reality of late though, is that we had that happen days ago and frankly…
Go west young man!
Congratulations and a huge thank you to Daryl and Shirley Krause of Amber Autumn Alpacas and Marc and Sharon Milligan of Red Granite Ranch for their joint purchase of CCNF Legionnaire, this past weekend at the 2014 Breeders Edge sale! We know that given the genetics in Legionnaire’s pedigree, that he will do great things in…
CCNF Legionnaire, Lot #7 at the Breeders Edge Auction
So as you might have heard, we have a very nice young Herdsire that will be headlining the upcoming Breeders Edge sale the weekend of 8/23 down in Virginia! If for some reason you travel in alpaca circles and you hadn’t heard that yet (and for starters, where the heck have you been?!), trust me when I say that…
Summer daze
Random mutterings on a Tuesday afternoon: It is believed around these parts that when the Goldenrod starts to emerge on the roadsides and in the fields, that it is a sure sign that summer is winding down. Of course that’s just one sign of many. I must admit that I gave a great incredulous sigh the other…
Breeding season in full swing…
The Herdsires here at CCNF have been working at full bore for about a month now. Though we normally don’t get things going in that regard here until around the 1st of July most years, with the family’s decision to take a quick early summer vacation to the UK at the end of June, yours truly…