Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
All together now…
We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland. Though it was difficult to tell exactly how much snow last night’s blizzard had left us because of the wind having blown it all over the place, it sure felt like +/- 18″. Let’s put it this way: the snow drifts were so severe that our…
Show selection in the time of frozen hands
While my enthusiasm for winter may wax and wane depending upon my mood and my recent sleep patterns, if it is going to be steadily cold as it has been for most of the past couple of weeks (it was solidly below zero here this morning), it is also nice to have snow on the…
CCNF Legionnaire at the 2014 Breeders Edge Auction
Cas-Cad-Nac Farm is thrilled to announce that we will be offering our superlative young Champion and Judges’ Choice Herdsire, CCNF Legionnaire, as lot #7 at the 2014 Breeders Edge Auction, hosted as always by the good folks at Double “O” Good Alpacas this coming August! Though Legionnaire is first and foremost sired by our 2013…
Making the fleece rounds…
The temperatures in northern New England have been fairly rude for the past month. Amongst other things, it has meant that the sartorial choices of those of us that work the farm have tended to be long on comfort and short on style, though the cold has not been entirely devoid of redeeming qualities. Parasites…
A tale of two cousins: CCNF Defiance & Spirit Wind’s Maestro
I have finally got the write-ups done on two of our young up and coming Herdsires: Defiance, who is homegrown and his 1st cousin, Spirit Wind’s Maestro, whom we acquired from Karin and Jerry Young at Spirit Wind Farm & Fiber Studio. Big…
Thanks!
Our extreme gratitude to Peter and Susan Goodwin of Fosters Trail & Alpaca Farm for their purchase of our female, CCNF Honeysuckle, as well as to Casey Ashline and Gary Henderson of Keva Ranch Alpacas and Tim and Kristin Quinlan of Connoquin Alpacas for their joint purchase of CCNF Fortuna, both this past weekend at…