Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Shearing scenes
We just got through the first 2 of 3 days of shearing here. All told, we sheared some 140+ animals Wednesday and Thursday and we’ve got the usual aches and pains to show for it. Because of a slight scheduling oddity that might have had us headed to a show today, day #3 isn’t scheduled…
An Alpaca Show Odyssey
The Crib Notes Version Some quick takeaways from the past 9 days while traveling to and from the Futurity: 1. Man can not survive on Krispy Kreme Donuts alone. At least not long term. For driving cross-country though, they’re just perfect. As Sammy pointed out as we were pulling into KC after a full day…
North American show recap
There is considerable history for us with the North American Alpaca Show, the vast majority of it good. For starters, having helped to run the show itself throughout its first 10 years of existence, it has managed to ingrain/ingratiate itself into our little family’s annual rhythm. In fact as I was coming to around 5:15…
Breeding special at the NAAS!
You know having just written that headline, there are just so many things one could read into it. Does realizing that make me a bad person? Leaving that existential question aside though, the whole purpose of this post was to announce that we will be offering a special promotion on the stud services of our…
Rounding into form
Though we have not been helped by the cold/flu/stomach-bug-to-be-named-later making its way through the ranks of the CCNF alpaca trainers, it is possible now with just over a week to go before we head down to Springfield, MA for this year’s edition of the North American Alpaca Show, to see the light at the end…
The gang is all here
At least that can be said of the alpacas. The human contingent, on the other hand, is operating at perhaps 1/2 to 3/4 power after coming down with the cold/flu bug over the past several days (both of our…