Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Herd health day interrupted for the right reasons
With our kids’ Thursday afternoon ski program scheduled to start up this week, what could have been a rather scattered day filled with multiple commutes in two different directions, instead got fairly straightforward when Mother Nature intervened and gave us our first snow day of 2012. There I was, shortly after 6AM, refreshing the school…
Back at it
We just got home last night after 12 marvelous days away in the BVI sailing with the Young clan. Other than a slightly finicky onboard generator, the time afloat was essentially flawless. I still have Kelsey Young’s good natured (and slightly naughty in the best sense of the word) cackle burned into my auditory memory…
Promotion to the Stud Barn Part 2: CCNF Invictus
We had some suspicions about this young fellow when he first hit the ground. He just looked other. Admittedly when we bred Invictus’ dam Opal with his sire, Precocious, we were hoping for something a little darker than beige. Though Precocious is a white Futurity Champion he comes from a paternal line (Jeremiah/Jericho) just as…
What DO you do with a drunken sailor?
Happy new year everybody, we’ve got wifi! Not enough bandwidth to pick up today’s Arsenal/Fulham match but beggars can’t be choosers. The Lutz and Young clans are currently (and happily it must be said) bobbing around the BVI in the 50′ catamaran, Freedom Seeker. Lots of sailing, reading (I’m currently on Keith Richards’ autobiography), game…
Promotion to the Stud Barn Part 1: CCNF Tenacious
We were truly gutted earlier this year when we lost our beloved foundation female, Tessora, to a virulent inner ear infection. Though she was only with us for 5 or 6 years, her influence here was profound and will continue to be felt for years to come. There are not that many alpacas here in…
All aboard…
Phew! We just got through the craziness that was the Christmas weekend and with the exception of Maxy fighting off a minor viral bug (knocking on wood) he picked up from his cousins, it seems we the humans of CCNF are all unscathed and happy. Wish I could say the same was true at all…