Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
The Year End Sale – Just 2 Weeks Left!
The title really says it all so I wont belabor the point. Suffice it to say that there are some pretty special genetics — both males and females — availaible at some very reasonable prices (25% off our listed prices) for 14 more days. We haven’t exactly been sitting still either. Amongst some of the…
Sometimes we never seem to learn but we’ll keep trying!
We just finished December herd health the other day, which was no no great shakes given that it was a non-toenail month. All told it probably took maybe 4 hours? I was honestly only involved at the Arena, Jen and Kimberly having whipped out the Main Barn and the Stud Barn on their own, and…
PPeruvian Senora, RIP
We lost our herd elder on Friday night. PPeruvian Senora (the 2 “Ps” signifying that she was part of the second Peruvian importation into the US in 1993) had joined us already a well-aged lady — in alpaca years — back in 02/03 as part of the deal that made us the then co owners…
Hey baby, what’s your name?
The time arrives each fall when after months of talking about the members of a given year’s birth class as “so-and-so’s cria,” we actually get down to the nitty gritty of naming these little buggers for real. For the most part that task falls to yours truly with Jen and Kim chiming in now and…
Happy Thanksgiving
Hope everyone has a good time today wherever you may be! We’re headed off to Jen’s folks’ place in East Barnard, VT, about a 45 minute drive from here to eat and hang with her extended family. Have scalloped potatoes, can travel. While I truly am into the reflective and gratitude giving nature of the…
Mop-up duty
The cria-making season is quickly winding down here. I can tell you with some assurance that the final scheduled breeding of 2011 will be on December 1st. There are however a couple of females we may end up having to make exceptions for beyond that date because of some special circumstances. All things being equal…