Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Empire state of mind
I really do enjoy being at alpaca shows once we’re there at a given event, all setup and actually doing our thing. Not only is showing alpacas perhaps the easiest marketing exposure one can get but the opportunities to hang out with friends and network with other breeders, both new and experienced alike, are really…
Avenger’s first cria at CCNF
While we were off last weekend walking in circles at the Green Mountain Show, our four year old Herdsire, CCNF Avenger, very quietly wrote his name in the annals of our breeding program. Avenger is a son of Archangel and CPeruvian Stacey, a rather grumpy but nonetheless highly valued member of our foundation herd that’s…
All In
Well, that was fun! We got home last night after a weekend away at the Green Mountain show in Essex Jct., just a short hour and forty minute drive north of us. Though we obviously take pride in our show results (2 Champions, 3 Reserves) what was even more gratifying than winning colored nylon was…
Rinsing the dust out
We both looked at each other gleefully this morning when we heard the patter of rain on our roof. Nothing can kill the appearance of a great alpaca fleece after all like days of dry weather combined with a good dust bath these critters like to give themselves. So it was that after tending to…
Gearing up the whole team
Oh man, I’m almost giddy: I just looked at the calendar and saw that there are really only 2.5 weeks left in our kids soccer season! Does that mean I’m not a true soccer dad? So be it. Much as I love watching them play it is safe to say that the 5 day a…
Mama drama
File this one under “careful what you wish for, it just might come true!” When I mentioned the other day that things around the farm had been a little dull and repetitive of late, I perhaps said it a bit too loudly. Way to go and apply the jinx meathead! After 14 years and hundreds of…