Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Things that make you go yum!
Those of us that have done this for a while are well aware that a juvenile’s fleece can change radically over the course of a year. Not always necessarily for the better either. Though having said that it is rare for a cria which impressed us early on, to then flat line completely in their…
Quechua Benefit Charity Auction in Nebraska Tomorrow!
For those of you that might not be aware, the Quechua Benefit will be holding its annual charity auction and dinner tomorrow evening in conjunction with the Futurity. This is the organization’s major fundraising event of every calendar year and with the donated help of the good folks at Celebrity Sales they will be auctioning…
Green-up
There are signs of life appearing in the pastures here. Just 10 days ago the majority of our fields were still a tannish brown. Now all of a sudden after a week or relatively mild, if not warm, weather and a couple of days of soaking rain it seems the grass in our pastures is…
They’re off!
Not sure what the rest of you good people out there were doing this morning at 5AM? We thought we’d get the day started with a bang by loading 52 alpacas into trailers. Fortunately we were able to take turns backing each rig up to the central alley of the Main Barn and more or…
It’s raining it’s pouring…
…the alpacas locked outside aren’t snoring (I know it’s too many syllables, so sue me). They are however getting the layer of dust and static electricity taken out of their show fleeces! What does it say that in these circumstances the female show critters are all outside eating hay and just chilling in their paddocks…
Incubation
Bio-security and proper quarantine procedures are something which we take seriously here, though not on an OCD level. You will not find anyone “sanitizing” the dung pile areas here on a daily basis. I mean, really? I suppose if it makes you feel better then by all means have at it but it’s 5 to…