Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
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Now smile and say cheese!
Taking good pictures of alpacas requires some patience and a sustained sense of humor. Particularly when the alpacas in question are weaners. We (the we that was Jen and Kim while Ian sat at his desk/on the couch with the infamous ice bag) had just weaned a trailer load of 15 little buggers on Friday. So…
Miscarriage Today
So the reality when one breeds 65+ females is that you get to see a bit of everything over time. This morning the barn cleaning crew found a 6 month fetus on the north side of the Arena that we were quickly able to figure out had come out of Golden Bell, one of our…
A Neutered (but thankfully NOT gelded) Blogger
With all due respect to the Cleveland Cavaliers, their former superstar (and his sprained ankle), and the little war of words that’s gone on there over the past few weeks concerning karmic payback for this or that perceived slight…I submit the following simple tale: 1. man goes to Las Vegas, the city of sin and…
Show String Selection Time
Well it’s that time of the year again: the spring shows have all opened up their registration systems and now, after months of hemming and hawing, we have to name our team’s final rosters. Picking one’s show animals is something that I’m sure is done somewhat differently depending both upon the farm/ranch in question and…
Back to Reality
Sorry not to have posted anything for several days now, we (sans children) have been away in the mythical land of fairy tales and excess: Las Vegas, NV. The official reason for the trip was to see what the scene was like at the Priority auction being put on by several folks in this business…
New sales listings on the CCNF web site
So after stepping back for a while and not writing any new copy for sale animals post-National Elite Auction (read: sucking my thumb, feeling sorry for myself), that little hiatus is now officially over. We have begun the process of creating what really amounts to our first new private treaty sales listings in almost 4…