In the run-up to the 2010 National Elite Alpaca Auction & Halter Show, which is being held November 6th & 7th at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City this year, we will be taking some short breaks (13 to be exact) from my usual ramblings to highlight our consignments to this, the 4th edition of the…
Just a small addendum to the geriatric article posted earlier today: PPeruvian Senora was just ultrasounded pregnant this morning at what one would estimate (ARI does not list a DoB, funnily enough) is approximately 18 years of age given that her first registered cria was born in 1995. For trivia’s sake the current breeding is…
Given that we have known each other for less than a decade, we have quickly amassed quite a history with our friends Ryen and Ursula Munro of Tripping Gnome Farm. Though the professional and the personal don’t always blend well, we feel very blessed that in this case they have. There are times of the…
This is the story, seen from Cas-Cad-Nac’s perspective, of how a superlative young Herdsire came to join our ranks. For the other side of the same story, one that is admittedly missing the elements of darkness and loss, check out Scott Young’s excellent narrative here. When we lost our beloved and iconic Herdsire, SuperNova, this…
Nothing gets judged quite as harshly on this farm as a white male alpaca. From the moment one of those little guys is born they are subjected to incredible scrutiny, far far more so than their female counterparts. Remember that the goal is to look at one of these guys and say “yeah, give me…
