We said goodbye on Sunday to arguably the single most prolific Herdsire in our breeding program’s 26-year history. That Elixir took his final breaths while in the arms of his primary life-long handler, was both a great privilege and incredibly hard for me in equal measure. That was more or less verbatim what I also…
Well, that was kind of fun actually! In the face of the Corona virus pandemic, the 2020 Futurity Sale was moved to a live online format, using the site Proxibid, with the entirety of the Celebrity Sales auction team simulcasting from different locations spread out between Oregon and Nebraska and…it actually worked. Well done team!…
After years of calendar conflicts with our then school-aged sons’ February breaks, we are thrilled to be consigning animals for the first time ever at the upcoming Amber Autumn Auction, to be held next month, February 21 & 22, in warm and sunny Phoenix, AZ! We of course wanted to make a bit of a…
It is never a good day when you discover (for the 2nd time as it turns out) that the young male you were hoping to represent your farm at a major national auction, in this case the Futurity sale, has a heart murmur. That we had originally identified said condition during his cria wellness exam, when he…
We are thrilled to announce that our young Champion male, CCNF Nativity, has been consigned to the upcoming Futurity alpaca sale, which will be held on April 18th in Kansas City, MO! For those that are not already aware, Nativity is the full sibling of 2012 Futurity Judges’ Choice winner, CCNF Elixir, and the maternal sibling…
Oh, we can almost smell it! “It,” in this particular case, being the end of the 2014 birthing season. In fact as I write this, there are only 6 females left at the Arena that are still due with their 2014 crias. This after starting the parade of birthing shenanigans back in May with a…
