As of this past weekend, virtually all of the animals that are going to be a part of our spring show strings over the next month and a half were together in one place, at the CCNF Main Barn. Specifically, all of the yearling females as well as any of the latest weaners that will…
We’re putting animals into an alpaca auction in Virginia…in the month of August. Hmm, why the sense of deja vu? đŸ˜‰ As those of you that have followed our ups and downs over the years may recall, we were fortunate for several years (2008 to 2010) to be part of a very special event, the National…
It’s that time again, when we look back at the previous year’s show winnings and howl at the moon for just a moment or two. 2012 marked Cas-Cad-Nac Farm’s 15th anniversary and as one might reasonably expect of a program that has been around that long, our winnings reflect the cumulative effect of careful and…
It has been an interesting few days here at the farm. Monday dawned with the news that one of our skinny mommas in the Arena’s warm room, Awesome Blossom, was stumbling around and eating sand. Never the the greatest start to any week. Though we knew that she had lost a lot of body condition…
Some parts of each year are just like this. We of course try to be as proactive as possible about things both in our family life as well as with stuff pertaining to the animals in the herd (as if that were really separate) but ultimately there come moments — and suspiciously they seem to…
We went to Nebraska last week hopeful that we would compete if nothing else. While we have certainly had our share of success stories at the Futurity over the years, there have also been many times when we have gone with animals we genuinely believed in only to have our you-know-whats handed to us. If…
