Why we waited to do the 3rd round of weaning for the 2012 birth class until the coldest day yet in January was perhaps lost on all of us but oh, well. There were some monsters in this group too, with several of them near or over the 100 lb. mark. Of all the criticisms…
Some big news here. We are pleased to announce that after 2 1/2 years of co-owning Snowmass Elite Legend in partnership with both Snowmass Alpacas and Tripping Gnome Farm, that we have recently traded our interest in Elite Legend back to Snowmass in return for their remaining interest in Snowmass Matrix Majesty (of whom we…
Bits and pieces from the brain of the CCNF blogger: The partially failed Turkey brining experiment nothwithstanding, I think it means that the just completed extended Thanksgiving weekend was a smashing success when the only thing I can complain about today is that my quads are still sore from hiking up to the top of…
The first batch of 2012 crias that were born back in May have now all been weaned and moved down from the Arena. As such, the Main Barn is temporally a bit of a whiney place again as the newly arrived weaners adapt to life without their dams. In our experience some are pretty much…
With our return home this past Sunday evening from the Vermont show, we concluded four straight weekends of alpaca events. Though fun throughout, the last three weekends have involved Jen and I being away from home three days of each week and sleeping in hotel beds of variable quality. At least Sam and Max were…
Having unloaded the trailer from Syracuse show last night and gotten the show animals back into their pens by 9:15 or so, yours truly was home for all of 10 hours before heading back onto the road earlier today to bring Cameron back to our partner’s farm (Emelise Alpacas) in NJ. Oh, woe is you…
