In the life of the alpaca, their year really begins with shearing. All things, like in the church calendar that begins with Easter, begins with the shedding of the old, the harvest, and beginning anew.
We had shearing day Monday, April 7, 2008 and they were so glad to get that hot blanket off. Can you imagine a 6 inch deep fleece in 70 degree weather? Well, it is going to get cool this weekend and we have to remember that Mother Nature sometimes deals another hand!
We have a cria due tomorrow from Tiarra, a PP Victor daughter and we are excited for her. She is truly the "grand dam" of this family.
All the babies look so cute in their new hair-dos. We had a safe day and becaue of the threatening weather we got it all done in one day and boy am I glad. Machos were done late in the day. They really were getting heavy blankets and heat stress can be a real threat to their health.
So, we are good for one more year.
The photo that you see is Tiarra with last year's cria. His name is CumLaude. He is a year olkd now and quite the little man. Millenium's Candeaux is his sire. The new baby will be a full brother or sister . Candeaux does such a great job on his progeny. this photo won a first place ribbon at our national conference last year. Good,huh?
We had shearing day Monday, April 7, 2008 and they were so glad to get that hot blanket off. Can you imagine a 6 inch deep fleece in 70 degree weather? Well, it is going to get cool this weekend and we have to remember that Mother Nature sometimes deals another hand!
We have a cria due tomorrow from Tiarra, a PP Victor daughter and we are excited for her. She is truly the "grand dam" of this family.
All the babies look so cute in their new hair-dos. We had a safe day and becaue of the threatening weather we got it all done in one day and boy am I glad. Machos were done late in the day. They really were getting heavy blankets and heat stress can be a real threat to their health.
So, we are good for one more year.
The photo that you see is Tiarra with last year's cria. His name is CumLaude. He is a year olkd now and quite the little man. Millenium's Candeaux is his sire. The new baby will be a full brother or sister . Candeaux does such a great job on his progeny. this photo won a first place ribbon at our national conference last year. Good,huh?
MCMx
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