Rambling

Today was a day to work with the crias. Shooter got his first experience with a halter. He did very well wearing it around the pen. Once he relised it was not going to slow down his ability to eat he could have cared less. He stood in the cria pen and ate kibble like a big guy. In the last two weeks all of the cria have discovered grain but do not want to go into the cria pen where they can free feed. They want to sneek it out of their mother bucket during feeding time And although the mothers put up with them eating some you know that they feel cheated that they have to share.
Melody who does not have a cria has been letting Shooter know her food bucket is off limits but for some reason he thinks hers has something special in it. So he continues with his persistance to get just a mouth full or so.
Speaking of food.... I just heard that Dr Evans is coming out with a new food through Buckyee. I am interested to hear all about it. I may have to give it a try and see how the alpacas like it.

Ready for Winter

We have been trying to get ready for winter with the Alpacas. One of the projects that we have been planning for is putting in automatic waters. They arrived here about a month ago but the guy who was going to put them in has been very busy. We have called him every couple of days explaining to him how we are carrying water now that the hose is frozen. It took a number of calls before he finally put us to the top of his list. On Tuesday he began the process of putting them in. We are so excited. This will make winter so much easier and I think it will be great for the Alpacas having fresh water when they drink.

The cria's are growing so fast and are so independent. Shooting Star has decided that he no longer wants to be treated like a little alpaca. He is far to old for that and has declared his independence. His way of doing that is taking charge of the other little boys in the group and making sure that they are following his lead. Most of the time that means playing when he says play. Ok, its not too hard to get them to go along but the mothers are not wild about the idea that these boys are old enough to go out on their own.

Welcome to Our Blog

Welcome! I've set up this blog as a place to talk about our life with alpacas. We have been working with them for two years now and what a great experience it has been. I often find myself after the chores are done just standing and staring at the alpacas as they hang out in the field. They are such peaceful animals.

As we grow our alpaca herd we want to share our experiences, what we learn and all of the joys of being a part of this business of raising alpacas.

Our joy today was watching the girls head out to the pasture with four cria born this year by their sides. The crias were so excited to be out in the cold grass that they played chasing each other for the longest time. As soon as one would want to stop another would come up and softly tug at his/her leg and off they would go again. Who can run the fastest was the name of the game today. It was funny to see that the fastest one turned out to be a little brown boy who was just born two weeks ago. Talk about a proud little guy. As we enjoyed watching them run his mother did not see the enjoyment in watching her boy venture farther and farther away from her. You have to keep an eye on those little ones every min. :)