Things are winding down as we conclude our 2018 Cria season. The busiest birthing season we have had in several years, it welcomed 4 cria into the herd as they hit the ground running. On top of being very busy, this was an exciting season for us as we prepared to try out several maiden dams, pairing them with our champion male Bocelli. We tested him last year with Roxene and were blown away with what he produced in Erasmus. Needless to say, our hopes were high this season, and boy did he and ...

Finally, after two weeks of shearing (and more than a little bit of waiting for the rain storms to subside) we are pleased to say that everyone is now tastefully naked and ready for summer (by everyone, we do mean the alpacas!). 

Now that shearing is completed, the next hurdles we face are both breeding and birthing season. We're ...

Cria season 2014 seems to be winding down, as the final two cria of the expected 4 pregnancys from last year are on the ground. As already mentioned in the previous shearing post, both Angel and Hespera graced us with two lovely fawn males out of Hummer and Prudence prespectively.

Next to drop was Armelia, with a stunning little fawn female out of Ernie and Denise's grey male Low & Order. In honour of her sire, we have decided to name her "Lady Justice", though her call name will be...