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…
There were some heavy hearts around here late yesterday afternoon. Though we had known it was coming for quite some time, yesterday was a tough one as we finally made the decision to put down both Legacy Gold and 5P Cangalli. LG, who had lost most of his teeth (front and back) over the past…
Last week at this time there were still 5 of our females left to deliver their babies this year. While that would be all well and good in the early fall when nighttime temperatures don’t tend to drop much lower than the 40s, when there are crias due and there’s a hard frost on the…
Well, minus a couple of very small old dead trees coming down here on our road (small enough that no chainsaw was required), we made it through Sandy without a hitch. We didn’t even lose power. Our thoughts are with those folks elsewhere in the country who are still in the midst of what looks…
Last year at this time our state was still busy licking its wounds from Tropical Storm Irene, a weather event severe enough that had my maternal grandparents still been alive and roughly 100 years old, it would have easily rated as the worst natural disaster to hit Vermont in their lifetimes. Now here we are…
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…
