Adventures in birthing

Adventures in birthing

What were you doing Wednesday morning @ 6AM? Personally, I was snuggled all nice and cozy underneath the quilt on our bed in that lovely state of semi-consciousness one gets to experience when you have already woken up but are just lying there thinking about the day ahead or perhaps, more importantly, nothing at all….

Wedding bells again!

Wedding bells again!

There must be something in the water around this place. Congratulations to our friend and long time CCNF staffer, Jason Godin and his new bride Tina! We were all happy to attend — yours truly was actually the best man — a small ceremony at their house just down the hill on Sunday afternoon, where…

CCNF Tenacious: ready to go!

CCNF Tenacious: ready to go!

We are pleased to announce that our 2 year old Champion Herdsire, CCNF Tenacious, now has his first confirmed pregnancy and is officially available for outside stud services! Though admittedly not quite as much of natural at the whole breeding act the way his older brother Invictus was, practice as they say…well, you get the…

Baby BOOM

Baby BOOM

The alpacas here at CCNF could care less that their herd manager has been off for the past week making wedding vows, changing her name, and  doing all that gooey cuddly stuff that newlyweds do like staring into each other’s eyes just because they can (hey, been there, done that: it’s pretty great actually…but I…

C-section update…

C-section update…

Big news two days ago when we found out that our super female, La Boheme, was pregnant again for the first time since giving birth to her daughter Musette via cesarean section! “Giving birth” might not quite be the best turn of phrase here given the drama that was involved at the time but you…