Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
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Promotion to the Stud Barn Part 2: CCNF Invictus
We had some suspicions about this young fellow when he first hit the ground. He just looked other. Admittedly when we bred Invictus’ dam Opal with his sire, Precocious, we were hoping for something a little darker than beige. Though Precocious is a white Futurity Champion he comes from a paternal line (Jeremiah/Jericho) just as…
What DO you do with a drunken sailor?
Happy new year everybody, we’ve got wifi! Not enough bandwidth to pick up today’s Arsenal/Fulham match but beggars can’t be choosers. The Lutz and Young clans are currently (and happily it must be said) bobbing around the BVI in the 50′ catamaran, Freedom Seeker. Lots of sailing, reading (I’m currently on Keith Richards’ autobiography), game…
Promotion to the Stud Barn Part 1: CCNF Tenacious
We were truly gutted earlier this year when we lost our beloved foundation female, Tessora, to a virulent inner ear infection. Though she was only with us for 5 or 6 years, her influence here was profound and will continue to be felt for years to come. There are not that many alpacas here in…
All aboard…
Phew! We just got through the craziness that was the Christmas weekend and with the exception of Maxy fighting off a minor viral bug (knocking on wood) he picked up from his cousins, it seems we the humans of CCNF are all unscathed and happy. Wish I could say the same was true at all…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everybody! To those of you of other persuasions, enjoy the proverbial Chinese food and the empty movie theaters, I hear that’s pretty great too! We’re gathered here with the extended Lutz family from Cambridge, MA (my mom and dad) and NYC (sister, brother, and two nieces) taking in the whole occasion. The kids…
Weanerific
Amidst the happy chaos of the extended Lutz family arriving yesterday to spend Christmas with us here on the farm, we also weaned the eldest members of the 2011 birth class, bringing them down to live in the Main Barn for the next 5 months or so. While psychologically traumatic on the crias themselves in…