Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Seasons of Change
Hello again, out there in alpacadom! When last we spoke, it was mid-July, and somehow my brilliant wife had just survived the tightrope walk of skirting her 50+ fleeces for the National Fleece Show while simultaneously running the gauntlet of the heart of our birthing season as the head midwife here at CCNF. It was…
CCNF at the 2021 AOA National Fleece Show
Those of you that have followed us for some time now will know that we have always preached quality and consistency as the hallmarks of our breeding program. The ability to create consistent results and finishes in both the halter show ring (insert your own pandemic-related gag here, as we haven’t walked in circles at…
A Lamentation For An Old Friend: Snowmass Matrix Majesty, 2007-2021.
We are gutted to announce the passing of Snowmass Matrix Majesty, just shy of his 14th birthday. I’ve quite honestly been trying to write his obituary for almost 2 weeks now and it is the sort of thing that hangs over one’s head. As a livestock farm with over 250 animals, we constantly witness the…
Into Spring We Go With Light Visible at the End of The Tunnel
I woke up yesterday morning in our bedroom here on the farm, with only the gentle chatter of our ceiling fan and the first early-morning birdsong permeating my consciousness. As I made my way to the kitchen for coffee — two hungry kitties bounding ahead of me as always in eager anticipation of their breakfast…
The Great Wean-A-Rama of 2021
As I have covered before in this space, the infrastructure here on our farm means that the act of weaning crias from their dams here, when it finally does take place, is done in one move, with the youngsters leaving their dams’ side at the Arena and moving down and out of sight and ear…
Flying Under The Radar But Completely Worthy: CCNF Moonraker
Over the 24 years that we have been breeding and selling alpacas, we have had 2 or 3 genetic lines that have just shown again and again, generation after generation, their ability to consistently produce quality. It doesn’t mean they always hit (to wit: 3x Futurity Herdsire of the Year, CCNF Elixir, has 3 maternal…