Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Incubation
Bio-security and proper quarantine procedures are something which we take seriously here, though not on an OCD level. You will not find anyone “sanitizing” the dung pile areas here on a daily basis. I mean, really? I suppose if it makes you feel better then by all means have at it but it’s 5 to…
A day in the life: the calm before…
We were over having dinner at my Godparents’ house last night in the town of Hartland, VT and it was amazing to still see between 1 and 2 feet of snow on the ground. With the exception of the small glacier that still plagues the shaded back of our house — and therefore our grill…
Another puzzle piece arrives at CCNF
Part of the deal last year that brought Snowmass Elite Legend into the fold both here and at Tripping Gnome Farm (EL is co owned by CCNF/TGF and Quechua Enterprises) also involved a straight-up partnership between ourselves and Snowmass Alpacas on their Champion fawn Herdsire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty. Elite Legend was pretty much the perfect…
Then there was this guy!
We were very excited when our lone high-end grey production girl, Maid Marian, gave birth to a grey Ring of Fire son last summer! Whether I had Gandalf on the mind or just a little word play going on, I think he was named Smoke Ring not long after he was dry. I remember going…
Consistent Quality
Last weekend was a coming out of sorts for the Precocious kids in our show string. When we bought half of their dad from the Forstners at Magical Farms a couple of years ago we obviously had very high hopes for what he could do for us and our breeding program. Having said that though,…
Ten and out: NAAS 2011 and the storm that wasn’t.
I headed down to Springfield, MA last Thursday with my laptop and great intentions of getting on and posting at least once or twice while we were down at the North American Show itself. You know: kind of a live and on the scene type of thing! Of course I also went down there promoting…