Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
North American Alpaca Show
So as some of you may know Jen and I (with a strong emphasis on Jen) have been one of three groups of people that have together helped to run the North American Alpaca Show since its inception in 2002. Our partners in crime over that time have been Kevin O’Leary and Deb Shields of…
Storm update
This is a picture of the 4′ snow drifts that have developed outside our back door. The weather report is now calling for us to get @ 30″ of snow! The local ski areas must be beside themselves with delight given that this is happening right before one of their biggest weekends (MLK) of the…
Snow Day!
Maybe it’s because I’m still a child at heart but I find that I get as giddy as my kids do whenever school gets called off. This morning the three of us made celebratory pancakes. All snow days are made better by an early morning sugar high after all! Of course some of my happiness…
Walking In a Weaner Wonderland
weaner wean·er (wee-ner) -noun 1. A recently weaned animal. 2. A recently weaned alpaca at Cas-Cad-Nac Farm that behaves as if its world has come to an end while also constantly and simultaneously enquiring whether you, their shepherd, have any milk. So the first crias from the 2010 birth class have left their dams behind…
Mischief Managed
So herd health day yesterday wasn’t really so bad after all. Though it started out in the two smaller lower barns with just Jen, Kim, and myself by the time we started on the Arena, where the vast majority of the herd lives, we had a full compliment of victims: 2 holder/shot givers, 2 nail…
Happiness is a warm veterinary tote
…and brand new sharp clippers!