Alpacas – Making Difficult Decisions About Their Care
Alpacas like all animals can have health issues. Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions about their future care. Several years ago I wrote [...]
A Birthday Surprise
I'm sure I said somewhere that I'm not a fan of surprises. This one was a birthday surprise! It snowed on my birthday, just [...]
Alpacas and the Never Ending Winter
The driveway under snow. Alpacas and the never ending winter - how do they cope? Since the two leggers on this farm [...]
A New Alpaca Cria on the Farm
After 355 days, our spring cria decided to make an appearance! His dam, Oh My Oh My, (aka Pea) was a first time mom [...]
A Surprise Cria – Mom Has No Milk.
I am not a fan of surprises, whether good or bad. I certainly don't like them in the early hours of the morning when my [...]
Alpacas – Dealing with Heat and Humidity
Alpacas find dealing with heat and humidity in summer challenging. We have found they can learn to adapt if we give them some support. It [...]
Alpacas – the ‘golden oldies’.
I read recently that the oldest sheep recorded in the Guinness Book of Records was 28 years and 51 weeks old! That made me think [...]
Alpacas in Winter
It may not be officially winter but the cold weather with it's freezing blasts has certainly arrived. After the long stretch of above average temperatures [...]
Heat and alpacas in late pregnancy
Summer in Kansas is hot and humid. Winter is cold. When choosing breeding dates for alpacas, we have to consider the weather. The ideal spring [...]
Alpaca Crias in Black and White
The waiting game is over and we have two lovely female cria, one black, one white. The gestation times for these little ladies were 363 [...]