A girl for Wyonna

The last cria of the season was born today, a girl for Wyonna. I was in the barn getting the chores done and before I knew it the little thing was on the ground. Wyonna is an experienced mom and did not require any help at all.

The little one was on her feet in good time and has made her way out to the pasture.

It is late in the season so we will give Wyonna a winter rest and re-breed her in the spring.

Another win for Oreo

We sent some fleeces to the Navan Fair Alpaca Show which was held outside Ottawa on August 14-15.

Oreo's fleece won Black Champion and Toblerone's fleece took a first.

Maitland Launch Day

August 21 is Launch Day in Maitland NS. It is the anniversary of the launch of a boat into the Bay Of Fundy.

The town puts on a parade, events and local crafters set up displays. Somewhere around 300 or so people attended the event. Our table was a popular spot as people were keen to learn about Alpacas.

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Pasture rotation

The boy's side of the pasture was looking a little worse for wear so we began a pasture rotation program. We moved all the males to a larger pasture area behind and next to the ladies area.

This worked for about a day.

Perilli our main stud decided that now that he could clearly see the female herd, they all belonged to him. He put the run on the other males which defeats the purpose of the pasture rotation. We moved Perilli and a "buddy" back to the original area, leaving the rest of the herd (the young guys) by the girls.

They still hang out along the fence looking wistfully at the ladies but at least all is calm.

Toblerone's First Breeding

Now that our young studs are two years of age we are giving them a chance to breed. Toblerone got his shot a couple of weeks ago. It seems to have taken as Karmelita was not interested in the spit testing we did this weekend.

Barolo and Karmelita

Pictures from Barolo's first day.

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