Another Little Lady
Another alpaca cria, and I was thrilled to find it was another girl at that! This one was jet black and added to the little [...]
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01, 2009
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01, 2009
Bringing the Cows Home
It was time for the cows to be vaccinated and drenched for worms and parasites. The new bull calves also needed to be tagged with [...]
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01, 2009
Ric’s lucky find
Early every morning Ric goes for a walk around the property, checking on the stock and looking for new arrivals. On this morning, he made [...]
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01, 2009
Want to be my friend?
The little donkey foal now has a name. Courtesy of my nieces Courtney and Stephanie who’ve been visiting, he’s been named Wee Jasper – although [...]
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01, 2009
How quickly they grow
Remember that little cria born a few days ago to North Star? Here she is again looking all grown up with a very ordinary looking [...]
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01, 2009
Click Go the Shears Boys!
Summer time brings with it many of those seasonal jobs you’d really rather do when it’s not so hot! Like shearing the alpacas. This would [...]
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01, 2009
A little one wobbly on her pins
We’re doing a lot better this season with the alpaca crias (babies). While the boys and girls are just as cute, there’s not much of [...]
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01, 2009
Thick as Thieves
Millie and Baby have been at it again. They dug out of the yard at the farm late in the afternoon after we got home [...]
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01, 2009
A Donkey Goodbye
Well 2008 was a successful year of breeding for us in one area only: donkeys! We ended up with quite a few foals which is [...]
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01, 2009
New Year, New Beginnings
So it’s already 2009, who can believe it? I’ve set a lot of resolutions for the farm – like finally planting those tree lines we’ve [...]