After a long deployment in Iraq, my sweetie, Jim Cocking, is finally home! Actually, he has been home a while. We’ve taken the last month to have a honeymoon. Kinda. As much as you can on a farm with a passel of kids and a herd of alpacas. So not much of one now that [...]
The other day I went out into the field, and what did I find? A new baby!
Amber had her little cria. It’s a girl, and she’s doing well, bopping around. Playing with the other little girl we had last week. Our next cria are due today so we are on baby watch again for four [...]
The other day the kids & I went to my mother’s house to celebrate her birthday. Before I left I checked on the alpacas. The two girls who were (over)due looked fine so we left and had a fun day with my parents in Gulf Shores. I intended to be back before dark, but got [...]
This weekend alpaca farms across America will be hosting National Alpaca Farm Days on their alpaca farms. Our farm, Fairhope Alpacas, in beautiful Fairhope, Alabama will be open to the public on Saturday & Sunday, September 24 & 25th both days from 1-5 pm.
To find a farm near you, visit the National Alpaca Farm Days [...]
A few of us Southern alpaca breeders were discussing this topic on Facebook recently. Alpacas are induced ovulators so we can determine when we want our alpacas’ to breed. (It’s actually really convenient.)
What is this induced ovulation? you ask. That means that the act of breeding/intercourse is what causes the female alpaca to ovulate. I [...]
Jim and I bought our very first alpaca together. When we saw this little guy, Challenger’s Sir Charles, he stopped us both in our tracks. He was so cute and fluffy. He had so much presence!
Jim and I are supposed to be immune to that kind of charm, right? I mean we are both seasoned [...]
photo by Janice Buttitta of Desert Mountain Alpaca Ranch
I just love this photo. Janice says that this little puppy, Sophia, pictured here, weighed less than 10 lbs, and the alpacas hardly paid attention to her.
Participating in Wordless Wednesdays.
Photo by Val Newell of The Green Alpaca
A friend of mine was recently dealing with a cria whose temperature she couldn’t get to go down and stay down. After thinking about it, I realized there are several reasons why a cria might have a high temperature, particularly in the summer. A brief discussion on the [...]
“Liquid Gold” Photo by Val Newell of The Green Alpaca
Recently I was asked the Question: Have I ever had to milk a female alpaca? And did I have some tips…
Yes, I’ve had to milk an alpaca. Too many times, actually. And it’s difficult. You need 2 people or a chute usually to hold the [...]
Pretty Mya in the beautiful fields out West.
Above is one of the latest additions to our herd. Our farm, Fairhope Alpacas has recently acquired the girls from the Windy Ridge herd. We are so excited to add 20 amazing females to our herd. Later this Spring we will be sending our herdsire SCA Peruvian Magnum [...]
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