People are always asking me how we choose the names for our new baby alpacas (called cria). Here are the top ten ways we do it.
1. Look at the cria and see if he or she is just “looks” like a certain name or if the situation calls for something special. For example, when “George” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever had a teacher tell you that you were unprepared?
I was the definition of unprepared the morning of a very important farm visit recently. In fact, I didn’t even know he was coming until about 15 minutes until I was supposed to leave to go and pick him up at the airport, thanks [...]
This little beauty was recently born to Sonyadore and our 5x Champion herdsire SCA Peruvian Shawnee. Congratulations to our friends and clients the Lees on the birth of this lovely little girl. Thanks to Cindy Labbie for sharing the photo.
Alpaca Cria Races
Thanks to Carol Karsten of Hidden Hill Farm Alpacas for contributing this photo of her cria racing around the barnyard.
Participating in Wordless Wednesday.
Here she is! The little girl who brought up so many good genetic questions the other day on Twitter. The Murphy’s Law baby. The one I just knew was going to turn out this way.
You see, in the alpaca business, a blue-eyed white is not really the desired outcome. This white with blue eyes is [...]
Each cria season I have some favorites. Occasionally I fall hard for one. Like George here, who was born on President’s Day. He makes me weak in the knees.
Happy Wordless Wednesday.
My husband, the Artist, loves animals. He loves the alpacas. He, himself, is so tenderhearted that he probably never would have chosen a business that brought with it the inevitability of animals dying. We all feel sad when an alpaca passes away on the farm, but I’ve long suspected that the Artist takes it the [...]
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