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 [...]
As a newbie to the alpaca business, I remember visiting a large farm when the owner’s walkie-talkie alerted her to say a new cria had been born. Excitement spread through the farm the way a human “wave” rolls through a stadium. That owner told me, “Everything always stops when a cria is born.”
And sure enough. [...]
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 [...]
President’s Day was busy at our house. Our twins were in a Mardi Gras parade so we were off the farm most of the day. We came back to find an unexpected cria. None of our dams were due for a few more days so we weren’t really looking for any new cria…
Yet here was [...]
The First Cria of Fall Arrives
Alpacas gestate for 11-12 months. The wait is long. On our farm we take a break from birthing July-October because of the weather. It has been awhile since we’ve had a cria (baby alpaca) born here.
So Bella picked this lovely Autumn day to give birth to a precious little male [...]
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