There was great excitement amongst the Northern Irish alpaca community ahead of the first ever standalone alpaca halter show. And wow, what a great event! Held on the 6th November, we took a very small show team on a long journey to the Ecclesville Equestrian Centre in Fintona, Co. Tyrone. It was so nice to see lots of alpacas, many…
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For the second year we will be opening our gates on Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th September, to mark National Alpaca Farm Day – promoted and sponsored by British Alpaca Society. Come and meet our alpacas! We’ll be open between 11 am and 3 pm. Free entry but limited parking. Kids activities, tombola and more. For more details check…
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2020: What a year!
I’m amazed at how quickly 2020 whizzed by. With the restrictions on everyday life so curtailed I expected the months to drag by. Not so! So, here we are in 2021 already. Our fabulous two 2020 cria, Fancy and Fiddlesticks (Stix), were weaned just before Christmas. They still aren’t very happy about it but they’re not holding back on eating….
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What a strange year 2020 has been so far! Here we are in September, out the other side of the lockdown but with the coronavirus pandemic still very much a threat. One huge advantage of the lockdown was extra quality time with the alpacas – more time to do routine husbandry duties and less guilt after spending another couple of…
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Gosh – how time flies! The first 3 babies of 2019 have been weaned. They were separated from their mums just before Christmas. I suspect the mums thought it more of a Christmas present than the babies! Still, apart from me feeling so mean they settled really quickly. Ember and Pinky are still a bit young, so they’ll be weaned…
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Routine husbandry is obviously ongoing – but today was one of those busy husbandry days. As well as giving oral vitamin A, D & E paste to all of our gang, we trimmed feet, weighed and body condition scored everyone. [Sorrel and Bridget (and maybe Phoebe) may need to join Weight Watchers]! We also tried out our Pregtone scanner (with…
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