Since my last blog life has become even more exciting than it was before. I’ve been introduced to the world of noodling. This all came about when Barbara was asked to judge a fleece show in Germany. As this journey involved getting on planes and trains, I was taken along to ensure Barbara didn’t end… Read more »

What is a Stockmans eye? Sue Loach – 26th November 2021 What is a Stockman’s Eye When I started keeping Alpacas 16 years ago, having had horses for most of my life, I was under the assumption (wrongly) that being a farmer was going to be much easier than keeping horses.  I assumed (wrongly again!)… Read more »

We, like others, have had a prolonged birthing season which is finally over. Our first dam, a well grown maiden, had clearly read the instructions & started labouring shortly before 5am & first check of the day. By 1pm she was in established labour & we watched from a distance, eagerly awaiting her first cria.… Read more »

Last weekend saw the first National Alpaca Farm Day for us all.  I have to say I agreed to take part with some degree of trepidation, and I spent as much time worrying about whether anyone would turn up as I did about being overrun. We decided that we would offer mini walks , just… Read more »

As I write this I am preparing for a large Camelid Dynamics course to be run on my farm, with a trainer coming from the USA and learning is at the forefront of my mind. It is exciting to feel we can get back to face to face learning. Useful as Zoom has been, for me… Read more »

  It has been a lovely Summer down at the farm, with our small group of cria. I dare say we have had a relatively easy year. However, our biggest success hasn’t been related to one of our own cria, it has been helping a special little alpaca called Prince! Prince’s mum wasn’t producing much,… Read more »