2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

September 24-25, 2011

Our 5th Annual AOBA National Alpaca Farm Day open house was a great success.  I will include pictures shortly of this event.

Our first crias of the fall season are also due.

 

  

SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 1O

Six Alpaca mommas are due to give birth between September 10 and October 10, 2011.

Shadow is the first, followed by Brunetta, then  Jesse (a boarding alpaca), Goldilocks, Snowflake and Snowball. Last year our alpacas gave birth to all boys. Last year, Jesse  gave birth to a white female which has been named Precious. Shadow gave birth to a black cria which we named General Black Jackson. Brunetta produced a brown boy which was named Orion, Goldilocks had a fawn male which we named Golden Guy, Snowflake had a white male called Whiteout and Snowball had another white cria which we named Snowflurries. All our little boys have been sold and found new homes in Southeastern Missouri. I sure hope we get a few girls from these mamas this time.

New Arrivals!

Shadow had a little black female cria (11.2 lbs.) on Saturday morning, September 10. She escaped from her pen four times that first day and I said we have a little escape artist on our hands ....... a Houdini. We named her Houdinas, and call her Hootie.

Jesse had a little beige female cria (11.8 lbs.) on Sunday morning, September 18. Momma won't let me touch her little girl. When I want to weigh her, I have to snatch her up real quick and take off. The other day, when I bent down, she pulled my hair. We call this little girl Sunday Morning, "Sunny" is her nickname.

We had a surprise on September 22. Krinkles, who was due after October 10, gave birth to a little female. She also weighed 11 lbs. but was up and going within the hour. I must have made a mistake on my calculations which I still need to check out. Krinkles has had three males in a row and this is her first female. We call her Sweet Pea. She is a pretty fawn.