Posted By On Dec 2013 | 0 Comments
I really can’t believe it’s December all ready, where has the year gone? With the weather being so sunny and mild I’m finding it hard to get my head around Christmas being only a few weeks away.
In fact it’s so mild that if it wasn’t a priority to conserve the grass, the alpacas would still be out full time rather than spending the nights in the barn.
Ha! Ha! who am I trying to kid, watching all the alpacas queuing up ...
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Those alpacas sure like giving you a surprise and very surprised I was early on Thursday morning.
The day began as usual, wet π and so the evening before I’d popped my very heavily pregnant females along with Dora and little Wilson in the barn for the night.
Actually truth be known Dora insisted on being in the barn, definitely no surprises there π
As it happened I’d made the right choice as through the night we’d had some heavy showers. On waking ...
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I’ve spent the morning oohing and ahhing over the photo’s I took off all the cria that were born here this summer.
Are just a few..
Actually I lie! to earn my hour or so, in front of the log burner with my lap top full of images, first I had to muck out the barn, winter’s chore’s don’t you just love it? π
Those cute little alpaca’sΒ in my photo’s soon learn how to party in the barn every night, making a ...
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All’s quite on the alpaca front, apart from like most other alpaca breeders we are on a countdown to shearing day.
This is when we especially need the weather to be good, dry alpacas are essential for shearing.
I’m spending so much time checking the forecast on line, it’s beginning to feel like I have an addiction π
This morning at the moment, keeping fingers and toes crossed, looks to be the last of the rain until after our shearing day, which if ...
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Well hello again! it’s feels so long since I wrote my last blog that I’m struggling with where to begin. Not to worry I’m sure I’ll settle back into the swing of it again pretty quick, at least I hope I will π
We’ve had a great summer here on our alpaca farm. Lots of sunshine, lots of grass, lots of lovely visitors, lots and lots of beautiful cria and the icing on the cake was to enter two fleece shows ...
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Alpaca farmer to the rescue da da dah!
Can you picture me in my wonder woman costume, cardboard knickers and all?
I know don’t go there π
Cardboard knickers! You have to be at least my age to remember that TV series.
Actually it was more like yard shoes and a snatched sweat shirt, probably for the best wouldn’t want to frighten the natives, but I did sort of fly out the door at 10.30pm on Sunday evening.
Now I know your just itching to ...
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Two boys!, Two Fleece Shows! Two Supreme Champions! What a result!
August 2013 Hope Fleece Show Supreme Champion Honeyfield Intrepid.
October 2013 Heart Of England Fleece Show Supreme Champion Honeyfield Angelo.
That’s my boys!
To say I’m proud and honored is an understatement, I’m dancing!!!
The competition yesterday was really fierce, over a hundred and sixty fleeces were entered and the standard was absolutely amazing throughout all the classes.
Congratulations to everyone who entered and especially those awarded places.
To be awarded Supreme Champion over such competition ...
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What gorgeous weather on a bank holiday weekend too, wonders will never cease. Not to miss out on a photo opportunity I hot footed it out to the alpaca paddocks camera in hand.
Time to practice fleece shots on the boys π
From the results, I’m not sure I’m getting any better at it, but at least more of them were in focus this time and there were a lot less pictures of the floor, the sky and my manky looking hands ...
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Quality always, always stands out. To be up there with the very best, especially when working with elite white alpacas is a very difficult goal many strive to achieve.
After spending many years building our elite foundation herd, sourced from the very finest available genetics from around the world.
We are now in the position to assess the progress we have made through our own elite breeding programme.
Yesterday Honeyfield Alpacas proved it’s entitlement to carry that elusive title of Quality Elite Alpacas.
Five ...
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I’m afraid it looks like the creeping buttercups are winning, the alpaca paddocks are gradually turning yellow. Much as I enjoyed chopping the little blighters up with the lawn mower the following morning the blasted yellow weeds were waving their pretty little heads once again.
What a pain! and it is a pain because not only are buttercups quite toxic, they also over take the grass, my alpacas grass!
Those buttercups are on borrowed time, as soon as the wind drops they ...
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