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The sun has been shining but the fields are still waterlogged as every evening we seem to have another dose of heavy rain. I know the fields are bad as yesterday we had a heron wandering around one of the paddocks, I don’t know what it was hoping to find as we might be sodden but I don’t think we’ve any fish out there just yet. :0))

The Alpacas have settled nicely in to their new routine and are quite content ...

What’s going on? Having just checked the weather forecast yet again, tomorrow at midday the temp is set to be 8 degree’s and at midnight it will be 11 degree’s. What’s that all about? Do we all need to turn nocturnal?

That’s all I need after the last few days, phew I’m glad there over! Was I stressed on Wednesday? well if I was, it was nothing compared to waking up Thursday morning and finding my son still hadn’t finished his ...

The day draws ever nearer for Taffy,Woody and Hamilton, they are due to be castrated in a couple of weeks, It’s all booked, poor boys. It is all done very quickly and with a shot of local anaesthetic in their nether regions, they don’t feel a thing. These boys then will have a good life without ever having to worry about the females of their species.

This trio are smashing boys, lovely fleeces and great temperaments, the only reason they aren’t ...

It’s a little bit of a stressful household here at the moment, not I hasten to add due to the alpacas, they are all doing fine, even with the distinct lack of grass.

Mind there’s good news on that front, with the temperature finally hitting 10 degree’s here the spring grass will soon be making an appearance. It’s about time, I started to forget what proper green paddocks looked liked.

Now the temp has risen to that magic ten degrees and we ...

The snow goes and the sun comes out, but the alpacas are still in the barn, it’s such a shame, Why?

The answers is because of the horrendous rain storms we’ve been having for the last few nights. The paddocks are so water logged that I’ve made the decision only to let the Alpacas out for an hour or so just while I muck out the barn.

The next few weeks with the rain that the weather men have forecast I think my best ...

This weekend we spit tested the girls to confirm they were still pregnant. I usually don’t bother towards the end of their pregnancies because normally it’s very apparent.

However after being wintered mainly in the barn and in very close contact with me throughout, they are not the slightest bit grumpy. Which is great but left me feeling a bit concerned, especially as a good number of them were maidens.

The maidens are a bit more unsure of themselves and it’s a ...

I woke up this morning to brilliant sunshine and green fields, the snow had all been washed away by the rain through the night. Hooray!!! not for the rain but for the disappearing snow.

The alpacas couldn’t believe their eyes when I opened the barn door and they looked out at green fields, they were so shocked, they were reluctant to leave the barn at first, the big babies.

It wasn’t long though before they were chasing me up the race, to ...

An early blog today I think as the weather forecast promises eight degrees and no wind this afternoon and I have every intention of being outside and ready just in case, I don’t want to risk missing summer 🙂

Plus it also means that while I’m busy with coffee in hand tapping away on my lap top composing my early blog, Neil gets to do the mucking out.

I don’t have a smiley button big enough for the end of the previous ...

We’ve had alpacas in the snow, alpacas in the wind and rain and for the last few days we’ve had alpacas enjoying the sunshine. I say alpacas in the wind, rain and snow, with a little smile because my pampered herd never have to cope with that weather at all. They were tucked up nice and snug in the barn, I’m such a soft touch 🙂

My last blog contained pictures of the boys rear ends, so today I thought I’d ...