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It’s days like to day that make you, or maybe it’s just me :0)),want to burst out singing. It’s such a beautiful day and added to the previous week of sunshine that we’ve just had I really am feeling like a happy little bunny.

I’ve finally recovered from the weekend and should be using this good weather to start on the improvements that we’d planned for this year, but have I started?

The answer is no, I’m ambling along with out a ...

Another hot and sunny day on our alpaca farm, time for another blog post and guess what? Yippee! yes another cria has just arrived, this time a little lad.

Now I’ve given the game away and told you the sex, perhaps you’d like to have a guess at the colour?

There’s no prizes for guessing that one, if you know anything about my herd, he’s a beautiful shade of pure white. Are you at all surprised? 🙂

His mother is Harefield Touch of ...

What a busy weekend, I’m so shattered I can barely keep my eyes open and it’s only 3.30 pm.

Saturday started nice and early doing all the farm chores and alpaca husbandry. That completed in double quick time Neil and I left the farm in the capable hands of our off spring, Carly, Charlie and Lauren and headed of to Oswestry to attend my cousin Jason’s wedding.

What a great day, the sun was shinning, the bride Liz looked absolutely stunning and ...

That’s the weekend nearly sorted, jobs all done, Ha! Ha! not really, the job list is still to long for my liking and we definitely won’t ask Neil his feelings about the to do list, the air could get quite blue 🙂

Unfortunately our farm visit today had to be postphoned untill next week, which was a shame, but never mind the weather looks better next week and it’s much nicer spending time out with the alpacas on a nice warm ...

The weather has turned and we have been having glorious sunshine for the last couple of days. According to the forecast there’s no rain or snow due for at least the next ten days which is absolutely fantastic news. I hope I haven’t tempted fate by writing that:0))

The wet muddy fields and the sudden warm weather however can cause problems for the alpacas in the form of coccidiosis. These nasty little parasites loves warm wet muddy weather and can cause ...

It’s just a little bit cooler here on our alpaca farm today, about 22 degrees so they say. I don’t think it’s actually any cooler in reality, just that today there is a bit of a breeze which stops me feeling quite so scorched.

It looks like the temp is set to ramp up a notch or two for the weekend as 28 degrees is the forecast for Saturday, hot!

So girls, to those of you still hanging on to your cria, ...

Today was the day the vet was booked for a visit with three of our young male alpacas, Taffy, Woody and Hamilton.

These boys as I have already explained before, are of stud quality but here at Honeyfield we want to be known for only releasing stud males that are very special and all though it breaks my heart to castrate three such beautiful boys, with pedigree’s to die for, I’m adamant that only the very best should go on to ...

I’m so mean, but it was funny, although if I hadn’t hidden in the cabin I know I would have given in. Why?

Well last night as it was so warm and the grass has started to come through at last. I decided it was time for the alpacas to spend there first night of the year outside.

If it hadn’t been for the lack of grass they would have been out weeks ago and to be truthful most of the time ...