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| June
23, 2008 |
May and
June have been very busy (and good) months at Foxwood Farm.
We got all our shearing completed just before the 90 degree days
hit. We had some great help this year from Kate Gilbert
(President of the local Humane Society) and also good friend,
Hannah Bilgeri - special thanks to them both. Kate, we are
very sorry for the spit you received this year! At least you
were warned? :)
Late May brought the addition of a
new gorgeous solid black cria (named Tikimon) out of Tullipan and
Windy Hill Shemlon. We were hoping for a solid black male
and now we have him. He looks very promising as a future
herdsire.
Next in line came a spectacular new
light fawn female cria (named Rembrant's Delight) out of Chili
Wili and Snowmass Rembrant. She surely is a
"delight" and is completely loaded with the cork-screw
crimp that we expected. She is our first cria on the ground
from our new herdsire, Rembrant, and we could not be more
thrilled. We have 3 more cria due this year from Rembrant
and we are anxiously awaiting their arrival.
Pictures to come soon of our new
cria.
Other happenings: Our alpaca
manure has been a hit this year as a few locals have discovered
how great it is for their gardens. I collect every bean
knowing it has a wondrous purpose. It is walking off the
farm just as quickly as I can collect it.
We also have adorable kittens for
adoption, as is typical each and every year about this time.
We foster kittens in need through the Humane Society, Animal
League for Life. Some of the adoptable kittens can be viewed
here: http://www.humanesocietyall.com/adoptable_animals/
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| April
24, 2008 |
The first
cria of the year has arrived so we would like to give a warm
welcome to little Zippo! He was up and at 'em within twenty
minutes. Zippo weighed in at 18 lbs, 7 ounces. He
quickly found his legs and can be found racing around the pastures
just before dusk. Zippo is pictured below at two days old.
"Catch me if you can!" |
| April
22, 2008 |
"Spring has arrived" |
| Feb
21, 2008 |
Winter is
dragging on and on and on ... We are fighting the mud as we have
had more than enough rain this winter. The pastures were
already stressed from last year's drought and now everything is a
mess. Hopefully we will have a really green spring and
bounce back to the once lush pastures.
We have several cria due this
spring. The first is due in late April, then one in mid June
and two in July. We are very excited as always to welcome
the new crias into the world. It's such a wonderful time to be on
the farm.
We plan to start shearing in May,
weather permitting. If you would like to watch and/or help
out while we shear, we could always use the extra hands. We
will need help holding and handling the animals and putting fleece
in bags as it comes off the animals. It's a great learning
experience. Please email or call if you would like to join
us on one of our shearing days. |
| May
13, 2007 |
In memory of our
special gal...
For
more pictures of Gizmo, please look here
and smile. |
| April
20, 2007 |
Ore Hill
Wili (finally) gave birth to a beautiful male cria today, Cool
Hand Luke. He weighed in at a large 19 lbs and, was up and
nursing in no time. This little Chilean male seems to have
an extra bounce in his step and postures himself very
well.
Click
here to see Cool Hand Luke |
| March
23, 2007 |
We are
anxiously awaiting the birth of our first spring cria as Wili is
due any day now. Shemlon's first offspring is due in May so
we are especially looking forward to seeing if he passes on the
great characteristics of his sire, My Peruvian Marriott.
We anticipate that we will be
shearing alpacas in May. If you would like to participate
(watch, learn, help), please contact us in advance for more
information. |
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