Richmond, Kentucky
- Heart of the Bluegrass -

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
   --Mohandas Gandhi

We will be spending the better part of early spring reseeding grass and fertilizing pastures, not to mention continuing to chain saw all our downed trees from the winter storms.  Late April or early May we plan to start shearing the alpacas, weather pending.  We advise to not shear alpacas until the nights are regularly above 45 degrees, otherwise you will have shivering alpacas.  When they lose their fleece, it is a sudden and rather dramatic change.  

Again it depends on the weather patterns, but if anyone is interested in helping shear alpacas this year, please go ahead and send an email or give us a phone call so we can notify you when we plan to start.  We will shear over the course of a few days as time allows and would welcome anyone to come and learn, and help too!  The more hands the better.  We find four people to be a good number to have on hand to keep the process moving smoothly.

Congratulations to Clayton, Carol Ann, and Pam of C2H2 Farm for their recent alpaca purchase.  It is wonderful to make new friends and may your alpaca ventures be exciting and fun.  From our farm to yours, cheers!

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/ 

"Catch me if you can!"

"Spring has arrived"

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.

In memory of our special gal...

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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.