life... on the farm: Now he's full of it

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Now he's full of it

They said Lightning would perk up after he got the plasma. We didn't really believe it because he seemed plenty perky. But he is pronking much more now, and trying to play with the other alpacas. Maddie wants nothing to do with playing with him, though Sommerfield will sometimes run in the field with him.

One evening the kids and I got him running in the pasture. The kids started running and he started following them. Then we sat in the middle of the pasture and he would run straight at us and then turn at the last minute, playing with us.

Here he is mid run:

And here he is walking up to us (they are curious creatures and will come up to you to see what you are doing, though they stay just out of arm's reach):

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The Adventure of a Lifetime

Our farming adventure began with the purchase of 3 alpacas in the fall of 2007. This eventually grew to an alpaca farm that birthed 23 cria. While we averaged 20 alpacas on a farm at any given time, we hit a peek of over 30 alpacas. We were involved in every aspect of alpaca farming: from breeding decisions, birthing, to attending alpaca shows, and shearing our own alpacas along with making product from their luscious fiber (hand spinning yarn and knitting product). We participated in 24 alpaca shows, and became very involved in the alpaca community.

In 2013 we added hair sheep to our farm.

Throughout this process we continued to tweak and revise our business plan. Our business plan evolved over time, and in 2013 it became clear that our goal was to raise grass fed animals for human consumption. While the initial plan was for this to go along side of alpaca farming, we slowly came to the conclusion our adventure was going to take us somewhere else.

In 2013 we began to sell off our alpaca herd to begin our new adventure with grass fed sheep and cattle.

Our adventure is still unfolding, so please, join us in our adventure of a lifetime as our journey unfolds.