life... on the farm: Trailer Gates

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Trailer Gates

another vacation week project that J did was put gates in our trailer. We needed one in the middle to separate transportation of males and females. We also saw a trailer that had one in the back end so that when you stopped to take a travel break you could open the trailer door and have just the gate to keep the alpacas inside, yet let air in the trailer. So he added one to the back end.

Here the gates are in their "open" position, meaning they are latched to the side wall and not used as gates. Both swing so that they can provide a wall across the trailer.

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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.