life... on the farm: Second 2012 Cria

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Second 2012 Cria

Today Sancha gave birth to her 2012 cria:

A 21 pound brown boy. We think he may turn rose grey like his older brother, Thunder (full brother).

He has proven to be very strong, walking and nursing great. Very regal in this picture:

Here he is with his mom, and Latte and her cria who was born yesterday:

We named this guy:

OHVNA Storm Warning

Farm nickname: Stormy

This goes along with Sancha's theme of nature (her other boys have been named Lightning and Thunder, so Stormy seemed to fit right in).

1 comment:

Kathryn Ray said...: Wow, that looks like some curly fleece from over here. ;-)

He sure is a big boy next to the other one. Congratulations, again.; June 7, 2012 at 11:10 PM

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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.