life... on the farm: The Herd at OHVNA

Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Herd at OHVNA

Over the last few months we have had some significant changes in our alpaca herd. We have sold several alpacas (some have already left, some are leaving soon). We have done some trades, and we have added some suris to our herd.
For those who don't know, there are two types of alpacas, huacaya alpacas and suri alpacas. Prior to this year, we have had only huacaya. This past year we decided to branch out and add in some suris. This is still a leaning experience, so stay tuned for more updates on that!

I created this page (link here but also listed next in this post) to help keep track of our alpacas:

In an effort to organize our farm animals, I put together these lists of our alpacas, with their birth year behind their names, and their color (abbreviated). Links are provided when possible to see their official page with all their information.

Breeding Female

+ Cherry Bomb! (1999 DB)

+ Dodge City Miss Kitty (2004 MF)

+ Kateri’s Tehya (2008 LF)

+ MPAF Jewel (2006 DF)

Maidens

+ WP Mysteria Lane (2008 W)

+ RAL Peruvian Cocoa Latte (2010 MB)

+ ATA Peruvian Gigi (2010 W)

+ Smokey’s Twilight (2010 DSG)

+ Enlightenment’s Rocky Rose (2010 CMRG)

+ ATA Peruvian Lady Bing (2011 LB)

+ Rainbow Mountain's Duchess (AKA: Princess) (2011 DB)

+ WP Take Five by Montoya (2011 MF)

+ BFSA Precious Patty (2012 B)

+ OHVNA Ruby (2012 LF)

Herdsires

+ SA Peruvian Greyt Exxpectations(2007 MMRG)

+ TCS Gabriel (2009 B)

+ WP Verticase's Vamil (2010 W)

+ Gabriel Star of RobAsia (2010 TB)

Yearling and Juvenile Males:

+ OHVNA Storm Warning (2012 MB)

italics = suri alpaca
regular font = huacaya

Color Chart:
W = white
B = beige
LF = light fawn
MF = medium fawn
DF = dark fawn
LB = light brown
MB = medium brown
DB = dark brown
BB = bay black
TB = true black
LSG = light silver grey
MSG = medium silver grey
DSG = dark silver grey
LRG = light rose grey
MRG = medium rose grey
DRG = dark rose grey
C ~ before any grey means classic grey (tuxedo grey)
M ~ before any grey means modern grey (roan grey)
IL = indefinite light
ID = indefinite dark

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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.