life... on the farm: Updating Events for 2013

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Updating Events for 2013

Several of my lists and links on the right side of this blog are date sensitive - such as our list of events and the cria due dates. I have been working on updating these. But that also means firming up our show plans for 2013, and confirming pregnancies for 2013.

At this point we plan to attend 2 spring shows:

+ March 9 & 10, 2013: Best of the US Alpaca Show Columbus Ohio

+ April 27 & 28, 2013: Great Midwest Alpaca Festival Madison, Wisconsin

With the possibility of adding a 3rd depending on how busy we are, how are animals are doing in the ring:

+ May 2013: Buckeye Alpaca Show Columbus, Ohio

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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.