life... on the farm: Wet

Monday, April 15, 2013

Wet

We have had a very wet and rainy spring. The temperature has been lower than usual too. The alpacas have their thick winter coats on, so that water doesn't bother them. But they sure looks wet:

It has been a chore to keep the paddocks cleaned up too. While we have sandy soil, we have experienced some standing water. I do what I can to clean up, the alpaca deserve to have a clean area, plus it's a health consideration (parasites thrive in damp warm areas).

1 comment:

Debbie, Barnacre Alpacas said...: It's been really wet and cold here to, but the last few days there has been an increase in the temperature, so fingers crossed Spring has finally sprung.; April 16, 2013 at 10:01 AM

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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.