life... on the farm: The cat 'n cria

Sunday, June 23, 2013

The cat 'n cria

Our farm cat, Buddy:

And a curious cria, Violet:

Ok, 2 curious cria, Violet and Irish Cream:

2 comments:

Shonni said...: Hi there,
I received some fiber that I ordered from you today and just had to tell you that it is really beautiful!!! You said in your note that it is from Tehya. Thank you for including the note, it was sweet. I look forward to spinning this gorgeous fiber.
Thanks again,
Shonni; June 24, 2013 at 7:07 PM
oak haven alpacas said...: So glad the fiber made it to you.

Yes, the fiber is from one of my favorite girls, Tehya. I saw her birth in 2008 & have been with her every day since :)

I know her picture and life stories are all over this blog.

Cara; June 25, 2013 at 8:57 PM

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.

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