Monday, January 13, 2020
Thanksgiving day! UGH!
Our new barn has truly been a blessing this winter. Our girls and babies have been snug as a bug in a rug. We seem to get one snowstorm after another and right now have close to 10" on the ground. We now have an Airbnb experience set up to walk with the alpacas and plan make it an enjoyable experience for everyone who attends. We are also offering farm tours on our website. Check it out. We are still in the building stage on our farm so progress has kinda come to a standstill due to weathe read more...
Snug inside the barn
Flynn loves people
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Spring is an exciting time on a farm due to spring babies. However, for alpacas, the due date should be scheduled for about May, not much earlier. Alpaca babies can't regulate their temperature after birth so the temps outside need to be a little warmer. We had a male break out before we could get our animals moved to our new farm, which put our babies due earlier. Two days ago, we had our first cria. We were prepared and things went very well. He is up, nursing, and doing well. He has a read more...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Last month we closed on the sale of our home (only 4 years old) and closed on the purchase of our new alpaca ranch (6 1/2 acres). We moved our shelter and built another shelter and corrals for our animals. We are in the process of running water and power to them. We are also in the planning stages for our new barn. We are all moved in, animals are moved and love it there. We cut and baled over 100 bales of grass hay and need to plan our landscaping. Our new home is a year old with no yard read more...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Centaurus
With shearing and baby watch right around the corner, we are cleaning up and building a new shelter for the boys. Corals are in, just need to string wire and then we are ready to start planting. Can't wait to see nice green grass growing for our animals. It's time to start breeding and our boys are getting anxious. Our first cria are due in a month and we are really looking forward to new babies and better quality animals. Can't wait to see what hits the ground this spring. Since purchasin read more...
Protocol
Hugo Boss
Stetson
Solar Storm & Jasper
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018
We spent this last weekend with John and Cindy at Stargazer Ranch Alpacas. They shared their knowledge about EPD's, breeding, husbandry, etc. with us. We learned so much that our brains were on overload. We were so impressed with their willingness to not only teach us but to go above and beyond what most people would do. This will be the way that we handle our sales and mentoring when we reach that stage. We bought a package of 8 animals from them that included every ounce of information th read more...
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Monday, May 8, 2017
Xanadu Champagne Protocol will be home on our farm, Enchanted Hollow Alpaca's, this Wednesday. We are very excited to have him and his genetics as one of our herdsires. His bloodline is rare in the west and we know that he will improve our herd by giving us some very elite cria. He is white with a small fawn patch on his side. His background is color so we are looking forward to, not just white, but color also. When he has settled in and is ready, we will be offering a few breedings at a reduced read more...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Royce and I attended the AOA National Show in Denver and were fortunate enough to purchase an amazing animal from Pamela Ray at Xanadu Farm Alpacas! His sire is Crystal KO (Crystal Spartan Son) and his Dam is Vac Velvet Expresso (Beethovan's Dorian Daughter). Fantastic bloodlines! Some of his show wins so far are First Place Halter at GWAS, TXOlan, and 2016 AOA National Show. The AOA Fleece show was 2nd place and Best Hand. Judge's comment was WOW! He also won at the 2017 AOA National Show. read more...
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