Thursday, August 29, 2013
We are pleased to announce some BIG news on our farm!
Greener Pasture’s StilHot SmokinGun has been added to deliver excellence in grey to our breeding program!
We'd like to thank our friends, Scott & Debbie Miller from Crescent Moon Ranch/Greener Pastures for this incredible fellow who is a .38 Special son from a Kirwin daughter who has an amazing fleece of her own. Density and fineness merge to create a wickedly good grey fleece. When you look at this pedigree, tell us that is not what y read more...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Ok, I must admit that any excuse to go to Central Oregon is a no brainer but this year, we decided to join in on the fun at Education with a Destination. This four day, intense training covered many aspects of the alpaca business – fleece, history of the ARI, herd health and most of all, networking.
The scenery at Crescent Moon, Flying Dutchman and Marty McGee’s ranches were all impressive. That being said, the natural beauty of Smith Rock was so stunning that it was hard to focus on fleece t read more...
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
This weekend, I took Andy Merriwether's Color Genetics and EPD seminar. Expected Progeny Difference(s), EPDs, are the “new” science in the alpaca industry. The same process of acceptance and transparency is repeating itself, just as it did with histograms. New and existing breeders are catching on. EPDs provide credibility and help establish value so breeders can make informed and scientific decisions in their breeding program.
The image shows the 2012 results of the submitted EPD data, with read more...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
She grew up on a side of the road
Where the church bells ring and strong love grows
She grew up good
She grew up slow
Like American honey
Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed
Couldn't wait to get goin'
But wasn't quite ready to leave
So innocent, pure and sweet
American honey
There's a wild, wild whisper
Blowing in the wind
Calling out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing's sweeter than summer time
And American honey
Born today, read more...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
This weekend, we hosted several visitors to the farm to learn more about the alpaca lifestyle and give an Alpaca 101 seminar. We always enjoy teaching folks about alpacas and letting them get their hands-on experience. It’s a joy to walk people around the ranch and hear their questions and comments.
It also helps us remember all the same questions we had when we first looked at alpacas. That’s a good thing to remember actually – and try not to overwhelm people with facts, data and informatio read more...
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
In our nation’s history, there has never been a more prominent point in history to bring equality to the country with both the battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg address by President Lincoln. The speech starts out with “Four score and seven years ago”. For you who are wondering what a “score” is, it’s 20 years.
Liberty's Gettysburg, is a beautiful medium fawn son of Patagonia’s Ernesto. His dam, Mermalada is a Nishio granddaughter with a superfine fleece. Gettysburg exhibits a dense, fi read more...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Google's definition of excellence is “The quality of being outstanding or extremely good”. This meaning could fit for any product or service from soup to nuts - breeding grey alpacas to white alpacas.
Our alpaca breeding program has been in pursuit of excellence for the past few years. Making sound breeding decisions that will advance our program has become very near and dear to our hearts. I’m sure other breeders will agree, to improve quality, it takes a few basic steps:
Make a commitmen read more...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Naming a cria can be challenging, particularly when your farm has a theme. With our patriotic theme, it seems pretty simple -- but when you have a cria that has the "it" factor, you want to make sure it's captured in a good name. I think it's harder to think of macho male names that people will remember. Liberty's Torch, our latest member is no exception. He is tall, proud and moves in a captivating way. We have optimism in his presence at such a young age. His name came from our trip to Ellis I read more...
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