Thursday, April 20, 2023
Sawdust's Babanus
We are excited to be going to Denver next week to participate in the Great Western Alpaca Show/Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase - a double show - to be held 4/28-4/30/23. We have not both been to a show since 2017 when we attended this same show.
We are taking 8 of our boys. 5 are 6 and 7 months old, 1 is 2 and the other 2 are almost 3 years old. We will be participating in several classes.
First will be Walking Fleece. This has your alpaca walking to a fiber judge who will judge the fi read more...
Sawdust's Cameroon (in front)
Sawdust's Ceiba
Sawdust's High Cotton
Sawdust's Koko
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Sawdust's Ceiba
Where to start is the question. But here goes!
Harvest Hosts has been much slower than last year at this time. Weather and the economy, we are hearing, has had a big impact on travelers. We are thankful for those who have braved both to come visit with us.
Our 7 crias born in the latter part of 2022 are growning so much. Miss Karri, the only girl, keeps the boys on their toes.
We ordered a new 12/x20' building to store products and skirt fiber after shearing. We have the store. read more...
Sawdust's Karri
Zebrano
Tabasco
Tabasco (Front) & Zebrano
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Snow Diamond Felicity and Zebrano
So many things going on lately!!
September 27th and 29th saw the birth of 2 male crias. Snow Diamond Felicity gave birth to a 17 lb. male that the sponsors named Zebrano. Sire is Alpaca Palace's Zinger. (This is their 2nd year to sponsor Miss Felicity so we decided to let them pick a name from a list of wood names that we provided).
On the 29th, Joey's Stargazer Lilly, our 14 year old mom gave birth to a male that we named Sawdust's Babanus out of Sawdust's Almond Thunder.
October read more...
Joey's Stargazer Lilly with Babanus
Snowmass Illuminescence and Tabasco
Black Dahlia & Murwiti
Zora and Ceiba
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Saturday, October 1, 2022
Snow Diamond Felicity and Little Z
Our first Cria arrived 9/27/22. A 15.3 pound boy born to Snow Diamond Felicity and Alpaca Palace's Zinger. And boy does he look like Zinger. Glenn is calling him Little Z for now. The sponsor parents are working on a name this weekend.
The second cria of the season is a 16.5 pound male born to Joey's Stargazer Lilly and Sawdust's Almond Thunder. Both are doing well.
The crias are so much fun to watch in the pens. Little Z stays close to mom while Little Thunder is really independ read more...
Lilly and Little Thunder
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Monday, September 19, 2022
National Alpaca Farm Days Are Here!
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Monday, January 17, 2022
Sawdust's Holly
Sawdust's Holly as of 1/15/22
I was asked today about one of our crias (babies) that had this condition. So here is what I have learned:
Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome in Foals (commonly referred to as Dummy Foal Syndrome) is normally attributed to horses. However, other animals can also have a form of this condition.
Our Sawdust's Holly was born May 29, 2021, weighing 14.6 lbs. She appeared to be fine when born but within a short period of time, she found a corner of the barn an read more...
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Monday, October 25, 2021
Sawdust’s Holly was born on May 29, 2021 at 7 P.M. She weighed 14.3 ponds at birth. (Alpaca Mom’s usually have their cria (baby) between 9 A.M and 2 P.M. In the high Andes mountains this gives the cria a chance for the fiber to dry. Unlike other animals, alpaca moms are not able to dry their cria off so they have to dry naturally). We soon discovered that Miss Holly had some serious medical issues – in a horse it is called Dummy Foal Syndrome (you will have to look that up). Since it was M read more...
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Monday, September 20, 2021
Some of our girls
Sawdust Alpacas LLC will be participating in National Alpaca Farm Days. This is an annual event across the US the last weekend of September where individual farms welcome visitors to come meet alpacas.
When: September 25 and 26th, 2021
Time: 10 a.m to 4 pm
Where: 4270 Equestrian Drive
Fallon, NV 89406
Phone: 775-830-2992 or 775-830-2994
email: [email protected]
[email protected]
website: sawdustalpacas.com
We invite you to come meet and l read more...
Some of our yearling boys
Saddle blanket made from our fiber
Locally spun yarn
Hooded sweater
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Thursday, June 10, 2021
Sawdust's Koko
Geez, Don't know where to start. So much going on here at Sawdust Alpacas.
The Store building was delivered Mid March. We used alpaca fiber to insulate the walls, then put visqueen over that. Next came the sheet rock on the ceiling and walls. We then put in all the electrical outlets, boxes for the ceiling lights and fan.
April - we took a trip to Bend OR to pick up furnishings from the store that were donated to us by our friends at Snow Diamond Alpacas. When we got home, the furnis read more...
Sawdust's Holly
Products made by Harvest Host Guests
Yarn display
One of the girls pens
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Monday, March 29, 2021
Farm Raising - grand prize drawing
Well, we had our Farm Store (Barn) Raising event on March 20, 2021. We had a great time online (Zoom) and want to thank every one who attended, purchased or donated to our cause. We have purchased Sherwin Williams paint in their new color - ALPACA. How cool is that. We also have purchased lights and the flooring and have some money left for whatever.
We have the store insulation completed with our 2nd and 3rd from prior years shearing. Visqueen over that, sheet rock. Now we are waiting read more...
Fiber Insulation and visqueen on store walls
40 ft Class A - Harvest Host Guests
Nambar want to know - what is that?
Chaka Khan on left/Silk on right
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