https://www.openherd.comAiming For Distinctionhttps://www.openherd.com/article-list/2849Scotia Acres Alpacas joined the NFP! We are really excited to have our fiber Certified Sorted and Graded! We look forward to the improved quality of our alpaca products! It gives us a sense of pride knowing our products will be improved due to this process of sorting and grading which guarantees a more uniform and consistent product. We know our customers will be pleased! PLUS we are contributing to the sustainability of our farm and other fiber farms by participating in the NFP (Natural ...Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:22:48 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2829Thank you to all who visited and made our weekend so enjoyable! We had a great time showing you all around and introducing you to our herd! PLEASE visit us again soon :)Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:39:07 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2796Just when you think you have the weekend off.... A quick check in the barn reveals a newborn cria! Running around with her herdmates, nursing and alert. Sephera is a good mom :)Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:57:03 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2531So much to do this week, but so much rain has fallen... And when it rains...it pours! If we can't work outside, then it is time to get our hands in this year's shearing! So far we have 27 blankets skirted, which means only 45 to go!! Then it is time to pick and card and spin and knit...... Anyone want to come by to help? ;) let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:41:53 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2508Maddie had her cria today! He's BLACK!! We are really excited about this one! Her service sire is Meadowgate's Black Enough; TWELVE Time Champion!!!! Black Enough is simply outstanding. This boy has reignited the fire and we are looking forward to watching him grow and showing him off in the show ring ;) Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:49:24 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2501Always something "digging" at Scotia Acres. Today E & F Ag systems are beginning to erect the building that will surround the HUAP (high use animal pad aka "the pooping spot!") Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:25:30 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2469After a successful shearing day on Tuesday 5/21 the Campbell family gets ready for a crusie to the Bahamas! YAY NO... Boo. I was dreaming :( There is no time to rest. We have 72 bags of fleece to skirt and tumble then sell or ship to a mill to be made into awesome yarn or products... Also, we have a "few" projects going on... On Tuesday 5/28 a hole will begin to be dug for the HUAP (high use animal pad), this is a NRCS project to help with manure management Seeding has begun (Thursday 5...Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:36:46 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2376Finally, it is Spring! If April Showers bring May flowers... what does an alpaca transport trailer bring? Future Show Winning Cria!!!!!!!!!!! ok, a poet I am not. But is is Spring, and five of our Suri girls are en route across the country for breeding! Matt from Cedar Ridge Transport arrived, paperwork was checked and the girls were loaded for the trip. The trailer was on its way to Virginia and then Westward. Stops in Ohio, Missouri and Oregon among others. We are REALLY excit...Thu, 02 May 2013 13:44:56 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2311As an alpaca farmer, there has to be the one tool you could not live without... What is it? I cannot say I have used all the tools out there, but I would like to take a few guesses: THE RAKE- it's teethy grin, grabbing at alpaca beans, scattering them in all directions but where you want them to go...I once thought the only purpose of a rake was for cleaning up autumn leaves, but I now know it is also for scraping the cold frozen ground in winter, or the muddy puddles of spring or stirring ...Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:54:54 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2281...continued My boarding farm was moving... I was recently divorced... I had seven alpacas that needed a home...what could be more LUCKY than meeting "Alpaca Jim". Yes, it's true, I went to check out a new farm to board my alpacas and it turned out to be the best farm visit EVER! LONG story short, not only did I find an awesome farm for my alpacas, but I met the Campbells, and eventually married Jim. Now, we have an expanded family and almost 100 alpacas! Not to mention about a dozen chic...Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:55:13 +0000https://www.openherd.com/article-list/2277This past Sunday was St Patrick's Day. This holiday makes me think about LUCK. I'm not one to believe all that much in luck, I'm more of the hard work gets results type, but the holiday made me think... I'm so lucky to know alpacas. Alpacas introduced me to my husband. My children get to grow up on a farm. We get to share our life with gentle animals... I realize how lucky I am every day, but sometimes, I forget to appreciate how the alpaca has had such an impact on my life. It was LU...Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:57:08 +0000