Category: Monthly Update

Sadly no babies, I am not sure where I am going wrong, but I guess this is what nature decides and I must just accept it. Anyway my small herd is still lovely, Fuego (last years cria) is continuing to grow well, she is a bit of a live wire and does love to throw…

Rain is falling, the grass is growing and we are still getting gorgeous sunshine – almost perfect alpaca keeping weather. It is starting to feel like summer. It is also lovely to see the swallows back, swooping in and out of the stable to renovate last years nest. It does mean that I had to…

I believe there is a general saying that rolling stones gather no moss, I would like to say that this is completely opposite for alpaca. As usual it’s Jester, my comedy alpaca, he is looking almost mouldy at the moment as he is totally covered in moss. This unfortunately tells me that I need to…

I’m very hopeful that it will stop raining soon and the bog that is my paddock will dry out slightly. As a general rule alpaca are very light on their feet, as they are from the same family as camels they have 2 toes with a soft pad which generally means that they don’t churn…

Another year has been and gone and I have now officially been an alpaca keeper for 3 years and my little herd has increased from 5 to 9. I think its probably one of the best decisions I’ve made, they are such lovely gentle creatures, not that clever but bags of personality and all very…

We are well and truly into apple season now, I had another donor of apples last week unfortunately I think I might have explained how many apples alpaca eat, normally 1 large apple is enough treat for 8 alpacas, but I think my apple donor thought I meant 1 large apple each therefore I get…

Isn’t nature a wonderful thing, 1 minute all was peaceful in the paddock as I plodded round mucking out, with all alpaca grazing contentedly around me, the next, a dog running around in the next field, initiates manoeuvres into the protective circle with little Fuego in the middle. The dog was never actually a threat,…

It’s quite amazing – I actually managed to warp my loom for the first time without any instruction, this is a minor miracle as far as I am concerned. With the pattern chosen, warp set the weaving has begun, which is going well so far and using the floof from Jester (which is dark, fine…

Although it has been 2 months since I last wrote anything, nothing much had happened, until yesterday…. Very excitingly Coca has unpacked and I now have a beautiful cria called Fuego. I did actually make the effort of sourcing a beautiful black alpaca boyfriend for Coca this year in the hope I would get a…

I am starting to see bits and pieces people have made with the processed yarn. So far, my niece very kindly made me a jumper from Cusco/Lucha and Coca, plus a top for herself. My mother-in-law made some bed socks from Jester – although this was her first attempt at socks and has sworn never…