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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Happy New Year!!!!
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Baby it's cold out there! ; )
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Merry Christmas 2009!!!
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
I have been so busy I forgot to tell you about our business name change. Because we have had our 4th son(big surprise!) we had to change the name 3 Knights Alpacas. We had the hardest time thinking of something because we wanted it to be meaningful. After throwing out a number of options and having a few others already in use we finally saw what was right there under our noses the whole time - our ah moment! Ahland Alpacas. The ah of course represents all 4 of our boys - Elijah, Isaiah, Josiah, and Judah withroom for growth. In case we get another surprise! Anyway, we are up and running and we now have 3 girls being bred and will be looking forward to 3 new cria next fall!
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
So sweet!
I just wanted to share the new pictures of our Lord Montegue. He is a joy to our small little farm!
His first jaunt through the field
Just finishing breakfast!
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
She was walking in circles and hunning away!
Last Friday around 9:30 in the morning I went out to check on our pregnant alpaca. I found her in the barn, standing by the water bucket, humming and humming. I went out again around 10:30 and she was still humming but now she was standing up and sitting down over and over and walking in circles. I had never seen an alpaca birth before but I was positive that she was starting labor! I ran to the house to grab my camera and I was thrilled to witness the whole thing!
Laying down for a short break
Oly moved to field when the head crowned
One last push
Welcome to the world!!
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Adam exercising the "free" leg
We decided on naming our new little guy Lucian and the good news is he does not need a plasma transfusion. His numbers where very good, actually! I managed to get new batteries and take a few more pictures.
Attentive mom
Walking is a bit harder now
still nursing!
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Trying out the new legs
This morning we had our second cria! A boy this time and he came a week and a half early. We were expecting an early arrival as his mom, Olympia has done this 8 times before and has gone early every time. We did have a brief scare with this one as well, though.
We went out and thought Olympia was in labor only to see her deliver a perfectly intact placenta. Babies always come before the placenta so we went into panic mode and searched the field for a cria. When we couldn't find any sign of the cria Adam placed a phone call to our friends in Butler. As he was on the phone I noticed (for the 5th time) our dog, Rolo, sniffing under the feed shelf in the shed. Adam got off the phone and we frantically pushed the hay away to reveal the cria!
I was so worried it may be dead from hypothermia but Adam pulled it out alive, very wet, hungry and cold. He was stuck under the shelf for over an hour and he was too weak to nurse from his mom, so we had to supplement again. At least this cria knew where to go and how to do it, he just didn't have the energy. Our other cria had to be taught how to nurse. We could also easily get milk from the mom this time. It took the better part of the day to get his temperature up, but he seems to be doing well and nursing now. We are taking him to Butler tomorrow to have his blood drawn to determine if he needs a transfusion like Dandelion.
I have a limited number of pictures on my camera because my batteries went dead and I couldn't find new ones. Our friend Joe is here and he got a bunch on his camera. I will post some of those when I get them. We don't have an official name for the little guy yet, but it may end up being Lucian. He is all white with very bright, fine fleece.
Finally strong enough to nurse!
Rolo making sure everything is ok
All tuckered out.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
I just wanted to share how big Dandelion has gotten. She nurses off her mom now and even grazes on grass occasionally. That first week was a ton of work and I was not looking forward to having to give her bottles every 4 hours for 8 weeks. Now that she takes from her mom we won't have to. She enjoys watching the boys ride their bikes and often gets so excited she can't help but take a little jaunt through the field herself! Our other female is due on September 7th, so in about a month I will be putting up pictures of a brand new cria.
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