Last year, I had three crías. Just three. Every time, I have to look a few times to discern which one is in front of me. As they’re growing, they’re reaching the size of the young ones, and Dora, too, gets involved in the mix-up. They are all intentionally unrelated. Even more, they’re not allContinue reading “Who is who”
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When negative feelings pop up
I got interested in them, initially, to cut the grass. It’s a very valid reason. Then I found myself surrounded by a few of them and felt something else. It hadn’t happened before with sheep, nor with cows or chickens. Not even surrounded by humans I ever felt it. You can call it energy, spirit,Continue reading “When negative feelings pop up”
Pause
If there was a pause button, so you could get on with things before the times go pass too long, I’d most definitely use it. Never mind keeping the audience reading. One lifetime does not feel enough to do everything, if that is not a very ambitious thought. Today a feeling has brought me backContinue reading “Pause”
Abundance
Fruits and honey, jam and liquor, soups and cakes, jumpers and cuddles. This farm gives absolutely everything you may need, and some more. I’m getting ready for the spring burst of life while slowly getting through the stores. This is abundance and, just with a touch of work, it is a gift from Nature toContinue reading “Abundance”
New year’s dreams
After a brief pause in the darkness of rainy Britain, the sun has awaken our inspiration for typing again. Alpacas have been part of our lives for over seven years now. In that time, we have learnt a lot about them, and we have created a quality herd that carries our own name. This takesContinue reading “New year’s dreams”
Beautiful eyes
Today’s blog is a bit different from any previous one. However, I hope some alpaca owners can learn something from it. After my last blog, someone asked me why I check the eyes of my alpacas. Checking the eyes is an essential part of their overall health monitoring and care routine, as it allows earlyContinue reading “Beautiful eyes”
Wet morning jobs
Days are getting shorter. They are even dark throughout the hours of light. Morning jobs still need doing. In this blog, I’ll take you on a journey through the morning routine of caring for these graceful camelids, exploring the rituals that ensure the well-being and happiness of our beloved alpacas. The alpaca farm comes aliveContinue reading “Wet morning jobs”
Autumn joy
It has been a while since I sat to write about the herd. Spending less time with them, our crías are wilder. The crías are showing their fleece qualities and their personalities are very much developed. Playtime is burdened with the weather, and the fleeces don’t show their glory as they do in summer. IContinue reading “Autumn joy”
Sunny autumn days
The weather has been having some kind of trouble behaving and hasn’t displayed the natural expected flow of events. Instead, we had a strange elongation of warm season well mixed with the first days of autumn rains. That, together with growing fleeces, was the perfect recipe for fly strike, which has taken a few animalsContinue reading “Sunny autumn days”
Time flies
One of those had fly strike. Can you tell? I couldn’t. We do close observarions. It seems like September is the month in our farm. It was about 2pm and we went to check the animals. After cuddling them to see their nails, check out their lovely coming fleeces, smelling their snout (yes, they sayContinue reading “Time flies”
Kestle Alpacas 