Category Archives: Llamas and Alpacas

Barley Fodder Videos! Including our Fodder Room Walkthrough, (and bonus cute stuff too!)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

Our earlier trials of the flood and drain trays The most important part of our “Proof of Concept” Phase! A nice long look at them several months into the morning fodder feeding ritual. A look at our Barley Fodder Room … Continue reading →

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Paca Pride Gets “Shear” Press Coverage!

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

The alpacas are all excited with the recent media coverage they received during shearing.  The hoards of crowds, and even a tour bus or two that arrived for viewing, enjoyed the pastoral scene with the vista views and the action … Continue reading →

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2012 Shearing Dates Announced!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

We will be shearing our herd of alpacas over the course of 2 days this year starting Saturday, June 30th and Sunday July 1st. The general start time will be 10am and usually proceeds until around 5pm or until the … Continue reading →

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Llamas get some Spring conditioning

Posted on April 2, 2008 by

Well it was April 1st and the sun was out and it was actually warm outside despite the foot or so remaining snow on the ground.  So we took advantage of this beautiful day to start conditioning the llamas for … Continue reading →

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Here Llama! Llama! Llama! Llama!

Posted on October 4, 2006 by

Wowzer! We have our llamas on our land and what an adventure it was.  First off, my business partner, Tim’s parents drove out from North Dakota for a visit. What perfect timing!  Being the good ol’ boy who grew up … Continue reading →

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Gonna see a man about a horse…trailer…AND help with tasks ahead of us

Posted on August 27, 2006 by

Something must be aligning in the stars this week allowing me to flow smoothly from one task to the next because the effort required to research, compare, locate, and acquire a 2-horse bumper pull trailer was, in fact, quite without … Continue reading →

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Of Uber and I

Posted on August 24, 2006 by

This past Monday, I headed back out to the land hoping to catch some of the workers finishing up our log stacking.  We have a slight delay there as we await the plumber to come out and lay some pipe … Continue reading →

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