It can be very convenient to have your own herdsires at your farm for breeding. And most of the time, the males aren’t much of a problem. But every so often they get to fighting. Like tonight. One male was taken away to do a breeding at another farm and the three that were left are chasing each other around and screaming bloody murder. Alpacas are generally very quiet, but they can make quite a bit of noise when they want too!
Finally! We’ve been waiting for weeks for the first cria of the season to arrive. The first female due was Rosita, who usually goes at least week or two early. Not this year. She didn’t even go first; her daughter, Glinda, had the first cria of the year. Oddly enough, both babies were born late…
Our white male, Snowshoe Aristides, had a very successful show season this fall. At the Green Mountain Alpaca Show here in Vermont, Aristides won a blur ribbon in his class and Reserve Color Champion. At the Empire Alpaca Show in Syracuse, Aristides took second in his class and also won Reserve Color Champion. In addition,…
We knew we had another winner when this male was born three years ago. Snowshoe Ammonoosuc is growing up to be the spitting image of his big brothers, Snowshoe Aristides and Snowshoe Astraios. Both brothers are champions sporting beautiful fiber with lasting fineness. Now, at almost three years old, Ammonoosuc will take center stage in our…
Shearing season is coming to an end and that means it’s time for breeding season to begin at Snowshoe Farm! There are two sides to breeding season: breeding our own females and breeding females that belong to our clients. For our own herd, breeding begins with the decision-making process – which females do we breed…
This is the time of year our efforts turn to the necessary and sometimes challenging task of wrapping up our financial records for income tax purposes. This is a chore that I can procrastinate about for quite a while, but once I start getting emails from the accountant, I know it’s time to hustle. I’m…
Snowshoe Farm is in the middle of our rather short spring show season (two shows). Nationals is behind us. At that event, we offered a yearling female, Snowshoe Ginger, for sale in the auction and are pleased to announce that the winning bidder was Hickory Meadow Alpaca Farm. We hope this beautiful daughter of Snowshoe Aristides…