Open Farm Weekend!
It’s a beautiful day! Perfect for a visit to Snowshoe Farm. All alpacas are 50% off. Last two Days!
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Mid-Summer Alpaca Sale!
It’s time for our 3rd annual Mid-Summer Sale! We’ve reduced prices on most alpacas through the end of August. Special savings available on mature females; these are older experienced breeders whose daughters have taken their places in our breeding program. If you’re interested in a low-cost starter herd, older females are a very good choice….
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Herd of Six Females for Sale
Colorful Small Herd Available The owners of this small herd of six females have asked us to help spread the word. Ideally, they would like to sell these girls as one group. But they are willing to sell individuals as long as you have other alpaca companions. Willow and her daughter, Black Betty, are the…
It’s a girl!
After three boys, we finally had a female cria born yesterday. This girl belongs to our client, Nu Leafe Alpacas, from Calais, VT. She’s a beautiful, light fawn cria with lots of energy! I couldn’t keep up with her yesterday; she was up and nursing in no time and wandered all over the pasture. Just…
Alpaca Yarn from Snowshoe Farm
We’re working with alpaca fiber in one form or another all year ’round. Shearing season is over, so it’s time to skirt and grade our fleeces for processing. The best fiber will go to the mill to be carded into roving or spun into yarn. Lower grades will become rug yarn or felting fiber. We…
Headed to MAPACA
Next weekend is our second and last alpaca show of the spring, the MAPACA Jubilee. We will be showing the same three males who went to the North American Alpaca Show earlier this month: Snowshoe Ammonoosuc who took fourth in his class (which was won by the color champion), Rasalas who took sixth in his class…
The Waiting Game
Alpacas, unlike many other livestock, have a fairly wide window for length of gestation. At Snowshoe Farm, we use 335 days from the last breeding to estimate each female’s “due date”. This gives us a heads up to start keeping a close eye out for a birth. The actual length of gestation can vary quite…