We like to shear our crias before the end of summer. This removes the discolored, often tender, tips of their fiber and gives us a better fleece at shearing next spring. This week we sheared the nine crias that have been born so far here at Snowshoe Farm.
This is a great time to get a close look at the potential of these fleeces. We love the look and feel of the Aristides crias! Expect to see a few of them in the show ring next spring.
We’re packed up and ready to head to the annual Vermont Farm Show. Lets hope this snow let’s up tonight and plow comes through early in the morning! This will be the second year in the new location at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds in Essex Junction. We’ll be there tomorrow with alpacas. Just look for…
12 below this morning! Isn’t it still officially fall?? There’s a deep bedding of hay in the barns this time of year, but we keep an eye out for any alpaca that might be shivering. Typically, they do just fine in the cold as long as they can get out of the wind. This year,…
On Tues, Jan 25, Ron will be at the Vermont Farm Show at the Barre Civic Center for the day. He will be representing the Vermont Llama & Alpaca Assoc and will have two weanling alpacas with him. Our weanling group has been getting some lead training this past week and some are doing better…
We’re winding up our Mid-Summer Sale with a very special offer this week. This stunning rose grey female is Esther Rose. She is well known to anyone who has visited our farm as she is very friendly and generally loves attention. She is also quite an eye-catching alpaca with her interesting coloring and white face….
There’s nothing more depressing in mid-winter than a warm rain. The 40+ degree weather and heavy rain yesterday took us down to bare ground in all our paths and drives, but the unplowed ground is still white. Temps are below freezing this morning, so our fields are all ice. No snowshoeing with the dogs until…
The last couple weeks have been pretty hectic here at Snowshoe Farm. First, we prepared for our Mid-Summer Sale and our efforts were worth it. We had beautiful weather and a good number of visitors. A number of alpacas were sold and will soon be going to new homes. Thank you to all who visited…
hey there, girl! it’s august already and it’s almost your b’day. have a happy and if nothing else i’ll see you in tunbridge!