We’re so proud of Snowshoe Aristides – Reserve White Male Color Champion, North American Alpaca Show 2012! His show photo arrived today and I can’t help wanting to share…
Aristides is available for breeding and we are keeping his stud fee at a low $2000 for 2012!
We had a scare last night with one of our prized herdsires, Nibblewise. Just before 7pm, Ron noticed Nibbles was cushed and groaning and salivating. He was obviously in pain. Our first thoughts, of course, were “worst case”: intestinal torsion or impaction or something like that. Our wonderful vet was out within the hour, checked…
The last couple days have been warm and sunny – way too warm and sunny for February – but you won’t find many people complaining. On the farm, however, there’s a flip side to all this sunshine and warmth: MUD. Every time we get a serious thaw and the snow cover disappears, the ground turns…
More and more often other breeders are requesting that we sell their alpacas on a consignment basis. Some of these folks are getting out of the business and others simply want to downsize their herds, but have little time for or experience in the marketing side of the business Ron and I took some time…
We love to show you how some of our customers are using alpaca fiber from Snowshoe Farm to create beautiful garments, accessories and home decor. Sky Like Snow, based in Bellows Falls, Vermont, produces one-of-a-kind artisan hats. The alpaca and wool fibers for the yarn are sourced from local farms. The yarn is hand dyed…
We’re starting off on the right step this year – our firstborn cria is a girl! The first cria of the season was born on Friday, May 6. Her dam is our beautiful Nishio daughter, Isabellita, and her sire is our own champion white male, Snowshoe Aristides. This is the first cria sired by Aristides…
Several years ago, we took in a small herd owned by Starry Mountain Alpacas when the owners, Kim and John, moved out of the country. We’ve integrated a few of the alpacas into our own herd, but for the most part, these females either do not fit our breeding program or are related to our…
So happy you were there, Terry! All three of you are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!