Wizard’s First Haircut
This is Wizard’s first shearing, but also he was the 1000th alpaca to be shorn this year by me (Ron)!
Busy, busy!
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 … Read More
Snowshoe Aristides is working!
Our newest herdsire and white male Color Champion, Snowshoe Aristides, has settled his first females! We had two positive ultrasounds last week and have at least a couple more females that have been bred and are continuing to spit. For those of you who are not familiar with breeding alpacas, … Read More
Mia’s cria
This male cria was born on Saturday to Mia, a female who is owned by Starry Mountain Alpacas and boarded at Snowshoe Farm. The not-so-little guy weighed almost 20 lbs and was standing and nursing 45 minutes after hitting the ground! Now that’s what we call an easy birth… ten … Read More
Catching up
Spring is a very busy time on the farm for many reasons, but mainly because Ron is busy shearing at other farms every day. Now that shearing is winding down, we are starting to catch up on all we let slide for the last few months…like posting to our blog. … Read More
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 … Read More
Newest cria
BC, a female alpaca owned by a client, gave birth to a fawn male yesterday. This was another easy birth with a vigorous cria who was up and nursing in no time. Makes my job a lot easier! It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day for a cria to be … Read More
Another birth
Now this is more like it! This black male was born yesterday and was up and nursing within an hour or so. No worries! Today he’s running around the pastures. That’s his mother, Rosita, behind him. Over 20 crias to come this year!