Personality plus! Esther Rose is extra friendly and a bit of a brat, but definitely not boring! Everyone who comes to our farm gets to know and love Esther Rose. This eye-catching rose gray female has excellent conformation and lovely fiber. She performed well in the show ring: 1st – … Read More
We finally made the difficult decision to add Venus to our sales list and include her in our Mid-Summer Sale. We acquired Venus when we purchased the Starry Mountain herd last year. This girl is an exceptionally nice female and we would keep her as part of our foundation herd … Read More
Our schedule usually includes a string of alpaca shows each spring and fall. Both are very busy times of year even without the added stress of shows. But now that Ron is so busy shearing, we don’t do all the spring shows that we used to do. Ron took four … Read More
The last few days prior to a show, especially the first show of the season, find us hauling out our “show box” – dirty from a winter in the barn – and scrambling around for all the show essentials: banners, tables, fans, water buckets, halters and leads, tool kit, cable … Read More
OK, so we’re coming up on mid-March here and it still looks like mid-winter. Nevertheless, spring show season starts in 3 weeks with the North American Alpaca Show. We’re showing 5 of our males – one adult, one yearling and three juveniles. Only one of the five is currently lead … Read More
Just when things start to slow down for us, they start right back up again with registering and planning for spring shows. Our first show of the season is the North American Alpaca Show in Mass. Registration opened yesterday, so we spent some time the other day reevaluating our 2010 … Read More
Through the end of December, we are offering 2011 breedings to our White Male Color Champion, Snowshoe Aristides, for the low 2010 price of $1500. Reserve your breeding with a $500 deposit. The price will go up after the first of the year. Aristides is a 2x Champion and 3x … Read More
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 … Read More