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Summer 2024

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A slightly unexpected make shift operating theatre was the start of our birthing season.
Melody had yet another twisted uterus , having had one in 2022. This time the sunshine roof was successful and little Milly Molly Mandy was born through the prompt and expert hands of Bella Cima from Larkmead. Our regular vet. Milly needed a plasma transfusion (plasma spun from our own boys earlier in the year) the following day as Melody couldn’t feed her cria. A few up and downs and Milly is doing well albeit we are still bottle feeding.

The next two births were text book. Two boys Ragnar and Shadowfax.

Following a spell of very cold weather we had a very very hot day 32 degrees and two girls Nymph and her daughter Iris decided to unpack early. One only 224 days , Noisy Nora, resulting in another plasma transfusion this time in the field with the help of the two lzzys from
Larkmead.
The other Imogen’s Antlers came out like a pocket rocket!

Everything then went pretty much to schedule of unassisted easy births. Total of 10 unpacked 7 girls and 3 boys! For once the ratio of girls was in our favour and hopefully some useful future breeding stock as they all have great genetics.

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Summer 2023

The birthing season ended a several weeks ago. We now have another 6 beasties, two females and four males. The herd total is now 26.
 
So it’s a big welcome to Billy, Indigo, Dougal and Sirius (the boys) and Georgia and Nefertiti (the girls). Here’s a photo of the six mothers and their offspring. The young were cria sheared earlier ten days ago so that their baby fibre grows thicker and more evenly and they will not be over stressed by any August heatwaves, we are still waiting for that.
 
We have also been busy taking females who are ready to mate to see their sires as far away as Sussex: a four hour round trip with truck and trailer. We now have nine females pregnant, so next year is even more promising.
 
Visitors to the herd have included 21 children with the teachers and supporters from the village school. We prepared a fact sheet about alpacas and their characteristics so the class could write about the animals. The male alpacas were hand fed by the fearless youngsters in groups of 4 or 5. Most of the discussion among the boys was how, when and where alpacas spit. No demonstration was possible due to the contentment of the herd.
 
After nearly two hours the hi vis crocodile walked back to school with samples of fleece left over from the main shearing in April.  The next planned visit is the WI this autumn, but some limited interaction with the animals will be possible during the open gardens on bank holiday Monday.

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