October 2, 2009

As Northern farms are starting to buckle down for the winter, we start on baby watch!!! Being in Florida gives us an edge on birthing season and our moms love the cooler weather during their last trimester. Up first, Barbi Doll. We bought her open but soon realized she just didn’t like ANY of our boys. A phone call later, found out she could be pregnant and sure enough we get a great surprise and gift. Thanks to some quick breeding by our friends the Vining’s and their boy Shadow Dancer, we are looking for a cria within the next 2 weeks!! Soon to follow, Kathy Cramer from Meadow Pointe Alpacas has an amazing girl Gracie due with our newest herdsire Ruger, the first Ruger baby to hit the ground in Florida!!! On to our Nutmeg and then Spiced Cider owned by Kathy and Mark Weber of Wooly Weber’s Alpacas is due with our next Ruger baby! Watch for pictures and hopefully a birth live on our cam if I can catch it!!!

We take a break then 4 more due in the spring. The biggest anticipation will be in April when our Willie will go for her third birth. Why the anticipation you ask? Well, her first cria was born 3 1/2 weeks early (our blue eyed white Tutu) and she ran away never to return. We got her pregnant again and figured with maiden’s it can happen, mother nature didn’t kick in but next time she will. Well, she birthed Payton 5 days early and did like him a bit more but refused to feed him as well. We drugged her, milked her, tied her but nothing worked.
3 times a charm or 3 strikes your out!!!!! If you see our Willie go up for sale after April and really cheap, you will know what happened!!!! Keep your fingers crossed as we are, we may need any help we cn get. If I have to feed another bottle baby, i am going to scream!