We'd like help in naming our newest addition to our alpaca ranch. Here's some characteristics about this little boy who was born a couple of weeks ago. He is coal black with soft, silky fiber that we'll eventually shear and sell as yarn on our website. He's really fast running around the pasture, likes to pronk, is very curious, is very proud in his stance like his father (Snowmass Conquistador). He is very independant but still likes to stay by his mom (Daphne) in the evenings. There's more pictures on our ranch website photo gallery So here's the deal, suggest a name in the comments section of this blog along with reason. The winner will get a $25 gift card from Alpaca Direct. Winner (and name) to be announced on July 1st, 2009.
Posts categorized "Our Alpaca Ranch"
June 14, 2009
February 21, 2009
We lost a baby Alpaca yesterday...
Annabelle was a little over a month overdue with her Cria from Guns'N'Roses a famous herdsire on the west coast. We were looking forward to welcoming him to the world. Unfortunately he was breached in the womb and we were unable to save him. My cousin from New York was out visiting our ranch with her cute little 7 year old daughter. We were so much hoping to have a cute little baby alpaca waiting for her when she arrived but things didn't turn out as planned. Later that night she drew this imressive drawing (especially for 7 year old!) with Pocohantas asking her daughter Annabelle if she was alright and a tear coming from Annie's eye to show the sadness of her loss. I think this drawing from little Lison says it all...
January 09, 2008
An Update On Our Christmas Alpaca - Nicolas
We've heard from many of you wondering how our Christmas baby alpaca Nicolas was doing. He made it through the first critical days and now is running in the pasture and playing with the other alpacas. He discovered mudholes this week following a series of storms passing through Northern California turning his soft white coat a few shades darker. Anyhow, he's doing well and growing quickly!
December 25, 2007
A Christmas Baby Cria Added To Our Family!
Christmas day at our ranch starts at about 4:30am with a trip out to the barn to check on our horses and alpacas, feed the dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits and ducks then settle in to see how all of our critters are doing. All was well and we had some time to visit before the kids headed downstairs to see what was under the Christmas tree. We have 2 mom alpacas due in early January. About noon today we were surprised to see a new little addition in the field. It seems Clarissa decided to have her baby Cria early on this very special day. We named the little guy Nicolas given the day he entered the world. He's doing well at only 14 pounds and is a bit premature but we're keeping him warm with a cria blanket to get through the night. 
He's not nursing too well so we mixed up some special formula to help him learn the knack of nursing and will be up every 2 hours tonight to check on him and give him a 60cc boost of formula. Clarissa is a first time mom so she has some learning to do as well. We try to help the effort along but mostly it's instinct with a little support from the other mom alpacas. So we're excited to welcome little "Nicolas" to our ranch on this special day!
