Monday, July 27, 2009

Breeding this week

Well Kiana looks like she is finally pregant. She spit off Icelander this weekend and also has stopped dropping for the teenagers. Poor icelander also go spit off by Sedona on her spit test. This was expected as she has been spitting off for a couple of weeks.

Karmelita also spit off Perilli for the second time. Cadance though had her first breeding with Perilli. Should try again tonight weather permitting.

Teenager Fencing

Well our fencing is almost done. Three weeks ago we did the fence post holes. Then we secured the posts. This past week and weekend we secured the wire and top and bottom rails so that the youngs do not slip under and are visually impeded on top. Only have the gate left to do. Will be glad when this is done so we can focus on other activities.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Delinquent posting

Sorry we have been so long since posting...Still dialup at home and work has been crazy busy. Highspeed is supposed to arrive about september. Please come sooner. Read below for as I have backdated some July posts.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Summer Breeding

So far we have had good success rebreeding our mothers who have given birth.
Sedona seems to have taken nicely after the first set of breedings and now spits off the males.

Karmelita who we bred for the first time on the weekend was already spitting off yesterday.

Kiana on the other hand is not taking very well. She is dropping down and accepting the male on repeated attempts but is not clicking with him. She has been open all winter and spring so hopefully she catches soon

Sweet Dreams was taken to Alpaca House Farm 10 days ago for her rebreeding as she reaborbed her cria over the winter unfortunately. Hopefully she accepts breeding quickly.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Trouble with teenagers

Our 5 young 1 year old males have discovered girls. They have also discovered that temporary fencing has flexibility. They have learned to hop over the 3 foot fence where it droops or if it is not flush to the ground they get thier heads underneath and then lift of the fence. This then pulls up the nearby movable fence post creating either a large gap underneath the fence they can crawl through or a large droop they can easily jump over.

Two weeks ago we had rented an auger and drilled holes for fence posts in anticipation but the young guys have progressed much faster than us even with all our woofer help. We got the first 150ft stretch of wire up on Monday night. Some busy evenings ahead if it does not rain.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

WWOOFer help has been great

Since the couple from Vienna has left we have had another couple from Germany, a Japanese girl and currently two girls from Germany. All the extra help has been great. There regular routine chores are taken care of allowing more time for special projects like fencing, building leanto entrance ways etc.

It has been also great have visitors from away as we learn about there daytoday lifestyle and culture in their country's. Each of them have also often prepared dishes from their homeland and bring unique perspective and ideas to the farm.

Thanks everyone for all your help. We appreciate it.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Cadance has a girl

Another girl. This is great. This young girl has the same parentage as our Artic Blizzard who won best in show at the Mayflower show in PEI. This is our third girl this season.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Karmelita has her Cria

And it is a girl...yippee. A fine young girl at a strapping 20lbs in a light fawn colour. We had a Japanese woofer staying with us at the time who told us the apricots in japanese is "anzu" which is what we have decided to call her.