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Nature's Math

By Amy Rae on June 10, 2015
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Last time, I mentioned the way nature seems to have a balanced equation between deaths and births.  If you were keeping track, you may be questioning my math skills, since we lost a calf and a goat that Friday, and only gained a cria on Sunday.  That's not exactly balanced - but that's because the second cria didn't arrive until Tuesday morning :)  It's almost eerie how accurate nature's math is!

This is More Like It!

By Amy Rae on June 8, 2015
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Yesterday, a friend came over so we could catch Fern and milk her off since she was looking pretty full.  A couple years ago her older sister got mastitis when her baby died and never nursed, and we didn't want to wait until Fern was pretty sick and have to get the vet out again.  It turned out she certainly did have milk, but it really wasn't too bad.  Unlike Myra, Fern did get to nurse her calf for a week, so she wasn't nearly as swollen.  I'd much rather be too pro-active, though, than just keep waiting, hoping everything will be fine.

Shearing Day 2015

By Amy Rae on April 10, 2015
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Shearing was great! Caleb took the day off, and he set up fences and pens while I spun some yarn, (trying to get through a bit more of last year's before the avalanche!), and we got the alpacas separated out from the cattle. It took a bit – the alpacas are often all together, near the gate, but as soon as we'd open it the cows would just come running.

April is for Alpacas

By Amy Rae on April 2, 2015
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Most of the year our alpacas are practically invisible. We catch them occasionally to check their coats for mites and to preventatively medicate them against meningeal worms, but otherwise they just hang out in the pastures.  When April rolls around, though, it's a different story!  Especially this spring in particular, actually.  It was still March, but a few weeks ago, while browsing local online classified ads for a tom turkey, Caleb ran across a farm selling their small herd of alpacas for a truly bargain price.

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