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Snap! - Leg's broke.

December 21st 2011 23:54
Alpacas create rolling patches for themselves. They don't have lanolin in their fleece as sheep do, so rolling in the dirt helps weatherproof their fleeces. It works a treat too. You can go out after a downpour and the top few centimetres of their fleece will be sopping wet, but under that they're completely dry.

Anyway, the pacas here made themselves a rolling patch right next to a fence and were milling about there, patiently waiting for their turn and sending up thick clouds of dust as they each rolled about coating their fleeces in dirt


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Snap! - Leg's broke.

December 21st 2011 23:49
Alpacas create rolling patches for themselves. They don't have lanolin in their fleece as sheep do, so rolling in the dirt helps weatherproof their fleeces. It works a treat too. You can go out after a downpour and the top few centimetres of their fleece will be sopping wet, but under that they're completely dry.

Anyway, the pacas here made themselves a rolling patch right next to a fence and were milling about there, patiently waiting for their turn and sending up thick clouds of dust as they each rolled about coating their fleeces in dirt


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Snap! - Leg's broke.

December 21st 2011 23:48
Alpacas create rolling patches for themselves. They don't have lanolin in their fleece as sheep do, so rolling in the dirt helps weatherproof their fleeces. It works a treat too. You can go out after a downpour and the top few centimetres of their fleece will be sopping wet, but under that they're completely dry.

Anyway, the pacas here made themselves a rolling patch right next to a fence and were milling about there, patiently waiting for their turn and sending up thick clouds of dust as they each rolled about coating their fleeces in dirt


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Dachshunds in Boat
Lucy and Benson boating at Falmouth

We're down to two dachies (dachshunds) now.

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Ponies!

August 27th 2011 09:20
Well, six alpacas don't each much grass and with 12 acres (or roughly 5.5 hectares), in a temperate area with springs and creeks everywhere, we have a whole lot of the stuff.

The recent warm/wet/warm/wet weather we've been having has also meant it's coming up a lot earlier in the season than normal too so the ride-on mower has been getting a thorough workout around the house, trying to chew it down a bit - not great for either the ride-on or the grass, but what can you do


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Helping out

June 30th 2011 04:20
We're down six alpacas here now and only have two on the website for sale so at the mo, I'm helping out a friend who also needs to sell a few of her alpacas.
alpaca, alpaca for sale, buy alpaca, tasmania, alpaca australia,
Blossom Alpaca


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Then There Were Six

June 19th 2011 21:46
Farewelled three more pacas. Cappy, Bob and Peter Pan have all gone to live in Perth. That's Perth, Tasmania, not Perth, Western Australia.
alpacas, selling, herd animals
Cappy, Bob & Peter Pan


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All In

April 25th 2011 06:28
We had our stud sire, Cappy, castrated (or wethered, gelded, snipped - whatever term you like to use for it) a while back.
Cappy Alpaca
Cappy Alpaca

When you castrate an alpaca, it generally takes at least 2-3 months for the testosterone to settle and for the alpaca to be infertile. During this time, it's best to keep the boy separate from the girls. If allowed to run with the girls, he will continue to harass them - and you may well end up with some unexpected babies


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Bothwell SPINin

February 25th 2011 20:58
Just a little plug for the Bothwell SPINin which is an annual festival for folks interested in the end product of natural fibre products - fleece, wool, etc.
Alpaca scarf and beanie
Alpaca scarf and beanie


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Had the snip

December 28th 2010 21:17
Well, our two remaining 'boys' have have their little operation and are now what's called in the industry here as 'wethers'.

It's the same term as used in the sheep industry, a castrated male animal


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