Crias in the afternoon

Two more new crias. Mint's new little boy and Vicky Belle's little girl. No names yet. Sometimes it takes a day or so for them to tell me what their names are to be. This little blond is Mint's new boy, in the background Felicity is sporting her new hair cut. Our Rose Rain is pictured at top.
Vicky's girl was born last night. She didn't want to nurse and had globs of her birth sac stuck in her mouth and nose. Very gross. Even after cleaning her out she wouldn't nurse. We milked mom and got 2 ounces of colostrum down her. This morning the same story so we loaded her and mom into the truck and off to the vet we went. She has a very low IGg and they will monitor her for another 24-48 hrs to see if it will come up or if a possible transfusion is necessary. No pictures of her yet. All the other alpacas are enjoying their new shorn selves, especially since it has suddenly turned hot.

More Shearing

It rained so much that we were constantly shuffling animals from place to place and shelter to shelter trying to keep them dry enough to shear.
Once in the barn though everything ran like clockwork. What a great team.

Shearing

The last week has been nothing but shots and shearing....Oh, and good food I didn't have to cook myself. I tweaked my knee on Sat. the 13th and by Tues. was on no weight bearing, knee immobilizer, and crutches. Fortunately my awesome son is an excellent shearer and came up from CA. with his wife ( she cooked ), daughter ( she kept me entertained ) and sheared all my animals. I gave the torb shots, a light tranquilizer, and yearly vaccinations till our good friends and neighbors came to take over.
We had a super shearing crew this year and all went well even without me to supervise.

Oh, the Babies

It's been a busy few weeks here. Three more babies to join the first three, there more to go before the end of the month. Whew!
Recap; Chocolate is growing like a weed, Rose Rain keeps getting prettier, and Almost has survived.
On May 29th, Lady Perfecta gave us Felicity, a beautiful maroon colored girl like her momma.
June 1st, Annjelica produced a little giant, named of course, Jolly.
On June 4th was Sierra's first girl. A Vicuna colored darling, Giselle.
All were born happy and healthy, their mommas taking great pride and care of them.
I tried to label all the pictures in order, but as always it escapes me.