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No picture today. It's been almost non-stop for me since before dawn. It started off badly, but I'm hopeful that things are improving ( Read more... )

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Satine just had her cria! It's a girl - and a Hannibal baby for sure - and she's a month early, easily. Our friend's son, Reuben, who's hired to do afternoon chores found them in the barn. We figure she was born about 60-90 minutes before she was found. Both mom and baby seem to be OK - cold, of course - but the baby seems strong. Our friend ( Read more... )

We had our shearing today. It rained all morning, and true to form the sun didn't come out until we were just about finished. It went well, all things considered. Some of the alpacas were extremely uncooperative about walking from the barn to the garage where we had set up shop. It's a distance of about 250 feet, and a couple of them took over ( Read more... )

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As warned:

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Really, this is getting farcical, isn't it? Not for Satine, certainly, but for us. She has the unfortunate habit of not really getting revved up until mid afternoon, and then as the sun starts to descend along with the temperatures, she shuts down again. Plus she's very protective of the yet-to-be-born cria as she is with her two girls on the ( Read more... )

Satine is in labor. Dar and cajoje went out to check on everyone tonight after we got home from running errands, and they both say that it's definitely labor. Yikes ( Read more... )