A few days ago we had a missing dog in the village and despite a coordinated search party the light quickly faded and we had to give up. The following morning as I was about to take our dog out I heard the alpacas doing their alarm call (http://www.gentlespiritllamas.com/html/alpsounds/alarmcall.htm) , something I have rarely heard since they came here. (They had never seen a sheep before and, in the first few weeks, anytime a sheep came close to the fence they would do their alarm). Anyway, I quickly nipped outside to see where they were looking and right enough there was the missing collie rounding up some sheep in the field across the road. To everyone’s relief the collie was well and hadn’t strayed too far, she was eventually captured later that day.
With Rose being the only cria produced we have been in discussion with our breeder who has very kindly offered us a discount on 2 more females – Nichole (Nicholette’s mum) and her cria from this year, Nadia, who is sister to Nicholette and aunty to Rose. This will be great for Rose since she is constantly pestering the others to play and although Jasmine tries she can’t keep up. Nadia is a little older than Rose but I’m sure they will keep each other amused - can't wait to see them running around the fields togethter.
Progress on the fencing has increased by 300% - 3 strainers now in place!
With Rose being the only cria produced we have been in discussion with our breeder who has very kindly offered us a discount on 2 more females – Nichole (Nicholette’s mum) and her cria from this year, Nadia, who is sister to Nicholette and aunty to Rose. This will be great for Rose since she is constantly pestering the others to play and although Jasmine tries she can’t keep up. Nadia is a little older than Rose but I’m sure they will keep each other amused - can't wait to see them running around the fields togethter.
Progress on the fencing has increased by 300% - 3 strainers now in place!
My parents were up visiting at halloween so we had our bonfire early. Here are a couple of photos.
I’ll post some pictures of the new alpacas when we pick them up in a couple of weeks.
Great! Lots of lovely new pacas!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely site for your superb alpacas. We moved our llamas to France 7 years and live in the Pyrenees. I am well aware of the warning noises they make, unfortunately there are wild boar all around us as we are very isolated. The llamas are great guard llamas for my chickens and warn of badgers, martens and foxes, they never make a sound otherwise.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on an interesting blog.