JandJ Daley

I'm finally blogging about our last &  probably the cutest little alpaca of 2012. He was born while the Olympics was in full swing & obviously we had to name him after our favourite Olympian, Tom Daley. He was born on 30th July at 12.15pm, second cria for JandJ Wren & another boy, a nice & easy birth but he did come out with a bit of a bent front leg. This sometimes happens we think it is when the cria is a little cramped inside their mum but it usually sorts it's self out after a week & with Daley this is the case as he has 2 beautifully straight front legs now. He is gorgeous, fabulous crimp in his fleece & so sweet looking, very like his mum.

JandJ Swift

Swift with a milky mouth

Last Friday, where has this week gone! Skylark gave birth to a beautiful little girl called Swift. As Skylark is my alpaca & one of the original 4 she is very special to me & I was determined to see the birth. For a not too big alpaca she is always huge at the end of her pregnancy & we have often seen bulges of legs appear on her stomach, when we sheared her back at the end of April she looked ready to give birth.
Skylark always gives birth later in the day, only once with Wren it was 11am, with the other 4 it  has been between 1 & 2.30 so I kept watch. At 2.30 nothing but she was so uncomfortable & by 3 we definitely had an alpaca on the way,  Swift arrived at 3.30 much to my relief. 
Swift is beautiful, gorgeous shiny jet black & because of this very hard to photo.Skylark's cria are named after birds so we have Raven, Wren, Robin, Ani & Kitt. Swift was up & trying to feed within 15 mins Skylark's babies are always like this, especially the girls, they whizz around on the first day & then become calm & relaxed like their mum. 


All day Clementine has been uncomfortable so I am hopeful for another birth tomorrow. She is 11 months & 6 days & so are Miss MoneyPenny & Ani, all are pregnant to different sires.