Interested in owning Alpacas - Open Afternoons 9th & 16th October

We have decided to take the plunge and have 2 open afternoons in October for anyone who is interested in owning an alpaca. In the 6 years we have owned alpacas we have learned such an amazing amount about these beautiful animals & would like to pass this on to anyone else who would like to own them too. Whether it's 2 or 3 little boys in a paddock behind your house or 3 or 4 breeding girls like we started with, life will never be the same, alpacas are so endearing.

JandJ Diamond and her cria JandJ Topaz

JandJ Topaz

Our second cria 0f the year was born on Sunday 22 May & we missed the birth but it would have been about 6am. Some mornings when we are waiting for a cria I get up at 6am but that Sunday I didn't :) He is the most beautiful chocolate brown colour & his fleece will make gorgeous scarves if we still own him in April. Topaz is for sale along with his mum JandJ Diamond, all her cria are named after precious stones so we had Sapphire last year who is a gorgeous black. Naming Topaz was difficult as we needed a name to suit a boy and also wanted it to be a brown stone if possible so Topaz it is.

List of Cira for 2011

As we have now had the last of our cria for this year I thought I would tell you what they are all called in birth order. Friday/Thirteen, Topaz, Chastity, Ralph Lauren, Nayte, Dappy, Henley, Golden Wonder, Delight, Rufus, Cinder, Trudi, McKenna, Flynn, Divine, Marvel, Treasure, Avalon, Enya, Caspian & Freya.

Photo is of some of the mums & sisters.

The first cria of 2011

I am not very good at blogging as I keep saying so I am now going to try putting mainly photos of my gorgeous alpacas on here. We now own just over 90 of them & adore them all.

My first cria was born on Friday 13th of May & still doesn't have a real name as we can't agree on it. He is either Friday or Thirteen but I have been told that Thirteen is not a name! so he may become Friday. His mum Cosmic Damson gave birth to him at 9.10am & he is jet black just like his big brother Comet & sister Celeste.

Joules, Dillon & Sapphire

After Thorn we had Joules, Dillon & Sapphire. When we are naming our alpacas we tend to try & go with a theme so we can hopefully remember their names easily. So Joules mum Paula Rego has cria named after clothing labels last year she had MacKenzie & Joules this year. Dillon is Tansy's first cria so we have gone with Magic Roundabout!!!! hence Dillon. Sapphire is also Diamond's first cria so we have gone with gem stones. A completely mad system I know but it does work.

2010 Cria

We have had 21 cria this year. I really need to keep my blog up to date so I am really going to try over the next couple of months.

Back in May we were getting ready for the National Show at Newark at which we received a lovely handful of rosettes & were really proud of our show team.

1st for Comet & Lex

3rd for Ani, Fergus & Murphy

4th for Dragonfly

An update on Thorn he has turned into a beautiful boy with cute markings on his face, always one of the first at the gate to see whose coming. Celeste is also lovely about to be weaned.

Here's a photo of some of the cria back in June - Persia, Nell, Dillon, Sapphire, Hope & in the background Ruby Tuesday.