JandJ Marvel

Marvel was born at 10.05, his is Dream's second cria & we watched the birth, it was a different birth to everyone we have had. All was progressing well & we had what we thought was the nose coming through as normal but it was in fact the top of Marvel's head, so the came head out but no legs & then a minute or so later the legs came out what a relief & then the rest of a huge cria. Marvel has grown into a very handsome little alpaca no bigger than all the others & has now moved on to a new home with his brothers Nayte & Flynn.

JandJ Divine

JandJ Divine is Destiny's first ever cria & she decided to have her just after dinner the same day that Lumi had Flynn. We watched the birth & all went well, Martin just eased her back feet out, Destiny had done all the hard work. Divine is like her mum & grandma Mississippi a beautiful black girl. Destiny always has to come over & smell you when you are near, she has a gorgeous soft gentle temperament & I hope that Divine will be just as friendly, at the moment she is a little shy but she is still just a little cria.

JandJ Flynn

I really must catch up with last years cria as our first of this year is due on Saturday!

JandJ Flynn is the first ever multi coloured alpaca we have had & hopefully he will not be the last, he is so cute. He is Lumi's 5th cria & all have been beautiful, she is the only white alpaca we own & with Hornblower our black stud as his dad we did wonder if we would get a different colour & we were definitely not disappointed. He was born at 10.30am all calm & quiet, Lumi is always the calmest chilled out mum. From the beginning his colours were interesting & as he has grown they have got better, he has 4 gorgeous little brown feet & his face has pretty freckles.

JandJ McKenna

McKenna was born on Sunday 9th July at 11am, we watched the birth & it all went well, she is McKenzie's first cria, McKenzie is a lovely friendly alpaca & she has made a very good mum. McKenna was up & feeding in an hour or so but was a little slow. She is my favourite of this years cria very cute. She walked with her mum but not on her own for the first 3 days, didn't go off & play with the other babes & spent her time sitting, so I spent time sitting watching her & talking to her, as sitting on their own & not running off when you approach at this age in very unusual. On day 3 she started to run around just like all the others & has done ever since, yesterday when we let them out into a new paddock McKenna was definitely the fastest. She is a gentle cria, has a beautiful face, all curls & is always at the front to be first at the gate to see me.

JandJ Cinder

Cinder was born on July 2nd at 8.45 & was up & feeding within the hour. She is not at all like her big brothers Firefly, Dragonfly & Ember who are very calm & not bothered about anything & does not look like them they are grey & brown. Cinder does look alittle like her mum Orch & sister Butterfly but doesn't make squeaky noises like Butter who we do call Squeaky. Cinder is very inquisitive but a little apprehensive so I hope over the next month or so when we halter train her she will gain some more confidence.

New photos of our alpacas taken last weekend

  JandJ Flynn

JandJ Topaz and JandJ Chastity

  JandJ Nettle

JandJ Chastity JandJ Golden Wonder & JandJ Henley

JandJ Rufus

JandJ Rufus is so cute & very like his brother Finn, whose photo is on our leaflets. We just missed his birth. His mum Vermillion is a reddish brown, hence her name & always has pretty cria. She has had 6 cria with us 4 boys and 2 girls & as

 she is our oldest alpaca at 15, we have decided to retire her this year.

Rufus is now 6 months old, a lovely red brown colour & a little smaller than the rest but still has a gorgeous face.