Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A night in Paris
One night of our trip to Britain, we had to visit people in the bottom of France, we had driven all day and we were at the outskirts
of Paris.
I said to Elyse, lets nick into to paris and see the Eiffel Tower, little did i know what the traffic would be like, nor did i ever think of what the night had install for us, but we survived, and it is a night that Elyse will remember for the rest of her life.
Her eyes as wide as they could go, as we drove up, and there was a car park right at one of the feet of the Eiffel Tower.
She looked up, skyhigh, to this wonder of the world.
Truely a magical place, unbelievable, as we caught the lift up the leg of the tower and stood out on the first deck.
the wind rushing through, freezing cold, (not as cold as Canada though), but wow, then up to the next level, higher still, and again an amazing view, then we took our turn to the top level, and my this is one of the highlights of our trip.
We visited many farms, and when we were not talking to people about alpacas, we were driving and getting lost, but it was an experience, that for one moment in our life, we were on top of the world, almost like a fairyland.
of Paris.I said to Elyse, lets nick into to paris and see the Eiffel Tower, little did i know what the traffic would be like, nor did i ever think of what the night had install for us, but we survived, and it is a night that Elyse will remember for the rest of her life.
Her eyes as wide as they could go, as we drove up, and there was a car park right at one of the feet of the Eiffel Tower.
She looked up, skyhigh, to this wonder of the world.
Truely a magical place, unbelievable, as we caught the lift up the leg of the tower and stood out on the first deck.
the wind rushing through, freezing cold, (not as cold as Canada though), but wow, then up to the next level, higher still, and again an amazing view, then we took our turn to the top level, and my this is one of the highlights of our trip.
We visited many farms, and when we were not talking to people about alpacas, we were driving and getting lost, but it was an experience, that for one moment in our life, we were on top of the world, almost like a fairyland.
Our helper
One thing about living on a farm, everyone has to help out.
It is also good to see how sometimes, our kids as kids enjoyed having the alpacas, and then they may go off and discover other things about life, but then they come back and can enjoy those chores they use to do again.
Life can be good on a farm, this small things to others, are a great achievement to know we did our best in giving our kids a great opportunity and life experiences, that will take them through rough patches they may have in their lives.
It is also good to see how sometimes, our kids as kids enjoyed having the alpacas, and then they may go off and discover other things about life, but then they come back and can enjoy those chores they use to do again.
Life can be good on a farm, this small things to others, are a great achievement to know we did our best in giving our kids a great opportunity and life experiences, that will take them through rough patches they may have in their lives.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Seyechelles is now a Canadian-Cria Of Mariah Hill Statement
We love Seychelles, she is just gorgeous, and superb in quality, here only 3 months old, and displaying the quality and density, already, i can only now imagine what her fleece will devlop into, as she is an elite female.Sired by Mariah Hill Statement, now in UK, Seyechelles has Stefano as a grandsire on bothsides of her pedigree.
Stefano being a full Accoyo male.
Patche'also a full Accoyo male, Inti, also in her background.
from Full Peruvian Heritage, form the original imported dam, Mystique, Seychelles is one of MH Statement's first offspring.
Her fleece is classed as Ultrafine, and displays tight uniform staples evenly across her body, as displayed below.
Crimp even in micron, crimp style, and length.,
Yaviennes Supreme, has been a fantatic first time mum, and also displays a fine fleece, displaying a 19.1 micron fleece, with a 4.1 SD.
We are excited at sending Seyechelles over to canada, to display some of the premium coloured fleeces available.
This is the crimp in front of her chest (fleece photo 1) , is the same as that on her midside, (fleece photo 2,3), and in front of her chest (fleece photo 6), and down her leg (fleece photo 5), and under her belly, back of her neck (photo 4)
Girls (alpacas) destined for Europe, on their way to NZ
I know these blogs may be out of order, but i have been so busy catching up with my bookword since i have got back from Canada.
There has been so much to do, i have averaged 15 hours a day on the computer, to try and catch up.
I still have not even opened most of the mail, as i have had deadlines to follow.
I thought you would like to see the group of females that went to New Zealand the end of May,
they are looking really good.
The weather had been not too bad whilst this group was in quarantine.
We have to shear them prior to entry to the quarantine, and if it gets cold, we place coats on them, and there are plenty of shedding for them to go in, which they all take advantage of, feed is inside as well as outside, so unless the weather closes in, the alpacas have access to both areas.
The quarantine can be locked down if the weather closes in, and is then heated.
The first girl to walk past the screen is La Caliente', she is just gorgeous.
the girls have patches on their sides, so that if they need to be screened for any overseas country, the fleece is available for the screeners to view and sample to get it tested.
The one at the back is Showdown, he has absolutely gorgeous fleece. Fleece samples have been taken so that we can get GIFT tests for them.
Every now and then after spending so much time in front of the computer, my mind just fizzles, and i just have to have a break, so this is the times that i do my blogs, just to give my brain a rest from all the work.
Each day i get phone calls from Tannis in Canada. i enjoy our talks, as we waddle through the ins and outs of the alpaca industry. I usually receive at least 1 email from another friend Yvonne, in Europe, it is always nice to hear from Yvonne as well.
There has been so much to do, i have averaged 15 hours a day on the computer, to try and catch up.
I still have not even opened most of the mail, as i have had deadlines to follow.
I thought you would like to see the group of females that went to New Zealand the end of May,
they are looking really good.
The weather had been not too bad whilst this group was in quarantine.
We have to shear them prior to entry to the quarantine, and if it gets cold, we place coats on them, and there are plenty of shedding for them to go in, which they all take advantage of, feed is inside as well as outside, so unless the weather closes in, the alpacas have access to both areas.
The quarantine can be locked down if the weather closes in, and is then heated.
The first girl to walk past the screen is La Caliente', she is just gorgeous.
the girls have patches on their sides, so that if they need to be screened for any overseas country, the fleece is available for the screeners to view and sample to get it tested.
The one at the back is Showdown, he has absolutely gorgeous fleece. Fleece samples have been taken so that we can get GIFT tests for them.
Every now and then after spending so much time in front of the computer, my mind just fizzles, and i just have to have a break, so this is the times that i do my blogs, just to give my brain a rest from all the work.
Each day i get phone calls from Tannis in Canada. i enjoy our talks, as we waddle through the ins and outs of the alpaca industry. I usually receive at least 1 email from another friend Yvonne, in Europe, it is always nice to hear from Yvonne as well.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
How important is Vitamin D to an Alpaca
Three Girls were delivered here from a nearby farm. I was asked by the owner to bring them up to scratch, there were problems, as the carer or agistor of the alpacas did not like to give injections, so i was told. This is the third lot of alpacas owned by the same owner, and from the same agisted farm, that has been sent over to us to try and get weight put on them and to correct any problems with the alpacas.
The only reason we take on the
alpacas is for the alpacas sake.
alpacas is for the alpacas sake.no animal should be left to fend for itself.If you take on looking after other people's animals, you also take on the responsibility to care and maintain them, especially if you are being paid to look after them.
The 
pictures of these alpacas you can see after 
having a couple of years of no maintenance of worming and Vitamins. Each of these alpacas I was told were champions. I will leave it to you to decide. But after 6 months of treatments, 
we did correct the legs considerably, and got the weight on the girls that 
needed. It takes a lot of work ot correct, and money, but it is all unnecessary, and unfair on the alpacas. The alpacas should be cared for properly in the first place, and should not get to this stage. You wonder if the Owner worked out that the problem was with the farm the girls and his others were agisted at, and not the animals. Obviously
he did not, as when the girls legs were corrected, and the hair grew back on her legs, where the legs were mite infested, the alpacas went back to the agisted farm!!!!!!!
pictures of these alpacas you can see after 
having a couple of years of no maintenance of worming and Vitamins. Each of these alpacas I was told were champions. I will leave it to you to decide. But after 6 months of treatments, 
we did correct the legs considerably, and got the weight on the girls that 
needed. It takes a lot of work ot correct, and money, but it is all unnecessary, and unfair on the alpacas. The alpacas should be cared for properly in the first place, and should not get to this stage. You wonder if the Owner worked out that the problem was with the farm the girls and his others were agisted at, and not the animals. Obviously
he did not, as when the girls legs were corrected, and the hair grew back on her legs, where the legs were mite infested, the alpacas went back to the agisted farm!!!!!!!
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