Almost Winter
It is almost winter here at Encore and we have begun to prepare for the cold winter winds. Even the animals seem to know that the warm sunny days are numbered and they try to enjoy every moment that they can. Do they really have a sense of what is coming? Do they feel the days shorten and sense these cool nights mean no more lush pasture for months. I think they do. They just don’t talk about it as much as I do… The cria’s are now eating grain in the cria pen and loving every min of it. They think dinner time is now great fun since they get to act like the rest...
Read MoreThe Vet Visited Encore Alpacas…again!
We have gotten to know our vet pretty well this past couple of weeks. It is not always like this with the alpacas but like with any animal there are times when they have their share of needs. Today the vet came to stitch up a cut on our little girl, Brianna’s eye. She cut it a week or so ago but the staples the vet put in didn’t hold so today we stitched it. It is always amazing to me how resilient animals and small children are. They put up with things that would bring your average adult to their knees and just keep going. In Brianna’s case, in order to protect her...
Read MoreCria’s and Their Mothers
It is a cold night here at Encore Alpaca Farm. I still could not resist standing outside and watching the mothers and their new cria. Each mother just like human beings have different ways of watching over their babies. Sarah who is a first time mother has decided to live by the motto, “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child”. She, although a great mother has found that the other females in the herd do an excellent job of watching her baby when she is away from mom. In fact, some days “Sima” spends so much time with the other in the herd that I think she has...
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