Cria’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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