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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

RE: [AlpacaTalk] Shearing Days ahead

 

Here here!!  I hear ya!  NO RAIN until after shearing day!!!  We had ours penned up and bringing in for shearing and stood there and watched one of ours decide to take a dust bath!! I am sure our shearer just grimaced!  I am sure he was thinking about his blades trying to go through the sand and grit.  We just ran and tried to get them up off the ground!  I will be relaxing Sunday on Mothers Day because we will have sheared on Friday and Saturday!!  This will be a good Mother's Day this year!  Shearing will be done!!   

Jody Ehler
Solon, IA 52333
J & J Alpacas
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To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
From: laura0554@hughes.net
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:22:24 -0400
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Shearing Days ahead

 

            This is a busy time of year, for sure!  I am helping at one farm on Friday, another on Saturday and Sunday of this week and then ours will be done (with help) on Mother's Day……..Saturday and Sunday. 

 

            Last year I helped at a farm with 30 and then we did my 5 on Mother's Day.  This year I am still helping two other farms and then when we do mine, we'll have 15 to do, and a llama.  I am hoping to get up to snuff at the other farms so we can whip through ours as efficiently as possible!  I am also hoping for cool weather for shearing day and no rain!

 

Laura

 

Laura Roberts

R Half Pint Farm

Spotsylvania, VA 

 

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jody Ehler
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:16 PM
To: alpacatalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] It's OVER!!!

 

 

Way to go Judy!
 
We are scheduled for May 8th...I hope!  We have 20 and the other farm has about 30, so we have a big day ahead of us too!  I will get the cooler full of ice and chuck it full of water and gatorade!  I am bound and determined that I will build a nice skirting table and start skirting the fleece quickly and get some fiber off to the mills!  The remainder fiber I think I may make some pet pillows.  My cats love sleeping on my last years fiber.  She looks soooo cozy!  We also make a nice lunch with lunch meat sandwhiches, veggies and snacks.  We try and wait until we only have a few animals left before eating....it's a bit hard to rest while eating and then getting our sore butts off the chairs and back into the barns!  But it sure does feel good when it's done! 

Jody Ehler
Solon, IA 52333
J & J Alpacas
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RE: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Shearing Cria

 

            Last year was my first try at shearing and I had one cria.  Since we were a bit intimidated by the shears, we used dog clippers and they did the job.  Baby actually looked pretty good and I think he felt good, too!

 

 

 

Laura Roberts

R Half Pint Farm

Spotsylvania, VA 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 2:50 PM
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Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Shearing Cria

 

 

I have my cria sheared whenever someone in the area has a cria shearer over. I've had them sheared from 1 week old through 3 months. If I could (i.e. had the guts to) do it myself I'd pick 2-3 weeks old. I always have the mom watch and have never had a rejection problem. I think transport them else where alos helps since they are stuck in the van together afterwards. I think the last date the shearer comes is mid-Sept. I'm having an Oct baby this year and I really want "her" to be sheared, but we'll see. If I do, I'll obviously have to have coats available.

Cheers,
Morgen Bowers
Dreamwood Farm
Claverack, NY
www.dreamwoodfarm.com

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posted by Chaddo at 1:25 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] Shearing Days ahead

 

            This is a busy time of year, for sure!  I am helping at one farm on Friday, another on Saturday and Sunday of this week and then ours will be done (with help) on Mother’s Day……..Saturday and Sunday. 

 

            Last year I helped at a farm with 30 and then we did my 5 on Mother’s Day.  This year I am still helping two other farms and then when we do mine, we’ll have 15 to do, and a llama.  I am hoping to get up to snuff at the other farms so we can whip through ours as efficiently as possible!  I am also hoping for cool weather for shearing day and no rain!

 

Laura

 

Laura Roberts

R Half Pint Farm

Spotsylvania, VA 

 

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jody Ehler
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:16 PM
To: alpacatalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] It's OVER!!!

 

 

Way to go Judy!
 
We are scheduled for May 8th...I hope!  We have 20 and the other farm has about 30, so we have a big day ahead of us too!  I will get the cooler full of ice and chuck it full of water and gatorade!  I am bound and determined that I will build a nice skirting table and start skirting the fleece quickly and get some fiber off to the mills!  The remainder fiber I think I may make some pet pillows.  My cats love sleeping on my last years fiber.  She looks soooo cozy!  We also make a nice lunch with lunch meat sandwhiches, veggies and snacks.  We try and wait until we only have a few animals left before eating....it's a bit hard to rest while eating and then getting our sore butts off the chairs and back into the barns!  But it sure does feel good when it's done! 

Jody Ehler
Solon, IA 52333
J & J Alpacas
Check out our adorable alpacas!

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posted by Chaddo at 1:22 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] Re: Shearing Cria

 

I have my cria sheared whenever someone in the area has a cria shearer over. I've had them sheared from 1 week old through 3 months. If I could (i.e. had the guts to) do it myself I'd pick 2-3 weeks old. I always have the mom watch and have never had a rejection problem. I think transport them else where alos helps since they are stuck in the van together afterwards. I think the last date the shearer comes is mid-Sept. I'm having an Oct baby this year and I really want "her" to be sheared, but we'll see. If I do, I'll obviously have to have coats available.

Cheers,
Morgen Bowers
Dreamwood Farm
Claverack, NY
www.dreamwoodfarm.com

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, "r.vasquez1235" <rv@...> wrote:
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> We are trying to develop a plan of action in shearing cria. We have tipped a few with some result but this year we would like to completely shear their bodies. We had a cria that broke her leg last year. They shaved her hip for surgery. Her fiber on that hip area is awesome. I wish we would have sheared her all over! This year the cria will be sheared.
> What do you do at your ranches?
> What age do you shear the cria.
> What equipment do you use? Oster? Andis? Other
> What blades do you use?
> Do you just shear their bodies or necks too?
> Thanks in advance
> Robin Vasquez
> R & R Ranch
> Gilroy, CA
>

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posted by Chaddo at 11:50 AM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] Re: Alpaca treats

 

The only treats I use, just when visitors come or to make an unpleasantness more pleasant (like halter training or a long physical exam), are supplements like Calf Manna or alfalfa pellets, if I have them around. One big exception--and it is my favorite, is Wild Rose leaves! Discovered this by accident, but if I had known how much they liked wild roses I'd have ALOT less scars! They particularly like them in the spring when the branches and thorns are still soft. When I prune I Hold the branch out or weave it into the fence and they strip it bare in no time. Their limber lips manage to avoid all the thorns and holding it/weaving it, gives them the tension they need so they can tear the leaves and don't get the stem/thorns. I make sure the branches don't end up in the paddock b/c they HURT when you step on them barefoot. I also discovered that some of my girls LOVE stinging nettles--yeah! Another thing I no longer need to clear our of the pasture!

As for fruit, etc., most of mine won't eat anything they aren't already familiar with. If I can get the piggy, the llama or a cria, to try something, than the others might just b/c they can't stand someone else getting something when they aren't.

Cheers,
Morgen M. Bowers
Dreamwood Farm
Claverack, NY
www.dreamwoodfarm.com

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Darlene Lander <darlene4548@...> wrote:
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> My guys like any kind of berry. So there are very few wild berries here any more. They ate my blueberry bush and seem a little ticked that it is gone. There is one pear tree in the pasture that they keep a good eye on. I think they have a contest to see who can get to the pear first! I have not had a pear off that tree in the 5 years the alpacas have been here. Funny thing is if I buy a pear at the store and bring it home, they really don't like it. They love apples and take them from my hand. They will also eat carrots that my aunt has lovingly sliced up for them but they won't eat them from me.
>
> Darlene Lander
> Dun Roving Farm
> Frewsburg, NY
>

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posted by Chaddo at 11:33 AM 0 comments