New Arrivals and Home Paddock Update

On Monday we got 9mm of very welcome rain.  Namoi gave birth to a male cria while it was coming down, wouldn't have been too bad, except that she delivered him into a puddle!!  Towelled him dry and luckily the sun came out.

He's had a chance to dry off properly now :)

This is Collette's daughter, Chianti - looking good :)

Cushla and her daughter, Scarlett - born the same day, what else could I name her???

Little Farquhar, a very pretty little cria :)  And pretty sneaky too, watched him steal a feed from Orchid while she was too busy eating brekky to notice!!

Lucien, already a very large llama in his head!!

 Jade continues to do well, now looking like a 'proper' llama cria and being taken very good care of by her mother Trinket.

Weekend In Transit

First stop Nowra, quilts to deliver :)  Stayed with Shayne and Brad and as always had a lovely time.  Got to catch up with Tarquinn and Tikal.  Here seen eagerly awaiting the arrival of their brekky.

Tikal is enjoying his new home and new friend Tarquinn.  He is steadily eating his way to a fuller figure too!!

They are both very handsome boys :)

Shayne has some interesting chooks, as ever, including this one, who for reasons unknown has not grown any feathers on its head and looks for all the world like a vulture chick!!

And this lavender millefluer pullet who has the prettiest colouring I've ever seen.

Shayne's one wing rescue goose has adopted a clutch of call ducklings and when I say clutch, I mean every duckling in the grow out pen!!  She is doing a fine job of mothering them.  Surprised it has worked so well as they are not young ducklings, but they have taken to her as much as she has taken to them :)

Zena is recovering well from her operation and seems very happy in her new environment.

Next stop Canberra and a visit with Scarlett-Rose, granmotherly treat this visit was bathing the baby :)  Which was apparently very tiring, as this turned into the biggest yawn!!

When I arrived she was sleeping, but a couple of gentle bumps to the bassinet and et voila she was awake!!  LOL!!

She is a darling little baby :)

Home via Alpaca Magic Open Day, the wind was playing havoc with this girl's 'do'!!

Forest Gump called in for a visit.

Dozens of visitors walked around the paddock in amongst the llamas and alpacas who took it all in their stride, including Lla Traviata:

There were plenty of young crias for the crowds to see:

Lla Tina:

 Lla Toison:

And this gorgeous spotty girl, who had too much fleece for me to be able to see her name.

The mini donkeys also drew a crowd... including some inquisitive llamas!!

 This is Tuscany Rose (bottom), we have her mother here at Maison Mauve, she looks a lot like her, Tiana Rose (top).

Trinket and Jade, New Gates

When Jade was born, her ears hung off the side of her head like a little goat kid's ears.  I didn't believe they would straighten up by themselves and thought they'd need taping... but here we are at day 10 and they're up!!  She's also up on her feet now, no more low pasterns :)

Visually, you may not find these next pics very interesting, but  2 new gates that will soon be joined by a fence, including a creek crossing, are fantastic news to me!!  It will mean we have divided the Long Paddock and that Morse can move out of the driveway and have more room, and more feed, all good :)

Oh Pedro!!

Not long after the lovely Pedro arrived at our farm, he found a way over the fence and into the girls paddock, we've since fixed that!!  We found him one Sunday morning trash talking the boys in the next paddock and away from the girls and thought phew!! no damage done...  But now... Wia (alpaca) has given birth to a baby who is plainly 'llama-ish'!!  And the dates fit with Pedro's visit.  Luckily he is a little cutie and we will raise him as a llama :)  Clever little boy was born on my birthday - welcome to the world Cumberbatch :)

Scarlett-Rose, Trinket and Her Cria and the Rest of the Gang

Sunday was a big day, I got to visit Freya and hold little Scarlett-Rose for the first time.  Lots of goo-ing and gaa-ing, and grandmother style gushing, she is very sweet - of course!!

Then I attended a Llama Assoc. meeting at Alpaca Magic, where there were new crias to meet.  This one needed a supplementary feed, and being held by Tanya looked like a giant of a cria even though she's only a day or so old!!

But it turns out she's just a normal size cria, and Tanya is the little one!!  LOL!!

While I was away Fresian gave birth to Alpha Centauri Alba's first son, we've called him Farquhar.  Here being introduced - across the fence - to Dad.

With mum, Fresian:

And he is as cute as a button!

 Yesterday Trinket's cria was a week old, its been a big week, her ears are coming up, yesterday they were at 45 degrees, today they are parallel to the ground and she's coming up onto her feet as well, still a bit to go, but getting there.  Also her teeth have come through.  Two important things happened yesterday, she gets a name - Jade Tigress (was going to be Princess, but changed it because of her brindled colouring) and I handed over all her feeds to her mother - that's a double YAYYY

Joeley is due next Thursday, though being a first timer I'm not expecting it to come on time!  She looks to have a good sized cria on board.

Big improver in the halter class today was Koko, he's a lovely boy and very affectionate.  Here he is sporting his new halter and lead - very dashing.

Also in class today, our star pupil, Bentley :)