Victor is such a cutie!
Shearing day has been and gone, an intensely physical and very tiring day for us and the animals, but they are happier today to be without their fleeces - 37.6 degrees here this afternoon. The belly, leg and chest fleece is discarded… big clean up for me!! And I have to get used to 'the look' of them all over again… its 'who are you??' every morning!! LOL!!
I have filled a wheelie bin and 5 feed sacks and still this pen is not tidy!!
Bracken says shearing worried him, not a jot, and he's ready for action - always looking for girls!!
Its lovely to be able to see Alba's big dark eyes, but with so much fleece on his lower legs he looks a bit like a Clydey!! He was the only alpaca our shearer remarked on - huge fleece!!
Little Casper looks littler still without his fleece - still a darling boy, but maybe he should eat more!!
Fresian, looking round and full :) Roll on March 14!!
Joeley, in the pink :)…. girl please!
This is Medallion, last year she had a phantom pregnancy…
And this is MidSummer, Medallion's half sister, they were mated on the same day, to the same male.. pretty sure MidSummer is going to produce a cria - not confident that Medallion is, think she is doing a second successive phantom (since she is spitting off) …not a good way to impress me!!
Myriah's daughter Missy Moo…. shearing showed us that she as a brown spot - mid saddle - if I were a white breeder this would be a bad thing.. but I'm a colour breeder, so this little spot (in combo with dark nose and dark eye liner) makes me very happy :)
New boy, Morse, now we're able to see how very very spotty he is :) He's had his first mating for us, and hopefully Michelle will produce another cria next year as a result :)
Namoi, also looking like she's going to give us a cria in March - v happy about that :)
The lovely, and very friendly Nanook :)
Getting in a little r & r after a big brekky, Noisette enjoys a snooze in the sunshine :)
And this is Pearl, also expecting a cria in March, and looking good :) I am pleased that she is staying in good condition through this pregnancy - loves pellets - that helps! Fleece stats to the wind, I'll take a little extra meat on her bones at this point!
Pearl's daughter, Phoebe, one of my very favouritest girls, recently mated to Alba :)
Sweet Pea, very much enjoying the role of auntie in the home paddock - photobombed by Bentley!!
Trinket, also looking nicely rotund. Had to be slightly sedated for shearing!
Until she realised I was there with my camera!!
Always at the front of the treat queue… from the left, Cushla, Myriah and Black Narcissus.
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