Last week and weekend was a flurry of activity; getting all the fencing done and having 2 of the alpacas (Sunny and Taiga) delivered to us on Saturday. They have been spending these last few days exploring their new home and Sunday they got to head out to the field. They are loving the tall grass and fur trees. Taiga saw some deer in the neighbor’s field and I got to hear her alarm call for the first time. I had to laugh because it sounds just like a squeaky chair. She didn’t seem particularly upset but I think she…
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Month: June 2015
All about alpacas!
Getting the farm ready for the alpacas continues… The hay feeder is done and we have electricity… We began digging holes for the fence posts. And we have an AWESOME neighbor with a tractor who helped us fill in the trench from last week! We LOVE him!! But the best part of the weekend was the alpaca shearing at EasyGo Farm! Here is Sunny – before and after Tiara – before and after …
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Trenching Drama
So first of all, Alice the broken toe chicken update, I brought her to the vet and it was determined that the toe would heal and there was little risk of infection. Whew! Now on to the rest of the weekend… We are having an electrician come out this week to install electricity to our shed and barn so we needed to dig a trench from the house to the outbuildings. Dan had originally planned to dig this trench by hand with a shovel (approx 300 feet, 24 inches deep) until the electrician suggested he get a trencher. So on…
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