New Pasture at Last
The pasture I've been working on since last fall is finally occupied by alpacas. We moved Drake and Sindre to the new pasture this afternoon.
I wrote some time ago that when you raise alpacas, there are days when you have time to spin alpaca fiber and other days when you're too busy raising the animals to even think about spinning the fiber. Today was of the latter sort, but we had enough fun turning the alpacas out into the new pasture I grabbed my antique digital camera and took some pictures. This entry is only about spinning to the extent the fiber starts on the animals.
Sindre and Drake immediately started eating, and eating, and eating.
That's Sindre in the picture above. Note how tall the grass is.
Drake
When I went out to take pictures of how happy the boys were, Sindre decided he would pose for the camera.
The boys also did some wrestling to celebrate their new home.
The girls are jealous. Chloe has been convinced for weeks that the new pasture is all hers. Georgia simply walked the fence in disbelief that the boys had new grass and she didn't.
In fact the girls were so upset about the whole situation that only Ipo would let me take her picture.
Note how much shorter the grass is in the girl's pasture. Yes that is moss in the background and it is taller than the grass. Despite what they tell you, the girls are not starving. They have plenty of hay in the shed. It's a jealousy issue. Grass is always preferable to hay and the big boys have lots of tall grass.
The little boys got moved into the pasture formerly occupied by the big boys.
That's Donovan on the left, Percy in front on the Right, and Del behind Percy.
They're still worried that they are in the big boys' territory and they might get beat up for being there. New places can be scary for alpacas. They were also rather curious about the camera, so I caught
Percy
and Del
with the flash.
Alpaca breeders and animal husbandry types will notice the dramatic difference in the height of the grass between the pastures. Golfers will note the girls' pasture is short enough for putting. Yes, we have a problem with our pastures and yes, I am working on it. The first step is to fence still more pasture, so there will be more complaining about building fence in this blog. The second step is to subdivide the existing pastures so we can start rotational grazing. It will happen, eventually. In the meantime, I'm going to work on a fiber project briefly before collapsing into my bed.
I wrote some time ago that when you raise alpacas, there are days when you have time to spin alpaca fiber and other days when you're too busy raising the animals to even think about spinning the fiber. Today was of the latter sort, but we had enough fun turning the alpacas out into the new pasture I grabbed my antique digital camera and took some pictures. This entry is only about spinning to the extent the fiber starts on the animals.
Sindre and Drake immediately started eating, and eating, and eating.
That's Sindre in the picture above. Note how tall the grass is.
Drake
When I went out to take pictures of how happy the boys were, Sindre decided he would pose for the camera.
The boys also did some wrestling to celebrate their new home.
The girls are jealous. Chloe has been convinced for weeks that the new pasture is all hers. Georgia simply walked the fence in disbelief that the boys had new grass and she didn't.
In fact the girls were so upset about the whole situation that only Ipo would let me take her picture.
Note how much shorter the grass is in the girl's pasture. Yes that is moss in the background and it is taller than the grass. Despite what they tell you, the girls are not starving. They have plenty of hay in the shed. It's a jealousy issue. Grass is always preferable to hay and the big boys have lots of tall grass.
The little boys got moved into the pasture formerly occupied by the big boys.
That's Donovan on the left, Percy in front on the Right, and Del behind Percy.
They're still worried that they are in the big boys' territory and they might get beat up for being there. New places can be scary for alpacas. They were also rather curious about the camera, so I caught
Percy
and Del
with the flash.
Alpaca breeders and animal husbandry types will notice the dramatic difference in the height of the grass between the pastures. Golfers will note the girls' pasture is short enough for putting. Yes, we have a problem with our pastures and yes, I am working on it. The first step is to fence still more pasture, so there will be more complaining about building fence in this blog. The second step is to subdivide the existing pastures so we can start rotational grazing. It will happen, eventually. In the meantime, I'm going to work on a fiber project briefly before collapsing into my bed.
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