It was an exciting and exhausting day on the farm today...we had the three B's. It started off with a Birth, then a Burial and ended with Breedings! The birth was an unexpected twelve days early and delivered a healthy male cria (yet to be named!). The death was of one of our beloved old girls...Feliz. It was not a complete surprise as she has been showing signs of age for some time now. She delivered an adorable male cria (Rudy) earlier in the season who is adjusting to not having mom around. Abby the guard llama has taken him under her wing and he is doing fine. It will be strange to go to the barn and not see Feliz there with a mouth full of hay. It was a sad day. You think your aged alpacas will live forever on the farm as a "pet" but one day they die...that day came earlier than we had thought but she is resting now.
The day ended up with a few alpacas going for a drive in the trailer to breedings...then back home to the farm !
It was a day that showed...literally...the circle of life on the farm.
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- C. Engels
- We run a small family farm out of our 1830's farm house with the Engels' and Hunter's. We care for all the animals ourselves and love it! The Engels manage the farm, care for animals and manage the finances with help from Jay the "alpaca accountant"! He recently opened Engels Certified Public Accounting out of the farm in order to meet the needs of other alpaca farmers, individuals and non-profit business'. Mal refurbished the 1830's blacksmith shop on the farm for the gift shop, Ellie specializes in one of a kind felted alpaca hats (see our website!)and a few other relatives and friends do some of the knitting as well. Carol does the research and attends conferences at Cornell etc. regarding alpacas. Tyler and Ashley help with chores, Open houses as well as the Ithaca Farmers Market (Oct-Dec). We work together to provide the total alpaca package at our farm. Visit our site AND the farm!
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