Sunday, May 26, 2013

Spring is in full bloom not only for the season but babies as well!

What an exciting start to the day on the farm today!  Babies Babies everywhere!  We are so pleased and thrilled to welcome our first baby boy to the farm courtesy of Chardonnay!


Please say hello to ........
Merlot

Just Born

Proud Mama - Chardonnay

Merlot was named by grandson Brandon Cole - Age 16.  He states he wanted the name Merlot
because it's a wine as well just like Chardonnay!

Brandon


Saturday, May 25, 2013

Say Hello to Miss Roxie!


This past Thursday, May 23rd we were excited to welcome our 2nd Cria to the farm.  Miss Roxie was named by our nine year old Grandson, Caleb Pachulski who chose Earth Angel's baby to name.  Earth Angel is a very proud and protective mommy!

Earth Angel


Just Born


Roxie - One Day Old


Earth Angel, Roxie & Caleb


Sheena & Roxie have become fast friends and love to run the pasture together.


Miss Sheena
10 Days Old


Monday, May 13, 2013

It's Baby Time!!!


What an exciting day on the farm.  Not only were Dad, Jim & Paul busy getting fields ready for planting and running errands for parts to repair tractors and equipment, but Miss Dixie decided she was going to add some much anticipated excitement to our day! 

Dixie has presented us with the very first Cria born on our farm.  This was Dixie's very first pregnancy.  Not only did she have an easy delivery, she has taken to motherhood like a natural and is enjoying bonding with her new daughter.

 
Please say hello to Dixie's gorgeous daughter.


We have 8 grandchildren in our family and each grandchild has been given the honor of choosing a pregnant Alpaca and upon the birth of her cria the added privilege of giving that baby a name they've chosen.

The 2nd youngest granddaughter, Kassey had chosen Dixie.  Kassey is 5 years old and is our animal whisperer.  Kassey has a very special gift with animals and they respond to her in kind so it seems so fitting that she was given this special baby to name.  

We'd like you to meet:
Kassey & Sheena


Saturday, May 4, 2013

Our Alpacas have been Shorn!

Shearing day has come and gone just in time for the recent warm weather we've had, much to our Alpacas relief!

We were very excited and nervous about our very first shearing here at Cannon Creek Alpacas!  After a long day of cleaning and prepping for the big event and some unexpected delays we have declared the overall experience a huge success. 

The following pictures are of our Beautiful girl, Dixie who has the most beautiful white fiber:

Before Shearing

 
     Being
     Shorn 

After
I highly recommend Biosecure Shearing for your shearing needs.  Led by lead shearer Micah,  he and his three man crew not only did an amazing job of shearing our Alpacas to show quality perfection but they also handled each animal with the utmost care, especially all of our pregnant females.  Thankfully none of our girls were too stressed about the situation that they went into early labor!