Before and After - It's shearing time!

I am no expert with shearing and last year was my first experience to shear llamas.  I had never even watched shearing done but the llamas I got needed hair-dos so I bought shears and went to work on my own.  What a fun experience and I really enjoy the transformations and making the llamas feel better....

This year we have the rescues here in need of being sheared so today, we finally had some sun and it was time to get started on them!  We sheared 2 of them today.

I was very impressed with how well both llamas did.  Neither spit, both let me shear them either while they were standing up or they would kush.  Very good girls!

First we did "Bobble" who is a young girl.

Getting started.....

Moving right along......

And STILL more......

And almost done....

And Bobble's final new 'look'! 

She's still thin, but has gained weight since arriving here, her belly is full and I think with more time, good food and care, she will fill out very nicely!

 Our second shearing of the day is "Oma", a senior girl with a sway back....after shearing we figure her back was caused by a severe injury by some kind of animal attack, with a giant chunk of her back torn out and now completely healed.

"OMA"

As we got started.....

 Such a transformation on this girl as we went along!!

Moving right along......

Almost done......

FINISHED!!!  Isn't she beautiful!

She's thin but a nice healthy belly.  I have no doubt getting all that heavy fiber off her back will make her feel MUCH BETTER! 
We sheared the necks because of the matted up fiber, usually we are lucky enough not to have to shear the necks but by next year, they will be as lovely as ever!  This shearing for these rescues is about cleaning them up and getting them ready to live and be beautiful again  ;-)  

More of our Farms Newest additions

Meet our newest addition to both our farms!

First is our newest registered Alpacas.  They are lovely.  Wonderful fiber.

Then we have some beautiful goat kids born over the past few days!  

Introducing Sammy and Sinatra, twin bucklings, born on April 8, 2011.

SAMMY

 SINATRA

Also born on April 8th, 2011 is buckling named LEONARD.

Leonard with his mum Lipia

Born on April 9, 2011 are twin bucklings Doug and Dorito born to Deery

 DOUG

DORITO

Here is Tinkerbell and her daughter Tawny (growing up fast!) and Lipia with her son Leonard in the background.

Here's Stanley at 12 days old!  He's really growing up fast, gaining 1/2 lb a day!

It's BEEN EXCITING around here!!!

Our newest Farm additions!

We co-own several horses, Alpacas and Llamas with a very close and wonderful family friend of ours. 
Meet our newest additions that finally arrived to our farms....

She's such a lovely girl, halter trained and leads.  She is friendly and we are looking forward to shearing her and all our newest additions! 

Also arriving with her was two lovely Alpacas.  A Fawn and a White.  Did I say how much I want to shear them?!

 Our lovely new male Llama.  He is really SWEET!  Very friendly and his co-owner is truly enjoying him.  His colour is more impressive in real life, this photo doesn't do him justice.  I will be going to her house to shear all our animals we co-own as well as her sheep this summer... FUN!

 Here's two more of our Huacaya Alpacas.

 And then we have a stunning Suri Alpaca!!!  Isn't he just fabulous?!

MEET "STANLEY"! 

He's our sweet little boy born to one of our rescue llama mums.  Both are doing incredible.  Mum was one of the girls in the worst health upon arrival and so far both mum and cria are just doing wonderful! 

SPRING IS HERE!

For those who don't know, when we bought our acreage, the prior owners left it in a horrible mess!  There were appliances everywhere, loads and loads of junk, buildings collapsed...... We've taken our 12th load since we moved here, to the dump yesterday now that the weather has broke and 2 loads of appliances to recycle.  We have another dump load filled in the truck for the next day the dump is open (and these are FULL sized F250 loads!)....another recycle load as well and several loads of usable windows we gave to a friend down the road.  A huge stack, a few truck loads of wood, to another friend and a bunch of metal roofing... All should be loaded out this week!  What a blessing.