The alpacas although tolerating the rain are now starting to get just a little fed up with it...that's obviously my view of their experience... but please just trust me on this point.

Meanwhile in the hay meadow, a term I use loosely, as it is slowly but surely becoming more like a lake than a meadow is now home to several ducks.





Tomorrow Dr Tara Timpson our vet is coming to do a series of tasks including blood draws and health checks prior to the transport of five open female alpacas off the farm for breeding. Today we took faecal samples from the females and I delivered them to the lab, so we will have the results tomorrow. I expect them to be clear but with all this warm wet weather you can never be certain.

Some of the intact alpaca boys are getting older now so need to have their "fighting teeth" cut off. Unlike the grass eating teeth they do not grow back. When male alpacas fight they tend to go for the legs and genitals so a sharp incisor can do quite a bit of damage.

We will also check over the alpacas now that they have been shorn as you can obviously see the skin and spot any blemishes much more easily.

Adrian Stewart