The whole herd received their oral drench for liver flukes this morning as planned.
Getting all the alpaca herd management tasks into a year planner is a vital task for me without the discipline of the year planner it is all too easy for the protocols to slip.

Sometimes it can be very tempting to put off essential herd management tasks, especially when the weather is cold and wet. The reality is often no where near as bad as we imagine and so experience tells me that you simply put it in the diary and then do it come hail, rain, snow or blow.

This morning I also collected fecal samples from both the male and female alpacas and took them to Crater Animal Clinic for anlaysis.

Today the sun is shining and you can almost see the grass growing as you watch....better plan on doing some mowing this weekend. Probably when Jo goes to cut here hair I will cut some of the grass in the alpaca pastures.

However, a quick glimpse at the weather forecast shows that there is an 80% chance of rain tomorrow and despite what I just said about herd management I am not mowing the alpaca pastures in the rain....

Well its coming up to 12.45 now so time to get some lunch before updating the alpaca herd health records to reflect the work we have done this morning.

The insurance claim on Ms Felina who died on Saturday of last week is slowly progressing and the loss adjuster has now received the contact details for Dr Leslie Richardson the vet in order to get details of the necropsy report. Some of the tissue reports are back from the lab ...but as often happens in these cases the results are not dreadfully conclusive...

Thank you o all my readers for reading and keeping abreast of life on the farm. And particular thank you to all those who sent their sympathies when Ms Felina passed away. Its much appreciated.

Adrian Stewart - Click here to go to Mulberry Alpacas.