DMAR Update for Week Ending 3/21/09:
Mom’s Club of Sierra Vista was here today for their annual tour. Toddlers love visiting the alpacas and Diego loves kids. He follows them and gives them alpaca kisses. The kids and parents both were able to feed some of the males and pet their beautiful fiber. Once we were in the cria stall both Magnum and Mercedes greeted the visitors by walking up to them and allowing some quick pets. It was a beautiful morning and everyone enjoyed the alpacas.
I am trying to finish skirting and cleaning last year’s fleece that I have so procrastinated doing. I sent just a little over 4 lbs of fawn colored fiber to one mill and approx. 6 lbs of white fiber to another mill. I am now working on sending some fiber to another mill to have crew length alpaca socks made.
Shearing is next month. This will be the first year that we actually shear on the ranch instead of dragging the alpacas to someone else’s ranch. Tom will be busy placing a wood floor in the quarantine area that will double as our shearing area. The alpacas look so wooly right now and I have already started to hose down legs and belly trying to keep them cool in the 80 degree temps.
