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Alpaca of the Month!
BMR Eve ARI# 30691292 vicuna fawn Eve is one of the absolute prettiest alpacas I have ever seen. Vicuna colored accents set off her gorgeous eyes and her fiber is simply amazing. Her 20 micron fleece feels like butter. Check out her lineage - Bueno, Royal Fawn, Leon, Mr. President to name a few. Eve's histogram:
20.7 4.2 20.3 2.2
She has been bred to Teewinot for a 2012 cria and and this baby should be amazing!
click here for more information on Eve
Eve right after shearing |
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Congratulations BMR Duke and his owners Ron and Brenda Berg! Remember the little guy we sold and sent off to New Hampshire a while back? Well look at him now!
From Brenda Berg of Stonewall Fields Alpacas in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire: Linda...just wanted to send this great picture of Duke to you.....we are so proud of him. We have 6 cria coming from Duke this coming August into September ......we are so excited.....he's awesome! He is such a handsome boy....everyone loves Duke. He remains always dignified...that is the best word to describe his character. He never tussels, unless provoked by one of the other boys and then settles it quickly himself. He always comes up to greet us..one of the first. You can visit their web site here: Stonewall Fields Alpacas |
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Alpacas 101 Class 
If you are considering the alpaca business or if you just wonder if they make good fiber pets, then you might want to join us for a few hours on Saturday May 19 at 10:00 a.m.
Topics will include:
Understanding Alpaca Temperament
History of the Alpaca
Alpaca market trends
Taxes, financials, investing and alpacas as a business
How we price an alpaca
Breeding, and promoting your alpacas
Health issues and herd management
....and time for your unique questions. We have a good group of people already attending, this should be a great class.
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Shearing Update
After a conversation with the scheduler, Rachel, at Bio-secure alpaca shearing, I can say with confidence that our shearing date will be Saturday, June 9.
We have hired the same fabulous crew we used last year to do the shearing and alpaca handling. We do need a few helpers to gather and roll fleeces, label bags, and sweep the shearing mats between animals. We wish we could have visitors that day, but our helpers will need all the available space in the barn to accomplish the fiber gathering.
Email linda@bluemoonranch.net if you'd like to come work with us that day. We will feed you a nice lunch and promise you will not be bored! We will be streaming this event for our far away friends, so do check in on the alpaca cam that day!
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Free Alpaca Beans!
The other "end" product produced by all alpacas is wonderful low nitrogen manure. We prefer to call their daily gifts to us "beans" because... well, they do look like beans and it sounds so much better than poop! Alpaca beans are full of nutrients for your soil, including nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, but in very low amounts so there is no danger of 'burning' your tender plants like might happen with commercial fertilizers. Alpaca beans also contain calcium, magnesium and sulfur, which will help your plants thrive. Beans are the perfect soil amendment for clay or sandy soils. The beans can be added right to the soil, or composted for future use. We compost all the beans we pick up, let it "cook" for a year or two, and then we spread it back on the pastures each fall. We also gather and bag some of the nicest beans for sale in our store.
However, one alpaca produces between 2 and 4 pounds per day, which means we have more than 200 pounds of fresh beans deposited here daily!
This also means that YOU can get fresh beans because we can't usually keep up with it all! We do need you to make an appointment, but bring your own bags and containers and come share the bounty. The stuff we pick up goes in to our compost pile, but any you pick up from the pastures is free for you to take home.
Please email for your appointment linda@bluemoonranch.net
Hurry before it's all gone! haha
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Mark your Calender
Please plan to join us for our 8th annual Open Barn days! Sept 29 and 30, 2012 from 10 til 4 both days. Wonderful yarns made from our animals' fleeces and many finished items for sale. Visit the alpacas, and enjoy a relaxing day at the ranch. Free admission, more details here
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