Saturday, July 13, 2024
As winter came to an end, there was a long period of really nice temps - mainy in the 40s in the AMs and getting up to the 60s in the afternoons, and this went on until just about July 1st. Now up to 100 degrees, it was a quick onset to summer!
We had our first ever llama show appearance at the Glacier Classic, here in Kalispell, Montana. For the 3 months before the show, Herve was walking the 8 llamas we chose to enter, and teaching them to easily step up into and out of the trailer. read more...
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Saturday, June 8, 2024
Hi Ho Silver got the barrel and tops of front and back legs - his coloring is so cool!
When you first own llama, you look at how they are shorn and think, "that doesn't look too hard, I can do that!" And yes! You can! But I want to recommend that you have them shorn professionally first, and watch how it's done. Before you have your llama shorn, you will need to prepare by deciding how you would like them to be shorn, as there are different methods, and also different "cuts".
Llama can be shorn standing up, which is the method we prefer. It seems they are less stressed read more...
Max got the barrel and drape in the back to highlight his amazing fleece - he is still being brushed out
Trouble had to get almost a nudie - this very thick fleece was super matted
Trouble Spot got a barrel with tops of front and back legs shorn
Cyrus got the barrel with tops of his back legs
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Sunday, May 26, 2024
Star and her little boy!
It has ben an exciting start to the season of llama births! Do you know the gestation period for a llama is 11 months and 2 weeks (minimally)? So we wait almost 12 months to see if we will be blessed with successful births after the careful breeding selections made the year before. And compared to our nine month human gestational peiod, in my opinion, a year seems too long to be pregnant! The breeding season in Montana is necessarily short. We don't want to breed too early in the season and h read more...
Momma Llama and her daughter!
Karma and her daughter!
Karma and her girls!
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Frosty Morning
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
Easter is always a special and thoroughly spiritual remembrance day commemorating the Resurrection. After church, we were out with the llama and I was brushing Adelaide. Two days before, the long awaited Stone Crest's Maximus, my six month old appaloosa llama, arrived by Chad's transporter's service with Brett Snead. We were totally jazzed to have him - Max came all the way from Wisconsin and now Windy Ridge Llama Ranch is his home. He was frolicking about while I was grooming my pretty Suri's l read more...
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