Monday, March 27, 2017
On the 21st of this month we had a huge surprise in our barn, a totally black little cria male, already up and running around. As I had only bred one female last year, I was not expecting this one, so will have to do some real background searching via DNA to find out who daddy is He has gained weight each day and has made his way into the herd, leaping around and causing general havoc. Mom, also a true black, and Evander daughter, has plenty of milk and is super protective of her little guy. read more...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Sunshine is here today, which makes me very happy, and I know the pacas are enjoying every ray as well. It has been one historic winter, going from freezing to the upper sixties from one day to the next. I am not looking forward to the insects this summer. As soon as I can wade through the mud, I will clean out the winter mess from the barns. Had the tractor and mower serviced during the winter, so everything should be in good working order. Need to get a new seed/fertilizer spreader as the read more...
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
Be sure to visit us at the Clinton County Farmer's market where we will be set up on the first and third Saturdays of the month for the winter and spring. We will have lots of stocking stuffers for that special person on your list Dec. 3rd and 17th, so be sure to stop by between 9 and 12 and check out what products we have available for you.
Our current litter of AKC German Shepherds is down to one male , so check back with us if you want to be placed on our puppy list. Our puppies have gon read more...
Who has the better "Do"?
A spoiled rotten puppy.
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Sunday, October 2, 2016
We had a surprise on Friday, September 16th. It was late in the afternoon when I went to let the female herd back into the barn. I saw a heap of something light in the back of the pasture, and when I went to check, found that Tea Rose had given birth, a few weeks early, to a tiny, nine pound, light fawn male. He was so small that he had trouble reaching the milk bar, was already dry and able to stand and walk, although a bit wobbly. Got mom and baby into the barn and weighed him. His slight read more...
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Sunday, October 2, 2016
Liberty, the Great Pyr we added as a helper to Kander, our Anatolian, is working out nicely now. She has finally decided that Tanglewood Farm is her new home, and even during our Farm Open House days the last week-end in September, she stayed put and walked down to the driveway gate only to welcome visitors and escort them up to the barns. She is very sweet and spends her nap times mostly in the garage where my GSDs have their kennels. At other times she has even been seen in the pasture with read more...
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Aura
Tanglewood will be adding a new male, bred by Briar Run Alpacas, that will be co-owned with Good Time Ridge Alpacas. We are excited about this new addition to our growing herd, as we are sure this boy will become one of our top herdsires as he matures. Mercury will be spending the remainder of this year at Good Time Ridge Alpacas and will alternate with residence at Tanglewood. We have also added several stunning young males from Briar Run, who will be starting their breeding careers this sp read more...
Nijinski, a Stryker son
Aura's pedigree
Wild Card, a Royal Flush son
Bellamy is on the left.
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Since it is spring, and breeding time is soon coming up, I thought I would share some info that helped me when I had animals that had not bred before. You just want to make sure that they know "what to do". In that case, I always get two breeding pens set up, one for the experienced and one for the inexperienced. I got the two experienced ones together, and had the newbies in the pen next door where they could see what was going on. It worked like clockwork, as the newbie male watched and le read more...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Shearing time is just about three weeks away, so I am getting my ducks all in a row to ensure an efficient and pleasant shearing event for all. So here goes:
1) Recipes for a good lunch for everyone--something that will not put them to sleep after eating, and making sure I have stuff for those who are on special diets(gluten free, etc.)
2) Clean out the barns so that there is no hay/straw, etc.
3) Clean the mats that I use to put under the shearer's mats, which helps to keep everything nice read more...
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Monday, February 1, 2016
Yesterday, January 31, I attended the 9th Annual Buy Local Foods Seminar, at which I gave a seminar entitled: Why Raise Alpacas? There was a very interesting and varied group of presenters, and even though I don't plan on raising my alpacas as food, I obtained a great deal of information about non gmo grains, and their processing from a new mill called Shagbark in Athens, Ohio , as well as great general farming information from Christine Tailer, who does Non-GMO farming and beekeeping on a s read more...
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