tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26036853867936684822024-03-13T10:56:39.695-07:00Quelvehin AlpagasQuelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-60128831467691312892014-06-26T12:23:00.001-07:002014-06-26T12:23:13.975-07:00Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-43619183679413011382014-06-26T12:20:00.000-07:002014-06-26T12:20:50.922-07:00It's Black and it's a girl !!
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Oh am I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a happy girl
tonight ?…….., <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love it when a plan
comes together !!!</div>
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When our herd sire Atlas first started working, we decided
to test the strength of his coloured genetics and put him over 5 solid white
females with the aim of turning quality white<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Accoyo Peruvian/Australian genetics into quality black genetics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were pleased with the results, all solids,
3 dark browns and 2 dark fawns, and four out of the five females. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of which was our Hannah, dark fawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have been lucky enough to have Popham Daniel, another Champion
Black<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pensioned with us for the last
five years, so, of course, it was obvious where we were going next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year, Hannah produced a lovely Bay Black
male, Kane, an exact replica of his father, Popham Daniel, in everyway, but this year we hit
the jackpot with a beautiful blue black female born this morning<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meet
Miss Liqourice, weighing in at 7.7 kgs.</div>
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Liqourice is our fourth cria this year and our fourth
female, so really it was against the odds she would also be female, but hey,
someone must be looking out for us this year.</div>
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In her pedigree we have, to name a few, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cedar House Licifer,Purrumbete Highlander,
Fine Choice Peruvian Ultimo, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Auzengate
and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accoyo Osobali.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a shame we are going to have to wait
another three years to find out how strong her black genetics are,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but, like all breeders, I’m already thinking
about where to go next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting pictures
today wasn’t easy as the weather wasn’t good and every time I got the camera
out it started to rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily Hannah
is a wonderful mother and immediately takes her into the shelter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its females like that, that make a herd what
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As I said, Liquorice is our fourth cria so far
this year, so time for a role call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
born, was this lovely fawn girl, from Blossom, as yet unnamed as her mother was
sold recently so the cria doesn’t</span></div>
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Then within 24 hours, our second, a lovely white female,
from Snowdrift, sired by Popham Columbus, lovely curly fleece even at three
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Then a real surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A surprise for two reasons, one because we
had it in our minds it wasn’t due until August (don’t ask, misread a 6 for an 8
!!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and secondly because it was a true solid
white out of <st1:place w:st="on">Bali</st1:place>, our dark brown female, who
has always given us coloureds even when put with white sires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sire Popham Columbus.</div>
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Lovely little girl, full of energy,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also unnamed as her mother is going in the
same package with Blossom.</div>
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Except for today, the weather here has been hot
and I mean hot,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>working in the fields
has been uncomfortable and even ironing looked more inviting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather coincided with a visit from my
brother and sister in law and their twins, now three.</div>
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We had some lovely days, on the beach, BBQing and visiting
the local play centres and, of course, they loved helping Uncle Steve drive the
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-66988052524155416102014-05-22T08:50:00.001-07:002014-05-22T08:50:19.801-07:00Busy times
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Busy, busy, busy, that’s the only excuse I have for not
blogging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t that there has
been<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nothing to blog about, quite the
contrary<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the last few weeks seem to have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been full of farm visits, experience
weekends,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>guests in the gites and halter
training, I just don’t know where the time has gone.</div>
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halter trained and walking well, but this year we have been a bit slow off the
mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We normally participate in the
French Show at Easter which means we have to train the cria, but this year, due
to other commitments and holiday guests, we were unable to compete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sad, as we love to catch up with other
breeders and people we have now come to know as friends. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other week I managed to make a start when
I had help from a couple taking a three day Alpaca Experience Break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kate and John first saw alpacas at the Three
Counties Show and fell in love with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately they are not in a position to keep them so decided they
would go on holiday for a couple of days with them instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sun was very obliging and they had three
(which then became four) lovely days in the field, putting out hay, filling up
the water buckets and of course,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-
clearing up the beans !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well you can’t
have a true Alpaca Experience without doing some nasty jobs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was impressed at how keen they were, every
morning, before I had managed to get myself into gear, they were up, out, and
had cleared the field of poo and hung out the hay nets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They put me to shame really, I was still
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The afternoons saw us giving the cria their first taste of
walking on halters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of them had had
their halters on before in the field but never been out of the gate. Now, those
of us that have done this before have seen all the tricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rolling on the floor, the sitting and
refusing to get up, the flying through the air and of course, playing dead
!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is Kushi trying to convince John
that he was dead, completely lifeless and limp. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John was so worried he had killed him that he
had to get down on the floor and check he was still breathing !!! </div>
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It’s always a great compliment when at the end of someone’s
stay they come to you and ask if there is any chance of extending it for
another day or two, but a greater compliment was when Kate said she had known
John for 25 years and she had never seen him so relaxed and chilled out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So three days turned into four and they are
hoping to get back in September for another chill weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Funny, picking up poo, doesn’t seem to have the
same appeal to me ! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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alpacas have entertained over the last few weeks, they have been very busy,
looking cute and interesting for three official visits from Andrew Smith from
English Why Not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrew and his partner
Lynsey run immersion courses for French people wanting to improve their English
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cuddle and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>manages to get in on all the
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No alpaca births yet this year, first one due on the 1<sup>st</sup>
June which is shearing day. But we do have some new arrivals. CHICKS – 9 out of
the incubator, 4 from one of our broody hens and another four expected
shortly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, a few have already
found new homes along with the Nuggets,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr and Mrs Nugget became too tame and were having difficulty being
accepted by the flock, so went off with four young chicks to some friends with
three young children, they will get all the attention they need there.</div>
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Here's Patsie giving us a demonstration of Drop spindling something she does a lot better than I do.
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-23114817444038683782014-03-20T02:35:00.000-07:002014-03-20T02:41:26.148-07:00A Sad FarewellFinally the rain has stopped and the alpacas are happy soaking up the suns rays. Fresh hay and sunshine equals happy alpacas. Now all we need is the grass to come back and we are ready for this years cria. First one due in 8 weeks, first time mum Snowdrift, sired by Popham Flame, one of the senior partners better buys, pregnant to who else but Columbus so I am really hopeful with this one.<br />
This last weekend saw us lose one of our favourites, Popham Daniel, who has been resident with us for the last 5 years went down to Gers as the main stud for new breeder Céline Seban and her huband.<br />
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He was bought as a present for Céline by her father, who's name is also Daniel. Everyone fell in love with him instantly as usual and he was a big hit with both father and children.<br />
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His nine hour journey was broken up with a stop off at Europa Alpacas to pick up their other new stud and companion Edmond Socks. Good luck to them with them both.<br />
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It was sad to see him go but he has left us with some lovely cria, a nice young bay black male, with the same temperament and an extremely fine fleece and little Knuckles another very fine boy, brown, both with super heads.<br />
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-85246915423254646622014-02-12T15:27:00.001-08:002014-02-12T15:31:47.934-08:00Rain, Rain go away, come again another dayIts been over a month since I blogged the last time and really I can't see a lot of difference with the weather now than then. Really its been more of the same, no, it's been even worse. Day after day, Steve and I just seem to spend our time putting out hay in the rain then coming in and drying off our clothes in the tumble dryer. We look out the window thinking, 'oh it will be alright in a while' then we have to give in and go out in it. Got soaked this morning, came in and it took me the rest of the day to dry out and get warm. The only consolation is that we are not down in the town. the flood barriers are out all down the River Blavet desperately trying to stop the water flooding the local cottages.<br />
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Since this picture was taken even more damage has occurred with the room and roof you see also having collapsed. An enormous job and huge expense.</div>
The big question in the town is whether the insurance company will pay out, whether this can be considered a natural disaster. Just to think of all the years the chateau has stood there, surviving the French Revolution. Steve says, its French builders, they can't build anything that doesn't survive more than 2000 years. But we mustn't complain, after seeing 'The One Show' Flood special tonight, compared to some people we have it good.<br />
I can't say that we haven't had the odd day when the sun has come out, and it has been a welcome sight for both us and the animals. However, 'The Nuggets' were taking no chances the other day and decided to come inside anyway. Any opportunity they get to come in they will. They love making themselves comfortable on the rug away from the riff raff. <br />
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They had a near miss last weekend, when we had a dog attack here on the farm. A young hunters dog, who had paid us a visit once before, killed 5 chickens, the rest scattered everywhere and we lost the Nuggets for an hour. We feared the worse, but they where hiding in the wood shed thank</div>
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Had to say goodbye to one of my favourite young males this week. Jupiter our lovely little black boy was bought by another breeder. Sometimes I think I am not cut out for all this. He had the cutest little face and when we put him in the car I felt awful. He has a good home though and I know he will be well looked after. But I do miss him !</div>
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Its now 25 years since our son Josh was born, a quarter of a century, being in Mexico presents are difficult, so this morning thought I would surprise him by putting a few photos of the last twenty five years of his life on his Facebook Timeline. Don't really know whether it will be a surprise or just an embarrassment, probably the latter. However, dropped a bit of a clanger when Jake pointed out that one of them was, in fact, him !! just waiting now to see if Josh notices. The problem is when looking through photos of your son's last twenty five years, you are also looking at the last twenty five years of your own life. And that's not funny !!<br />
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Happy birthday anyway Son - here's to the next quarter of a century !<br />
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<br />Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-88747490090611690602013-10-03T14:07:00.000-07:002013-10-04T07:57:51.614-07:00Hey Ho Lets Go !One of the disadvantages about living the dream is not being able to spend enough time with family, so this week it has been a real pleasure spending time with our two young nephews, Digory and Atticus. Being city toddlers animals don't feature much in their day to day lifes, not even a dog in their house. As we pulled up into the yard, after picking them up from the airport, my sister in law suddenly announced, ' oh forgot to say, they scream when they see any animals ! and right enough, the sight of chickens wandering around the yard and 'Puppies' rather verbal welcome, brought tears and screams - what was this hell on earth that Mum and Dad have brought us to. It took two days until they realised the chickens meant them no harm, four days for the alpacas , but 'puppie' was never really that well received. <br />
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Their speech is at that amusing stage when they just pick up a phase and use it at every available opportunity whether relevant or not, and brings a smile to your face. They were a delight and a welcome distraction from the day to day routine.<br />
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Yummy ... crunchy sand sandwiches !</div>
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Hey Ho Lets Go for an ice cream<br />
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The house now seems very quiet without them and our youngest son Jake, who yesterday left to visit his brother for a month in Mexico with his girlfriend. He has told his brother, ' this is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me' - I do hope he is not disappointed !</div>
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-88386898431758398842013-09-15T10:03:00.000-07:002015-02-11T01:13:14.734-08:00The future and what of it<br />
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is the Internet a revolutionary invention ? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>next to the wheel and the discovery of penicillin,
it must be one of mans most life changing inventions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never before has humanity had the world at
their fingertips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could, if I wanted,
reserve a hotel the other side of the world, order flowers to be sent to Mum, find
a flight to anywhere, research medical problems, find out any global exchange
rate, translate any language and today locate two car seats for my young
nephews visiting us next week, and all from the comfort of my own <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>armchair. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>approximately <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 hours after posting a Wanted ad on Anglo
Info to locate two beautiful car seats from a lady who lives just 2 kms the
other side of our village - like I said the world at our fingertips.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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powerful is that ?, anyone who isn't yet connected, don't be Like I was, with
your head in the sand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's fantastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am now <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>totally addicted .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only yesterday I was thrilled to see the
alpaca twins born at Cedar House in Australia , both looking well along with
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in 1966, world cup year, my grandfather having one of those new colour
televisions, where the colour wasn't quite tuned in, and half the street coming
around to watch England win the World Cup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Strange to think how far we have come since then and what my
grandparents , and their parents would think to this new internet thingy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even more, it's scary what man will invent
before I leave the planet and long <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I hope it's something, to End all wars, feed the starving, cure cancer,
stop crime, keep children safe and bring peace on earth, - now that would be an
intention ! or a miracle <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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around the farm at the moment we are wondering what on earth the alpacas are
eating. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's been at least 8 weeks since
we saw anything more that an overnight shower and the fields are quite frankly
dust baths. Everyone likes to see a little sunshine during the summer months
but for us now all we want is a week of rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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our second roll of this year's hay this week , our local farmer was seriously
worried there wouldn't <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be a second cut ,
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>whereas normally he expects to get
three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking in the hanger I could see
only 10 rolls ,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- well that's us
sorted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what is everyone else going to do
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in the field in the dry, intense heat is one thing but when you are handicapped
by illness it is even more uncomfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, both Steve and I have fallen ill to a deadly virus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hardly ground breaking news I hear you say,
but for us it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither of us have had
as much as a sniffle in over 5 years. Our medical cupboard consists of
plasters, a tub of paracetamol <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and an
old bandage, everything else was thrown out when <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the expiry date had long since passed. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Living here,
in the middle of a wood, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>isolates us
from the usual cold, flu viruses that most people </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">succumb to.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we don't have children of school
age coming and going, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that any passing
virus can hitch a ride on, it's like we are <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>living in a little bubble, protected from the
outside world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, last week our
little bubble <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>burst when one of our
guests took ill a couple of days after arriving. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being the good Samaritan I promptly made an
appointment at the local doctors surgery and offered to join her to help with
translation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The French national health
service, has on many occasions been worthy of great praise but when it comes to
our local medical centre, well, I think it must have been left off the ' needs
improvement and development' <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stepping through the door is like being
transported back to the sixties (yes I can just remember them), after announcing
your<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>arrival you're <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>directed to a dark, pokey, 10ft square waiting
room with no outside windows where at least twenty seats are all squashed
together, occupied by sick people, all coughing and sneezing in your direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The average waiting time in the 'Germ Pit' as
my son calls it, is between one and three hours, and in fact, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on one occasion we were there four hours
breathing in everyone else's germs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were lucky this time just half an hour after arrival the doctor called poor
Sarah through and said she spoke perfect English so my services were not
needed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- great thanks !! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so here we are <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a week later - cough, cough splutter, splutter,
sneeze, sneeze<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
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to sit for him (and who wouldn't be)but he still seems to have directional
problems as he <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shuffles about and then
slips off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't know who becomes the
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only sure way of getting these genetics is to buy a female pregnant to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully, later on this year we will have a
couple of good quality ones for sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
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this morning saw the second royal birth of the year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Princess Fanny Ann, her who only eats out of
her own personalized bucket away from the rest of the riff raff, gave birth to
her little Prince, Prince Khan. Another Columbus boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the second female who gave birth
exactly on the due date although I have to admit she has been having <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>us on for the last fortnight - but that's
Fanny for you. <br />
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Kushti, turning into quite a stunning little suri.</div>
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Kane, our little Daniel boy, Jury is still out as to whether he is Bay Black or Brown, he will probably change when he gets to 6 years old , like his Dad.<br />
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Beautiful Kylie, spot the spots !</div>
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and my favourite this year - Keiser, our Soloman boy. On further inspection he has turned out to be mid Brown very surprising considering his mother is white and Soloman is mid fawn.<br />
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saw us once again taking a night off to head off to Lorient for the music festival.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the festival doesn't really
kick off until it gets dark you have to go early as parking is murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully there aren't<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that many restrictions so basically if you
can find a space your car will fit in, just put it there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its amazing how they park tail to bumper, how
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they get out I don't know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I bet you've never seen people park on
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little in the way of historical monuments in Lorient as the city was flattened
by the allies when they dropped 4000 tons of bombs during the war to prevent
supplies from reaching German submarines based there. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>between
the first Saturday and second Sunday in August Lorient comes alive and plays
host to the Interceltique Music Festival with representatives from many other Celtic
countries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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entertain around 300,000 visitors each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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music and dancing, to heavy rock . <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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name it <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they've got it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The large food hall <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>looks like a refugee feeding centre, with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>long trestle tables <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>full of people eating everything from Fish and
chips, moules, Indian, chinese, crepes, jacket potatoes and cornish
pasties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just outside the hall there was
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back to the car, pushing our way through groups of teenagers just arriving and
preparing to do some heavy partying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
doubt our son was somewhere within <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-44327453532481632252013-08-08T11:28:00.001-07:002013-08-13T05:52:09.879-07:00Kylie - she should be so spotty ;;;<br />
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the cria we have been patiently waiting for arrived. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years go we bought a lovely fawn female
called Tia who was sired by Popham camouflage, an appaloosa, and although we
knew there was only a slight chance that she herself would produce an
appaloosa, well, one can but hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
I first saw the dark fawn head and feet sticking out , <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought, oh well never mind, maybe next
time, Tia took quite a while to deliver the rest, as a leg was twisted and I
had to manipulate it free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little
girl, great, and a lovely deep dark fawn. She had loads of energy and was soon
up and running around the field ..... drying out !<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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started drying out I could see patches of a darker colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first I thought it was my imagination but
by the time Steve arrived home, it was obvious she had some spots and not just
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looking on the net and I see there are all sorts of spotted patterns and
colours that fall under the appaloosa umbrella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So I really don't know. I have to say that if she is an appaloosa I feel
somewhat cheated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lovely as she is, I
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are often asked why we came to france and
what are the positiives and negatives and I can tell you there are many. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those that are thinking that the grass is
greener on the other side,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>beware it is
just different grass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this time of year reminds us of the real benefits, as one thing we love is the
summer fetes and festivals, they are numerous and really is it what summer is all
about here is Brittany.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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watching the maternity ward and headed off to the annual Moules and Frites Festival
at Lignol, (mussels and chips) held every year <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the first Saturday of August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moules
and Frites in Brittany are a bit like Fish and Chips in England , you can get
them anywhere and at anytime. They are delicious and are certainly one of the
things I would miss if I ever left France.<br />
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throughout the day there are various activities and the occasional game of
boules, the main event is in the evening where <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the entire village get <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>together with anyone else that happens to
arrive, and enjoys a total of 250 kilos of moules (sorry mussels !) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cooked in a delicious bacon, leek and cream
sauce, accompanied by - yes you've guessed it - chips !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It never fails to amaze me how well organized
these do's are, given the scale of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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expats to sing along to, but to the french its just music to perform their
Breton stomp to, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this involves the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>whole village shuffling around in a circle,
with their arms swaying up and down;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
doesn't really matter what's playing, they do the same dance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is really funny when performed to Meat
Loafs, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bat Out of Hell !.</span></div>
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Do you think Health and Safety would be OK with two deep fat fryers in a public place with children ?<br />
Secondly ....<br />
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Ditto ..... but do you not think it would be better with two hunky fireman stood either side with hoses at the ready ?<br />
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Do you think these people have hygene certificates ? !!!**<br />
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Three girls still left in the maternity ward, I wish they would get on with it. Its the Intercultique Music Festival in lorient next week and Puppy needs a day on the beach.<br />
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pretty sure this year that with all the time we were spending out there in the
field, Bella would not be able to produce her six cria unannounced, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but we were wrong ! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>two weeks early, during a 20 minute departure
from the field while Steve collected the first load of this years hay and I was
over the other side of the farm, she managed not just to give birth, but get it
up, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dressed and fed, and then <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>delivered the after birth <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We didn't even know she was in labour !<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dark fawn boy with a pedigree that includes names like Highlander, Benleigh
Cosmos, Auzengate, Jolimont Conquistador, Jolimont Warrior and Accoyo Osobali,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- no pressure lad !!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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field at a price,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Popham Bella is one we
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time, the second suri of the year arrived on Sunday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finesse, who was due on the 21st July,
delivered her cria first thing sunday morning as planned, if only they were all
so reliable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another Moonsbrook Cosmos
boy called Kirikou.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name was chosen
by one of our gite guests, a Parisian family, originally from Syria, who have
booked<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the entire 6 week period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought the name was Arabic but in fact, I
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something in the field and wished I'd had a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>camera with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today was one of those moments when I
did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Busy taking cute pictures of
Kirikou I noticed Bali and her cria from last year, Janine, sitting in the dust
pit trying to keep cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flys have
been out in force the last couple of days and driving them all mad buzzing
around their heads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took me a little
while to work out what she was doing, but then I realised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever minute or so she rubbed her head across
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daughter always a daughter .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at the blog, I realize it 's been ages since I blogged and when I think about
it, a lot has happened over the last few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shearing thankfully passed without a hitch, as the weather kept fine and
once again they <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>now all look clean and
fresh wearing their corduroy coats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are always a few surprises when the fleece comes off, normally it's
those pesky mite that have managed to find themselves a nice armpit or crease
of skin <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to breed in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this year although the Ivomec <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was on hand, they were not in evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year the big surprise, when turning over
a young female was pink fibre !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yes Quelvehin
are now breeding saris<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On further investigation the colour didn't
follow through to the skin (oh what a surprise!), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so we can assume at some time or other she
must have sat in something . Pascal, our french shearer, just had to take a
photo, and cut off a memento of the occasion, Doubt he will shear another pink
for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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has grown by two since last I blogged .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Little Kane our Popham Daniel, Bay black boy was born 3 weeks ago and is
doing well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother was our
first<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fawn Atlas girl out of a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>solid white, so between him and Daniel we
have managed to go from white to black in two générations.</span></span></div>
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our first suri of the year, Kushti, a lovely little fawn boy sired by
Moonsbrook Cosmo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Puppy found him all
alone at the bottom of the field, here he is under the watchful<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>eye of his mother, she's second on the left
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Mum Emma needed a short,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sharp lesson in
motherhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An hour later all was well
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population has also risen slightly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are now about 40 chickens,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>all at various stages of development and Steve has had to build another
hen house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wander freely around the
farm, in and out of the flower beds and over the fields - what a life !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if only they knew their fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two have already been put aside for our<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>french friend Bernard, who , although now
retired, once cooked for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the rich and
famous in his restaurant on the Champs Elyées . He has invited us to dinner to
sample one of his haut cuisine recipes - chicken of course !</span></span></div>
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new arrivals has meant we have spent an awful lot of time around the farm
clearing up after one animal or another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This time of year,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steve and I ,
religiously pick up poo in the fields once or twice a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this time in the field gives you plenty
of time to watch the herd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on one of his poo picking shifts, Steve
noticed a young female acting a little strange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is normally me that notices these slight differences and then has to
justify my concerns, so when he said something was definitely not right , <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn't doubt it and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we got her in for a good look straight
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further investigations did little
to enlighten us , everything seemed fine other than the fact she stumbled
around, bumping in to fences and other members of the herd and tripping over
food troughs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the next hour<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>her condition worsened , she had stopped
ruminating and was having difficulty holding her head up. we felt it was time
to call the vet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a thorough<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>examination,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the vet<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>concluded that she may
have eaten something, perhaps the bracken fern<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>that grew around the edge of the field or foxglove, although with plenty
of other more palatable options she wasn't totally convinced and neither were
we.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By ten at night her condition was no
better and Steve took to the internet to do some research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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way through the American forums he came across Polioencephalomalacia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/Thiamine deficiency. Thiamine is a B vitamin
(B1). It is water soluble and must be manufactured constantly in an alpacas
second stomach as it has a very short life span of around 10 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Symptoms of low thiamine,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>polioencephalomalacia (PEM), are largely
neurological as the brain needs an adequate supply in order to function
properly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alpacas can deplete their
body's supply of thiamine much more rapidly than cattle, sheep or goats and PEM
symptoms can bring about the death of an alpaca much more quickly than in other
animals. Symptoms of low deficiency are said to be decreased appetite, failure
to remain with the herd,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>staggering or
unsteady gait,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>elevated head or
stargazing, head or ear twitching, excessive salivation or drooling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The acute stage of PEM is characterized by
blindness, grinding of teeth, spasms and seizures, laying down <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and failure to rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Untreated these symptoms lead to coma and
death.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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the next morning a quick call to the vet told us that she as well had burnt the
midnight <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>oil and come up with the same
prognosis, she was on her way over with two bottles of Vitamin B compound. We
started a course of 6 hourly injections of 5 mls Vit B1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the third injection we started to see a
slight improvement in her condition and 48 hours later, she was back to
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are thankful we acted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in good time and she was able <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to make a full recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Causes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that bring about Thiamine deficiency include sudden
feed change , an imbalance in the gut flora, imbalances in the rumen caused by
antibiotics and wormers, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>too much grain
or pellets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coccidiosis, as cocci rely
on thiamine to reproduce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other causes
include change in the weather, forage,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>stress, drinking well or untreated water and eating bracken fern, which
breaks down thiamine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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inspection of the field , it was obvious they had all been eating the bracken
fern which poked through the fence with the brambles that they loved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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one point, we pulled up and cut back any bracken that dared to creep into the
fields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although we can't say that the
bracken was <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the culprit, after all they
had all eaten it, it may have been a contributory factor and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we were taking no chances.</span></span></div>
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have a bottle of vit B1 in the cupboard, even if PEM is not present, it will do
no harm giving it if suspected<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-77090668192817567352013-05-29T01:50:00.000-07:002013-05-29T11:01:00.731-07:00Births and birthdaysFinally at 2 days off a full year our first cria of the year arrived. A beautiful Columbus girl from La Grand Mere Blossom. Needed a little help this one as she got stuck but after abit of intervention hit the ground at 7.2 K, which surprised me as I was expecting a whopper given Blossom's body score.<br />
Although now a week old she is still unnamed which is why I hadn't blogged until now. Fact is this year we are on 'K's and the senior Partner says its his turn to choose the name, so despite several suggestions from myself and other interested parties (namely Judi), she is still referred to as 'the cria'.<br />
So here she is - The Cria !<br />
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something quite magical about a newborn, brilliant, crispy white cria running
around a field of tired, shabby fleeces that are more than ready to come
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last week the girls have all
been sitting around the water bucket, willing it to jump out and splash
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, however, it is a different
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day off shearing and it is
raining cats and dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With no barn here
we are now faced with a familiar problem - 'will it rain tomorrow and how are
we going to keep them dry overnight' - the forecast is better tomorrow but wet
fleeces don't shear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far the last
five years we have been lucky, could our luck have run out this year, watch
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find myself apologizing to the non alpaca breeders for a blog that is almost all
alpaca chatter, but this blog will be of no interest to those readers, so for
those of you who were looking for your next <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>alpaca fix sorry, this one is not for you !!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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time, seen we have someone clicking on from Baja California or comments on the
blog from No.1 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>son and those of you that
know us well will no doubt realize this is our eldest son Josh who at the tender
age of 18, packed his suitcase, and went to work and study in Mexico, a third
world country !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or so we are led to
believe.</span></span><br />
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hard to say goodbye to your child after 18 years but when they are getting on a
plane at Nantes airport, waving you goodbye through the passport control window
and you are trying to look cool, waving back and being casual - boy it is
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are able to communicate on a regular basis, but there are times when you feel
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street stalls in Mexicali (hope I have spelt that right), at Christmas and
birthdays, or as in this week when they send you their photographs taken at
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that Pride is one of the deadly sins, well then I am just going to have to add
it to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>list of other deadly sins as Josh passed this
degree with honors and we are both extremely proud of him and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what he has achieved. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So many congratulations Josh <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from all your family this side of the world,
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-6891408762652195102013-05-10T11:59:00.000-07:002013-05-10T11:59:38.054-07:00The waiting game
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of the bathroom window or leaning over the gate just in case one of the females
decides to give birth unannounced. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
doubt despite our constant surveillance Bella will once again still manage it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mouths, the first is now a week overdue and still no sign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LGM Apple Blossom is now 151 days and looking
very fat with a body score of 5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope
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breeding programme here at Quelvehin has now taken on a new direction and the
senior partner has got a new project to occupy his spare time !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>chickens ! -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have had chickens for several years now that wonder freely around the
farm -(yes protected by alpacas ) too freely in my mind, two in particular
think they are part of the family and if they get the chance wonder around the
lounge and sit in front of the telly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After a hen went broody the other week we ended up with two delightful
chicks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the second time this hen
has sat on eggs, the first time didn't go so well, when only one hatched and
for some reason the good lord decided to put one leg on the wrong way <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so it went round and round in circles,
needless to say it didn't last long . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
on the strength of our current success, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we are now the proud owners of a new incubator
and are hatching our first clutch (does one say clutch) of eggs.<br />
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</span></span> </span>Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-91240223077310157882013-04-27T02:07:00.000-07:002013-04-27T02:16:47.329-07:00Finally some caribbean sun !<br />
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said<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"One swallow does not a summer
make, nor one fine day;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-well in our
case it is the lizards that give the illusion that summer has started .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week they have been out<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in force, basking in the bright sunshine and
running up the walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They hibernate in
the walls during the winter months occasionally somehow making their way into
the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are often seen running
across the bedroom carpet and even on one occasion, on pulling back the sheets
of his bed,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>found one snuggled up there, taking a nap !</span></span></div>
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As you can see they weren't the only one's soaking up the D3<br />
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the visit of a family from Costa Rica.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When they first enquired about the gite four weeks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ago, I thought it was someone having a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bit of a laugh, a joke or something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat there and replied to their enquiry in
two jumpers, listening to the rain against the velux and looking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the meteor reading on my computer which
read just 3° and wondered why anyone would want to leave this .............</span></span></div>
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was right<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-the answer was Cheese !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jean Jacques explained that he kept a herd
of 200 cows and that his main income comes from milk production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the last few years the costs involved in
keeping them taking into account<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
rising cost of feed and medication, compared to the income in milk sales
was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>making it more and more difficult to
keep going and that he was looking for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another outlet for his milk. Costa Rican cheese
apparently has very little favour, so most of the cheese they eat is imported
and hence is a bit of a luxury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had
booked himself a course at the local Agricultural college to learn how to make
french cheese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While here he sampled
some of our mature white cheddar which really impressed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if anyone knows of any Cheddar making
course I am sure he would be interested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While he spent his time on the course his family enjoyed the summer sun
with temperatures <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as high at 26 ° , here
are the two girls aged 2 and 5 enjoying a chocolate cake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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with me replying<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 'si' which is the only word </span>I know in
Spanish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just hope I was not <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>saying 'yes' when I should have been saying
'no'. They left this morning taking the tropical sun with them and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>leaving us with a cloudy outlook and a
temperature of 8 degrees. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Standing at
the door with their coats zipped upto the neck they<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>explaining they had packed the sun <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in their suitcase - thanks !</span></div>
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this good weather gave us a chance to look over the cria from last year and
make some decisions for this years matings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We don't<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>open fleeces that much
here at Quelvehin,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if you're<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not careful it can become a bit of an
obsession and we feel it destroys the structure .There are very few shows in
France so we don't think about it that much. Hence every now and again we come
across something that is quite a nice surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They say that a good stud will improve any female, although if you want
the best then put him across the best, especially if you're paying good money. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, with that in mind, I will just ask, what
is best, to get a good result out of a Dam and Sire that you expect to get a
good result out of, or to get a female cria that is a vast improvement on her
mother and shows you just exactly what a sire is capable of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having seen what Columbus could do when given
our best female - Fanny Ann or as she is affectionately known 'Princess Fanny'
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what he could do with one of our 'lesser' females who had been bought solely to
put strong colour in the herd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meet<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>little Janine, almost a year old now.</span></span></span></div>
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a nice male to put across and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>think we <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have just the one for
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here are a few photos of the show. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry
for the delay but I had to beg them from the four corners of Europe ,so thanks
to Gary Sanders who managed to find a couple without someone holding up a
brochure with his advert on the back and Ginny Cobb who managed to find one without
her<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on. Nobody, by the way, took one
with me on - oh well I was only the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>organisor what should I expect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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all a ring full of young white suri males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A real pleasure to see given that normally we would expect </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">no more
than half a dozen in total throughout the entire show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nine in this class alone with a further 16
spread across both <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sexes and the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>full colour range, whites, beige, fawns and
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inscriptions for the show were 163 so this makes a staggering 15% of the entries
suri's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nick Harrington Smith <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was surprised and delighted to be able to
judge so many in one class saying - ' one rarely see's so many suri's<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>entered <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in an English show, let alone here in France'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given the world population of suri's being <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just 5% of the total <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Huacaya<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>population, thanks to the Spanish invasion of the 15th century,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it was truely a wonderful sight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Izzam,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a Columbus boy,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who has a fleece to die for but unfortunately
has just refused to grow on during the winter months, so I have to admit I had
reservations about taking him and in the end my reservations <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were justified when he was awarded a second to
Ginny's Manot, because of his size, still the class numbered eight so he didn't
do too bad despite his size - he'll be back - watch </span></span><br />
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straight lad !</span></span><br />
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resist putting up this next one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people
come to win, other people come to compete and generally have a good time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ron and Judi<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>of La Grand Mere alpacas fall into the latter category.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had no aspirations of winning anything,
a single third would have been ample,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>here is Judi getting first
place (oh and yes Ginny again) with Elpenor or Elpie as he is affectionately
known, out of Snowmass Sizlin Hot, in the Adult Male H brown class -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judi your face was a picture - well done.</span></span></span><br />
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although I was happy with them as individuals, all together I can not say they
were similar, something that is essential for a progeny class. So here they are
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thing for me when we go down to the AD show is meeting up with all the other
breeders not only across France but Europe, its lovely meeting up again with
people who I now class as friends, hearing their news and talking alpaca all
weekend without them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yawning or getting
bored. People who say they don't do shows and that they are not into all that,
are missing a great weekend - we have such good fun !! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- freezing together !! oh boy was it cold !</span><br />
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excitement of last <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>weekend, I find
myself <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>coming back down to earth this
week with a huge <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bump, with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>field full of uncollected beans (we know the sort!) a pile of ironing
and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a house to reclaim from the dog who
has ruled the roost over the last couple of weeks . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>eerie
calm <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has descended over the house,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the only emails seem to be spam, the only
phone calls are people wanting to sell me the latest Orange offer and once
again my dining room table now has a place to sit down and eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- where have you all gone ? - I am lonely !!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of you that are not of the alpaca world, don't<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>think this<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>blog will be for you ,
so look away now before you get too bored.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I'd like to
thank all of you that either emailed me directly, phoned or placed comments on face
book saying how much you enjoyed the show and praising me for my achievements,
and it is at this point that I would like to point out I did not do it all on
my own<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and that an organisor is only as
good as her team . I would like to take this opportunity to thank that team personally
so here goes :-<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Firstly to
Norman and Orla Priestley , who left their farm on the Wednesday to go down to
Salbris and collect and set up all of the barriers - this was a huge task<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that took them two days and I am truly
grateful - many thanks - also to Orla who found herself alone checking in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>people in on the Friday night. To Mickael De
Prat who dealt with all the official DSV paperwork, arranged vets, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and without whom the Belgium's would not have
been able to compete and for looking after all of our animals during the night
and while we were enjoying our meal,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all
work no play ....... Many thanks. To Ron Bourton for stewarding for the day,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>first time ever, but hey what a pro. To Leah
Duclaud <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Nigel Cobb <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for doing such a great job as Pen Stewards and
keeping the whole show ticking over - knew I had found the right people ! To
Gillian Howard-Evieux <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who came to my
rescue the morning of the show when I found we had no translator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As usual word perfect ! To Christelle Chipon
who although unable to make the show due to commitments at home was a huge help
with all the paperwork leading upto the event. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To Gaby Lion who did everything on site that I
was unable to being so far from the venue and getting the microphone working
10minutes before the show (another panic). To Patricia Schumacher and Sylvie
Sorlie for overseeing the show and staying behind <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with Gaby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>after we had all gone, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to do the
final clear up, never a nice or glamorous job but nethertheless essential, -
many, many thanks. To Gary and Felicia Sanders , without whom we would not have
been able to compete ourselves and for looking after my stall.(you're starting
to wonder what I did arn't you !) To Pascal Aubert, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who put up the spotlights and did all of the
publicity - thank you, also to Catherine Aubert who sat all day in the cold
recording the results - fantastic job, c'était impeccable ! To Clare Faber <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who arranged for Italian Television to come
and do a programme on our show - incredible - great work ! To John Squire
without whose help our brochure would not have happened and generally putting
up with my panic attacks. To Nick Harrington Smith (should have mentioned him
first really) for all <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your help and advice
over the last few months and giving us <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your judgment on a very, very, cold day. And
Lastly to my husband who has had to familiarize himself with both the ironing
board, and cooker. and has had to spend far more time than usual doing my share
of the animal jobs and listening to all of my worries and problems.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many congratulations
to Frederic Henry for Supreme Champion Huacaya<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>with Artemis for the second year running and to Leah Duclaud for Supreme
Champion Suri with Vaughan de Grand Fouilleze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The full results can be seen at www.alpaga-développement.org . - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>brochures are available from myself or the
association.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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could send me some photos of the day I will do a blog that is a little more
interesting to everyone, unfortunately the Senior Partner did not take any, I
am told it is my fault because I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>forgot
to take the camera - damn knew there was something else to organise !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- him !<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-26433393644722590282013-03-16T03:06:00.000-07:002015-02-11T01:16:07.116-08:00Up to speed<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They say
'if you want something doing right, do it yourself" well in this case if
you want something doing at ALL "do it yourself" so , after endless
emails enquiring after our health, concerned parents, saying "I was told
to click on it the blog if I wanted to know what was doing on -but there isn't
one !!" -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>other alpaca breeders
wondering if we are still in business and telephone calls wondering if I am now
in a state of mourning ! I find myself having to bring the blog upto date. So
where were we ? </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oh yes
Soloman !! </span></span></div>
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eventually have some success with him, although we did run out of time and only
managed one successful mating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All being
well, if the winter has been kind to us, good, old, reliable Bella is pregnant.
In a couple of weeks we will do our after winter spit offs and confirm all is
still well. We have a couple of females lined up for</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> him this year,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> so by the end of the summer </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Soloman </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">could well be a 'full on' Stud and flying</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the flag </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for his Ambersun
genetics<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- can't wait </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">to see the </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">results. Just had to post up this picture </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of Bella </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">as it is my favourite preg. female picture </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">taken </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">by a gite visitor last year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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family news - Christmas - yes I know is was along time ago and you are all
buying Easter eggs but I can't let this 'up to speed blog ' go by without
mentioning our little Christmas visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had my
brother in law Liam (alias Liam Mullone), sister in law George and their two
twenty month old twins Digory and Atticus,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>for a week over Christmas. I, myself, had never seen the twins
before,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one of the disadvantages of
living the dream in France<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am afraid,
and so for me it was a real pleasure to be able to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>play Aunty Jayne for a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The six weeks leading upto the event I found
myself once again trailing the shops looking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>at brightly coloured pieces of plastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thinking back to my own boys at that age, I remembered their sudden
interest in Cars and so decided to buy them a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>floor car play mat (a great favourite in our
house) and little chunkey cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
glad to say they hit the spot on Christmas morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to say though for the twins,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't think it was Christmas day itself
that made the biggest impression, neither was it the Christmas tree, turkey
dinner or chickens and alpacas, no it was the open space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Liam and George live in Peckham, London<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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country).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their garden is, well how can
I say, a back yard full of rubbish that my brother in law has been intending to
take to the tip since they moved in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
playing outside is not easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus going
to the park is not an easy task either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>George explained she can only get one of them out of the pushchair at a
time because they run off in opposite directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So here they are, - just running !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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brought with them their little Chubby Cars which became their favourite pastime,
as they could go outside at anytime and not have to worry about the traffic. As
a special treat Boxing day we took them to the local Indoor Play centre where
they could have stayed all day for 5 euros but an hour wore out not just them
but us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that age you don't need to
spend money, go anywhere or do very much and thats exactly what we did, - not
very much, and it was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were a
delight and I am looking forward to seeing them hopefully later in the year
when we can take them down the beach. </span></span></div>
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turns into spring, we find ourselves once again thinking about our show team
and what is the main event for us, the Alpaga Developpement's show, this year our 'Concours International d'Alpaga' is
on Easter Saturday the 30th March at Salbris, dept Loir et Cher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been a little more involved in the
show this year than previously and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>somehow managed to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>find myself organizing it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back in October, when the president Marie
Genevieve asked me to help out and take over as organisor I think my reponse
was<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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which is slightly better than the word ' Vachement', I had never organized one
before and being 500 kms away from the venue wasn't going to help matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But hey, never one not to accept a challenge
I agreed to put up my hand. She assured me there would be plenty of people to
help and she was right, I have been overwhelmed by the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>support and help from not only people in
France but Europe in general. The reality was that Marie Genevieve was not a
well woman and if I had known just how ill she was I would have thanked her for
her support and confidence she obviously had in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She passed away sadly at the end of January
after a long illness so I feel extremely honored and proud<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be able to present the show on her behalf
, as they say 'the show must go on' and it will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have 167 animals entered from all across
Europe, the most there has ever been in a French show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don't think this is a reflection of my
organizing folks, just a reflection of the development of the industry in
general here in France. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am delighted
that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nick Harrington Smith accepted our
invitation to judge the competition and he will also be judging the fleeces
that will then be on display throughout the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>competition. If anyone out there wants more info. Just ask, we are open
to the public as well, so if you're in the area pop along and see us, its
always good fun.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>think that I 've filled you all <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in on the last six months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No doubt now my n°. 1 son <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will criticize my grammar and spelling while
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We are fortunate to have two great Popham stud males to chose from as well as our own, but there is one youngster we are really keen to get working. It's his time, He's old enough, but frustratingly he's never really been interested in girls.<br />
His name is Popham Ambersun Solomon. Born at the Ambersun stud in Adelaide Australia, now owned by Popham Alpacas and on loan to us. He's a cracking looking solid fawn and winner of the fawn championship at the international alpaca show at Bourges earlier this year.<br />
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A special triple mating area was erected. Atlas one end . Colombus the other, and Solomon was put in the middle of the orgle sandwich with Bella sat waiting. It had to work.</div>
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But it's a start! at least.We are slowly running out of time and options but fingers crossed we'll try again next week.. We <i>will</i> have Solomon babies!</div>
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Jonah, son of Equador. Wouldn't say boo to a goose. Soft as tripe. Bit of a wet weekend.</div>
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Jamaica, daughter of Horizon, Absolutely adorable bundle of fun. Fast becoming my favourite,and I don't care for greys!</div>
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Jupiter, son of Fellipé Grand name for a little squirt. May have to get some sticky tape for the ear kinks</div>
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-86066088800827562112012-08-30T11:47:00.000-07:002012-08-30T11:47:56.410-07:00A QuickieThe holiday season is drawing to a close and the last of our guests leave tomorrow.<br />
The alpacas have had plenty of walks through the woods. The chickens now, have all been named, and puppy can get back to knowing which house he is supposed to live in.<br />
We have lots of memories of people we have met and a few more friends made along the way. It would be to much to include everyone but here are a few of my favourite photos of the past few weeks.<br />
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Quelvehin Alpagashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522475633537247626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2603685386793668482.post-92033307959840067342012-08-25T12:36:00.000-07:002012-08-25T12:36:27.453-07:00and finally.... 5It had been peeing it down with rain all day long on Friday.<br />
Having given up on the numerous outside jobs that need doing by mid morning I had spent the rest of the day 'window shopping' the internet for a new car. It was quite by chance then that I had to give my square eyes a rest and went to glance out the window. <br />
The view from the window by the computer looks out over the field at the back of the house, but because of the trees and the ruin of the old stone bread oven only about one third of it can be seen. So if the alpacas are anywhere other than the bottom left hand corner, you can't see them. <br />
It was fortunate then that right in this closest corner to the house Kalhua (the three legged one) had chosen to go into labour.<br />
"Oh no.., not now... please. It's bloody half six in the evening and it's bloody raining!"<br />
There's nothing like an unwanted traipse into a soggy field to get a man cursing. So it was on with the dirty jeans,cagoule and wellies and don't forget the camera.<br />
Within a matter of minutes it was all done and dusted. The cria was out. The rain miraculously stopped and all was well with the world. <br />
It was obvious straight away the cria was black. My master plan was all coming good. The jewel in the crown and all that. This was the black girl we had been hoping for.......?<br />
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Bugger, it's a boy.</div>
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How close was that?,from a grey father not a bad effort.</div>
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He's only a little squirt weighing in at five and a half kilos..It was another late night in the field shelter making sure everything was hunky dory.</div>
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I had to include the third photo in this montage because the others do nothing to scupper the rumour that Kalhua only has three legs.</div>
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And before anybody points it out; it's clearly a strange photographic genetic trait thats been passed on to the cria !</div>
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