http://wildwoodalpacas.com Home of Wild Wood Alpacas Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:46:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's another boy but that's OK because he is a gorgeous black!  Congrats to Baroness and Act II Knightrider on their second gorgeous cria, joining sister Jedda.  First time we've repeated an identical breeding. http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=192 It's another boy!  Carinthia gave birth to her fifth baby, a 16 lb brown boy.  All went well although she had been so huge we thought she'd either give birth to twins or an elephant.  This little has fabulous fleece and a curious demeanor.  This cria, now named Colby, has been ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=188 PacaBelle delivered a huge 22lb boy.  She had to work at it but all went well and both are fine.  He's a dark brown with black tips.  He's already playing with the other two boys, zooming around the fields! http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=185 Kammie went into labor during Health Day and really was taking a long time.  So we called the vet and as soon as we did, out popped the head and feet.  Delivery proceeded just fine, with the result being a 17 lb brown boy with lots of curly fleece and ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=183 On May 8th, Pretty Penny delivered her first baby, a 22lb brown male.  He was up on his feet within 15 minutes and nursing right away.  He's been all over the fields and last fall's crias are playing with him.  At one day old, he looks a couple weeks old! http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=181 We took 9 alpacas to Lexington for the 2010 Virginia Classic.  The animals were all soaking wet from all the rain but were fairly presentable after being in front of the fans overnight.   Six alpacas earned ribbons.  We were most proud of Jedda who took home a blue in ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=173 The Carolina Alpaca Breeders and Owners Show was Feb 13-14. Gypsy took a 6th in Bred and Owned Yearlings In the Spin-Off we did very well! Everyone entered earned a ribbon Luc's Spittin Image: 1st of 5 Panache: 2nd of 7 Diva: 2nd of 6 Tess: 2nd of 3 Jake: 2nd of 2 Sinbad: 3rd of 6 Toby: 5th ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=170 Congratulations to Atlaanta on the birth of her second daughter this morning.  A big, dark brown girl came after 11 1/2 months.  All four of the Fall crias are the gorgeous dark colors that we love. We had six crias this year, four female and two male, so are very ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=153 Judy took 9 alpacas to the Expo in Lexington, Virginia:  five females and four males.  7 of them earned ribbons and a couple of them earned ribbons in more than one class!Competition was tough, especially in the fawn classes.   Our winners were:Gypsy - 2ndJedda - 6thBrianna 4thSpice - 6th ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=144 Jewel surprised us by delivering her cria two weeks earlier than we expected.  It's a boy, sired by Snowmass Black Diamond, a handsome bay black.  Jewel is one of our best mothers on the farm and has given us three boys and one girl since we started.  She delivered this ... http://wildwoodalpacas.com/?p=141