As per normal when you get together with alpaca breeders things can get a bit festive and this weeknd has been no exception. After a busy day with Steve and Jayne going through the alpacas on Saturday we had a small party on Saturday night. Our none alpaca friends joined us for a Felicia curry with the promise we wouldn’t mention the “A” word. We finally got rid of them shortly after midnight and not once had an alpaca been mentioned which was quite an achievement.

Sunday saw a cry of help from Senara at Hendra Alpacas, she’s unfortunately got a cria with a broken leg which has become infected. If we were passing could we pop in and have a look. So we all set off, the cria seems to be doing very well, the vets are just worried that the infection could spread so she is being given loads of antibiotics. She walks on it quite happily and hopefully will pull through.

Now for the moment of madness, whilst there on a mating run in the past I have shown an interest in another form of livestock that Senara is breeding and probably still under the influence of the red wine from the night before I have agreed to take three rheas and collect next weekend.

We have called them “Nureyev”, “Fontaine” and “not yet named” because we are not sure of the sex of the third. In fact we’re not really sure of the sex of any of them its just that, according to Senara, one acts really stupid so must be a female!!

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