2025 CRIA
ORLANDO
OCTAVIA
OPHELIA
ORION
OPAL
Lily’s daughter Octavia was born at 343 days on 21st June but was weak on her legs and struggled to get up; so didn’t get enough colostrum. She had a plasma transfer a few days later and was soon running about the paddock. Sire Fowberry Constantine.
An hour after the Vet left, Jewel gave birth to Orlando. I was really worried about how good a mother she would be; but in fact it was a text book birth and she has been a super mum. Sire Sunset Horizon.
After the previous year’s sad loss, Celeste looked as if she was about to give birth at 342 days on the 15th July, the one wet day of the summer!. At dusk she still hadn’t given birth but when I checked at 05:00 the next morning, she had Ophelia sitting next to her. All seemed ok apart from a hernia which we resolved with a harness.. Sire Sunset Horizon
2 days later Echo, at her normal 362 days, gave birth to Orion, one of his front legs was stuck but I eased it out and then he was well away and is a real character. Sire Fowberry Nobility
And finally on the 26th July, after 364 days, Holly gave birth to Opal at 6pm. She was struggling to put weight on for the first week or so; but then Mum’s milk improved on a bit of fresh grass and she soon got going. Sire Fowberry Constantine.
BRITISH ALPACA SOCIETY 2025 NATIONAL SHOW
SUNSET NOVA
5TH JUNIOR LIGHT FEMALE
LEONARDO, NADIA & NOVA
2024 CRIA
All our cria were sired by Sunset Horizon and we are on the letter “N” this year.
Sadly at the end of April Celeste aborted her cria.
Grace then delivered Nova a light fawn girl on the 13th June, a full sister to Lily.
We weren’t expecting any more cria for a few weeks but Gipsy, who we thought had aborted her cria early on, gave birth to Nevada a white boy on the 1st July, interestingly he was in with his Grandmother Celeste, who after a few weeks started to feed him as well as his mother, having partly adopted him after the loss of her own baby.
Nadia came next on the 10th July, while we were having the last of our alpacas sheared. A fawn female from our black Fantasia. She is the smallest cria we have had at 6.5Kg. She is making steady progress gaining weight and what she lacks in size she makes up for in personality.
On the 15th July at exactly 342 days, Darcey started to give birth but was clearly struggling. The birthing course in April came into play as we had to pull forward a front leg that was partially bent back. The heavens then opened so we had to keep the white girl and Mum in over a worrying night; but by the next morning she was full of life. We named her Nia after a work colleague whose birthday it was that day.
Most of the births were fairly prompt, the exception being Galadriel who went 360 days and gave birth to Neo a white boy on 22nd July
Nova
Nevada
Nadia
Nia
Neo
BRITISH ALPACA SOCIETY 2024 NATIONAL SHOW
SUNSET LILY
3RD INTERMEDIATE LIGHT FEMALE
SUNSET JEWEL
1ST ADULT WHITE FEMALE
BRITISH ALPACA SOCIETY 2023 NATIONAL SHOW
17TH TO 19TH MARCH 2023
LEONARDO 5TH JUNIOR WHITE MALE
LILY 4TH JUNIOR LIGHT FEMALE
FEBRUARY IN THE PADDOCK
The Cria enjoying the winter sunshine
Echo, Fantasia, Jewel & Gipsy
Harmony likes to make sure no one has left any breakfast
2022 Cria
The first cria we had in 2022 was Sunset Legacy who got off to a very difficult start. At 10pm on a Friday evening one of our Vets had to turn him and then with some difficulty pull him out. A couple of hours later he had an umbilical bleed but fortunately we were there to put on a clamp. Once he had suckled he was well away and soon put on lots of weight.
Our second cria was Sunset Leonardo who had a relatively easy birth but whose Mum didn’t have a lot of milk to start with and he wasn’t very well in the extremely hot weather but is slowly putting on weight
Our third cria to be born was Sunset Lily who needed a little help. She was then slow to get up and hadn’t a clue where the milk bar was. As she started to go down hill, we milked her Mum and fed her with a bottle which soon got her back on her feet; but on returning outside she went to the nearest tree to try to suckle. I managed to turn her around and put her under Mum and wow light bulb moment, she recognised the teat from the bottle and hasn’t looked back since
