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Winter Wonderland at Keepsake Farm! |
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They all loved
the snow ... |
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... but the ice,
not so much! |
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"Just gave birth two days ago, let me
introduce you to my new youngster,
her name is Keepsake Vanilla Shake." |
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Vanilla Shake is a beauty! We call
her Nilla! |
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"Here I am with Coco ... Coco is about
two weeks older than me." |
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Coco and Mom |
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Keepsake Pilgrim was born premature
November 21st, hence the name Pilgrim. The picture
was taken about a half hour after his birth. His
mom
did not have any milk, and he had a rough first week.
We were
not sure if we were going to be able to save him but
between the vet and our family doing everything we
could, he made it! |
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Pilgrim with his jacket for warmth.
He is flourishing now! |
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This newborn is Keepsake Danno (with his mom) also
born at the beginning of November. We had a total
of 4 "cria" born on the farm in 2010, two females
(Nilla and Coco) in the Spring and two males (Danno
and Pilgrim) in November. |
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Danno, at just
one hour old! |
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Shearing Day
takes place once per year, usually in April, where all
of our animals get sheared, receive their annual
vaccinations, dentistry and general herd health
care. Many people participate in shearing day. |
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We need about 15-20 people to work the assembly line
project for speed so as to not stress the animals.
If we do it right, it should only take about 15 -20
minutes to do all their shearing and handle the herd
care at this time. Interested in helping out? Give
us a call or email us. |
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"I’m bald and a little embarrassed!" |
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"Feeeels sooo good! I’ll be cool for the summer.”
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National Alpaca Farm Day, held in September 2010.
We opened our farm to the community and had over
200 visitors over a two day period from 1-4pm each
day. |
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We gave about a half hour educational talk about
alpacas and then took two groups at a time to visit
and get to know the alpacas. It was a successful
two days! |
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