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Onto a Winner at the Scottish National! (July 2007)
We put three fleeces into the Scottish National Show, and all three won their classes! Their was a healthy entry with over 75 fleeces being judged for individual quality and commercial value. Connie's 2007 fleece won the Adult Black fleece class, Daisy's 2007 fleece won the Brown Intermediate class, and BFG's fleece won the Black Junior class. We were especially pleased when BFGs fleece won the Best Black Fleece in the show! All three fleeces will now be made up into products, watch this site for details.
It's a Boy! (July 2007)
The latest addition to our herd weighed in at a healthy 8.4kg and was up and standing within half an hour. Japonica gave birth quickly and easily to her beautiful caramel boy, a great relief as he is her first baby. He's definitely found his feet, his favourite occupation is now charging around the paddock at top speed as the sun sets his aunties in hot pursuit! We've decided to call him Tedward the 7th because of his presence and style.
Japonica's new son
Success at the Royal (July 2007)
Entries at the Royal Fleece show were at their highest level this year with over 135 fleeces entered. Evenso Connie and BFG's 2007 fleeces came home with rosettes. Cameron Holt industry fleece expert from Australia judged the classes and the competition was very strong. In the adult black class Connie's fleece acheived a very respectable second to Conchatas Witness, a stud male imported from Australia, very good for a home breed alpaca. BFG's managed 5th in the black junior class, loosing out to those above her mainly due to impurities where she had enjoyed thorough rolling in the dust.
Connie's Prize Winning Fleece
Success at the Northumberland County Show (May 2007)
The weather again proved a challenge with heavy rain the day before and sunshine and showers on the day. Nevertheless we had a busy day helping with the inspection stewarding as well as showing our alpacas. 95 entries meant there was good competition and we were particularly pleased that our four alpacas each won their classes and Connie was awarded Reserve Champion in the Adult Female class. Our best show yet.
 The Northumberland 2007 |
 Connie at the show
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Success at the National 2007! - May 2007
Much rain and wet weather meant soggy alpacas that struggled to dry out even once they were in the indoor pavilion at the show. As a result the alpacas didn’t look their best with fleeces a little flat and depressed. This was the first time Mike and Caroline Birch organised the show but they did an excellent job, keeping everyone happy. Acting as fleece stewards as well as showing kept us busy over the two days. With over 450 entries it was a tough show but we managed to come away with two second places, a third, and a sixth from five entries, a pretty respectable result.
 The National 2007 |
.jpg) Daisy at the show
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It's a Girl! - October 2006
Chocolat is Connie’s first baby. It was a text book birth taking just over 2 hours from start to finish with Chocolat up and leading the herd only an hour later. She is growing well and is already developing an amazingly long fleece. At first we thought she was dark brown but appears to be turning into a roan with a small amount of white fibre running evenly throughout her entire fleece. We can’t wait to spin it up into a beautiful heathered yarn.
 Chocolat 2 hours old leading the herd! |
 Chocolat 8 months old |