One of the first things we did after the cria was born was to get Snowfox shorn as soon as possible. We would have liked to have done it Saturday morning, but when we learned it was to be near 100 degrees on Friday June 6, 2008 and still hot over the weekend, we wound up shearing Snowfox and Rose in the evenings. They aren’t the best hand shearing jobs that we’ve done, but at least the fiber is off and the girls are much more comfortable.
Here are a couple more pictures of our newest arrival. We love how dark his muzzle and feet are.
The baby is often more playful than mom. Isn’t that always the case? The kids always have more energy than mom and dad.
And after playtime comes meal time.
We just had another exciting day at Big Rock Alpaca farm, although not quite as much work as last Friday was. Snowfox finally had her first cria. It’s a little boy and he’s doing just fine. We’re not quite sure what color he is, probably light fawn with really dark pigmentation. His sire is black after all. We have not decided on a name yet.
Here is Snowfox with the baby only a couple minutes old.
And later in the day.
We are looking forward to a lot of opportunities to see him running the pasture this summer.
