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This post is supposed to be about skirting fleeces. In fact, I had almost finished writing it. Then the farm had other plans. On Thursday, June 25, Summer welcomed her little boy, Oscar, and I had every intention of sitting down to tell you all about him and share some photos. But wait, there’s more! While I was at the grocery store Saturday morning, June 27, Indie decided it was time to have her baby.  Indie & her daughter Nova. The funny thing is, Summer looked very pregnant for weeks. Indie didn't. Aside from being unusually moody throughout her pregnancy, nothing suggested Indie was carrying a cria at all. Her due date wasn't even until Sunday, June 28, and when I saw her during Saturday morning chores, there wasn't the slightest hint that she'd be giving birth a few hours later. So now, between Thursday and Saturday, we've welcomed two new crias to the herd! It also made me realize something. Every time I sit down to write one of my blog posts, something new happens. For example, I was planning to tell you about Oscar, and about skirting fleeces, then introduce you to Indie’s upcoming cria...and before I could even draft the first pargraph, Indie's baby had already arrived—and it’s a girl! 💗 The good news is that these are wonderful problems to have. The downside is that stories take time to write, and farm life doesn't pause while I'm writing. If you'd like to follow the day-to-day happenings as they unfold, I share quick updates, photos, and videos on social media as they happen. That's where you'll usually see the newest cria, funny moments, and surprises long before they make it into a newsletter or on this blog. You can follow along here: And on Sunday mornings, sometime between 8:00 and 8:30 am EST (depending on when I finish chores), you can join me for a Facebook Live with the alpacas on various alpaca & farm topics. I'll still be writing emails and blog posts. They’ll just focus more on the bigger stories once things settle down. Now, if you'll excuse me, I should probably get back outside before Lady decides it's time to have her baby...even though she's not due until July 12.
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Right now, life is all about Summer. Summer’s cria is due today, AND tomorrow is the summer solstice.  Pearl is waiting patiently for her new brother or sister to arrive, and follows Summer around as if she’s waiting for the baby to drop any moment — and so are we!
Like any pending birth, we don’t know exactly when Summer will deliver. We’ve been watching for visible signs of labor, but alpacas are stoic, so it’s not always evident. We’re excited for this next cria, also, because it should reveal a possible trend that Ace (sire to all our crias this year) will pass on to each one. This is where analysis becomes fun since we know his traits so well. Life moves quickly, so I hope you’re following us on Facebook and Instagram for (almost) daily happenings, and on YouTube where we keep a catalog of our videos. With summer’s official kickoff tomorrow, I hope you have some fun warm weather plans in the works. With the summer solstice on the horizon, it seems appropriate to introduce you to our next expectant mother, Summer. She joined our herd in May 2021, newly pregnant with her (and our) first cria, Baxter, who is now 4 years old.  Summer is expecting her second cria in just a few short weeks.  There are a few reasons that we’re excited about her next cria. 1) Pearl will have a playmate. 2) Her personality. Summer is a very mellow and easy-going little alpaca. Not much fazes her (unless Pearl is jumping at her trying to play), and she is very receptive to our company. She’ll be a good mom and allow us to care for her little one as we ensure her cria is off to a good start. 3) Her genetics. Her first cria is white, despite the sire’s color (brown). Will she do it again? Summer’s mother and grandmother are both white alpacas who have both birthed white crias. So the likelihood is there. And secretly, I’m hoping she does, so don’t tell anyone I said that. Let’s keep that between just us. Also, we hope that Summer’s cria inherits her amazing fleece qualities.  When spun into yarn, her fleece transforms into a lovely champagne color with a hint of pink.  Summer's fleece from 2026 is at the mill being processed into yarn and we hope it will be available for sale by the end of the year.
In the meantime, we have gorgeous yarn in stock from neighboring NH farms. |
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Granite State Alpacas is not responsible for any manufacturer's defects.
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