No matter how crazy my life can get on any given day, I can always count on the fact that there will be 19 smiling faces waiting patiently at the gate to get their dose of pellets and hay. After a long, cold, winter we finally have a stint of several days of 70 degree weather. The water is in the irrigation ditch, and I will be able to start flood irrigating my fields. A slight hint of green is already appearing in the pastures and the alpacas are dreaming of foraging after months of dry lotting.
The spring break phenomenon is increasing ranch visitor traffic. The alpaca ranch is a great destination when out of town guest arrive. It has been a busy time on the ranch. Blaze, the number one tester male was gelded in preparation of his relocation to a new alpaca ranch in Corrales. Archimedes, an agisting alpaca in from Ohio is in week two of his mandatory quarantine. Fall crias are all getting weaned at the end of the month in anticipating of late spring show attendance. This nice weather makes "baby training" that much more pleasant. I find that the real progress with these young animals only happens after they have been weaned. They are not so focused on being away from the "snack bar."
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