Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Shearing at the Pearce's

We took the animals over to the Pearce's to be shorn. We had to take two loads to get them all over there. Maybe next year we will have enough to do it at our ranch. This is a picture of S'mores getting a haircut! Since she is the "spitter" everyone held their breath, but she was pretty good! I don't think I'd like my feet tied up while someone sheared me, either!

Sunday, February 10, 2008



Here are Tina and Zoe in their coats to protect them from the cold nights. Aren't they cute?

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Princess Zoe


Today, we had our first assisted birth . I have been checking on Carmella every few hours for several days, now. This is her first cria, and she has been pretty uncomfortable for quite a while, with a lot of pacing, hard breathing, etc. Finally, when I went out this morning, I could see the tip of a nose (not a good sign, since they are born front feet first)! I waited, and since there was no progress in 15 minutes, made an emergency call to the vet. Kim had come out to help in the meantime. I finally decided that I had to push the nose back in and try to retrieve the feet. I have to tell you my heart was beating faster than Carmellas! Luckily, with just a few minutes of moving the cria around, I finally got her positioned correctly, we pulled, and just after she was born, the vet arrived. Everyone checked out fine (me, included). and we all breathed a sigh of relief. Since it was such a tramatic birth, we gave Zoe plasma.
When we bred Carmella (brown) to Cambridge (white) We had no idea what color cria we would
have! She is a beautiful, fluffy, white little girl! Hooray!

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Tina Turner of NVA

Another girl!!! Today Tina Turner came to our farm. She is a beautiful, brown, long legged, eyelashes to die for, little girl. Minnie is her mother and Rigoletto is her father. I think she is a beaut!

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Welcome, Latte!




Today Latte was born! She looks a lot like her mother, Crescent Moon's S'mores. Her father is Tierra's Rigolletto (Dom Lucilio son). S'mores had an easy birth, as usual, in spite of the fact that she is such a diva!