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Joy. Upset. Harmony…a crazy week at Beck Brow Alpacas

What a crazy week at Beck Brow Alpacas…but we have somehow survived. The madness started on Monday morning. For the second time this year, I woke in the early hours, and decided to check the maternity paddock. And amazingly, for the second time, we had a female about to give birth…Snooty Boots does have a […]

29/05/2018 No comments

Spring Has Arrived

April seemed to disappear in a haze of one alpaca show after another…five out of six weekends (including the BAS National at the end of March) saw me either judging or exhibiting. It certainly allowed me to see a lot of alpacas (and you really can’t see too many in my case). The last of […]

16/05/2018 No comments

The Beck Brow Alpaca Stud gets some new members.

Those of you who follow us on Facebook will know that the phone call mentioned in my previous blog, brought exciting news. We are now the proud owners of a 50% share in Bozedown Blaze of Glory (sire: Bozedown Ascendant) the Champion White Male at the BAS National Show 2018 and a close contender for […]

19/04/2018 No comments

The British Alpaca Society National Show….

I always think it is strange to be offered “do you want the good or the bad news first?”… who would ever want the good news first…who wants to be given a balloon only for someone to pop it straight away? However, on this occasion I am going to start with the good stuff, then […]

27/03/2018 No comments

How many months….

How many months does it take to write a blog…not as long as it takes to choose a National Show team… I am not sure I can really call this posting a blog. Having just Googled the term, it would appear the word ‘regular ‘ is somewhat key … ‘written in an informal or conversational style’…okay […]

12/02/2018 2 comments

Beck Brow Winter Catch Up

It’s that time of the year again…the time when you need ear plugs and a heart of steel…yes the first group of cria have been weaned. Yesterday they were weighed and had their doses of Baycox and oral Cydectin (routine at weaning), they were then directed across the lane to their new paddock. We have […]

08/12/2017 No comments

Beck Brow Cria 2017

It’s enough to make one write a blog…we have had two days without rain. Two days without dark skies. In fact we have had two days with bright sunlight two evenings in a row!! All a bit late for summer unfortunately. My feet have never seen a flip flop all year. The wellies have worn […]

27/10/2017 4 comments

Reflecting on the Summer and 2017 Cria

I can’t believe it is 2 months since I last blogged. Summer is now over it seems (it kind of passed us by in Cumbria) and as we prepare for winter, we always reflect on this year’s drop of cria, especially on the health of both the dams and the babies. We have had 53 […]

02/10/2017 No comments

No Jacket Required

To cria shear or not to cria shear 2015…. Against: We live ‘up north’… not just up north but in the north west…it rains…alot! We have some beautiful cria fleeces this year…what are we doing shearing off the best fleece they will ever have? For: So many of our cria fleeces are not fit for […]

02/08/2017 No comments

Beck Brow Sox and Roxs

So far. So good…now that might be jinxing ourselves, but we have had a pretty easy birthing season so far. Okay we have had a c-section and a breech birth, but both were handled brilliantly by our vets, and both had a good outcome. We have had 40 born on farm so far, 21 owned […]

19/07/2017 No comments