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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Summer at Beck Brow Alpacas
Something hasn’t felt just right about the about the birthing season this year. I haven’t been able to quite put my finger on why this is. We have lots of beautiful cria, lots of females and lots of different colours. I was getting worried that I had become a bit jaded, after seeing so many […]
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Beck Brow Cheers Update and More…
It is now three weeks since we had our first cesarean section on farm, and Bottom’s Up continues to do well. She has adored her cria from birth and is such an attentive mother. Bottom will have her stitches out next week, and we will just have to hope that she has no on-going problems. […]
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Cria and a C-Section at Beck Brow
We have had an exciting start to the birthing season. Excitement and a bit of drama too. We had a long wait for an Huacaya friend for Beck Brow By Design (born 23rd March), but Dixie Chick obliged, at 352-days gestation, by delivering a lovely fawn female on the 21st of May. A straightforward birth […]
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