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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 […]

03/07/2017 No comments

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. […]

15/06/2017 2 comments

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 […]

26/05/2017 No comments

Most Alpacas are Amazing …..A Tale from Beck Brow

Those of us who have alpacas, know them to be the most enchanting of animals. There is something about them that really captures the heart. Something that is difficult to explain. As a farmers daughter (who has has lived amongst many different species) I often wonder why is it that alpacas have me so enthralled? […]

02/05/2017 No comments

A Mixed Start to the Birthing Season at Beck Brow

We have started our birthing season much earlier this year. In fact this is the first year that we have had a cria born before the first of May. We have had cria due in April, but they have always held on…and on…seemingly to avoid sunny April and wait until rainy May. Beck Brow Explorer […]

05/04/2017 No comments

Crusader’s First Cria

February is usually about enduring the last of the winter mud and cold winds, and looking forward to spring and the start of the showing season. However we have had a couple of reasons to celebrate over the last couple of weeks. Firstly it was good news from New Zealand, with the safe arrival of […]

13/02/2017 4 comments

Cooking Up The Perfect Alpaca…

Oh how I dislike January…dark, wet and muddy…very muddy. I have to remind myself that it is the same every year, and all will be lovely again by spring. So to keep myself chipper and looking forward to sunnier times, I have started making my mating decisions for this summer. We are fortunate to have […]

10/01/2017 No comments

Review of the Year at Beck Brow Alpacas

It has been such a busy year here at Beck Brow. I am not sure where to start? We have had a very successful show season, attending 6 halter shows and 3 fleece shows. We have amassed in 2016; 29 Championships, 10 Reserve Championships, 2 Judges Choice (fleece shows), and to top it all Beck […]

27/12/2016 No comments

A First Release for Lady Gaga

Many of you will know of Ep Cambridge Lady Gaga, our beautiful light fawn female, purchased at the elite British Alpaca Futurity Auction in 2010. I still remember our precise bid of £13,600 placed in the final seconds, and winning the online auction. Not an inconsiderable amount, but she has been […]

15/12/2016 No comments

A Critically Ill Cria.

In my last blog I mentioned that Beck Brow Indie Pop (a 5 month old cria) had been unwell, but appeared to be on the mend, and this continued to be the case for the next couple of days. However on Thursday morning (she had been seen by the vet the previous Saturday) something made […]

02/12/2016 4 comments