March 8, 2009: The day is approaching!! Our alpaca herd will leave Hillsboro Oregon on March 16 and arrive in Pennsylvania 6 days later! It's like getting the nursery ready for a new baby! I'm nervous and excited at the same time. I've been reading everything about alpacas that I can get my hands on. I've been to seminars, webinars, talked to other breeders, gone to workshops, learned to spin the fiber, been knitting like there is no tomorrow, but will soon learn that there is nothing like hands on experience with your own alpacas!
I go to pick up our hay this week and it will be nice and fresh. The food is being ordered so that too will be fresh. The vet is lined up. I still have to get a few items to 'stock the nursery" so to speak, but all in all I think we're as ready as we'll ever be.
The biggest news, and my biggest worry, has been the fence- or lack thereof. Dan, from Carney Cattle and Livestock Fencing knew how anxious I was..could have been my bugging him with phone calls and e-mails...but he rearranged his schedule to get our fence started last week. He and his crew worked tirelessly and we were very lucky to get a beautiful sunny 60* day. They accomplished quite a bit despite the fact that we are in an extremely rocky area. He told me that he's been able to get through just about anything anywhere else except here! Fortunately he's also exceptionally persistant and I think if he's have had dynamite he would have used it. His determination paid off and he was able to get in almost all of the intended posts. The alternative would have been to use our trees as fence posts. Not the optimal situation, but he told me he'd get our fence in and he's doing just that.
I started this journal to keep you (and me) up to date on the progress of our little farm and alpaca business. I plan to chronicle all of our experiences-good and bad. This is really going to be a learning experience for me!
New photos are now available of the fence.
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