way behind on the Alpaca news

We have had a litter of Leonberger pups born. They take all my time so the Alpaca news is really behin

Sadies pups November 4th 2008

d. Want to see our new babies here is a link to my puppy album

Some pictures of Sampson our new cria

I up loaded a photo album of some of Sampsons pictures. sampson is llama x Alpaca he is so sweet and adorable. I have included pictures of our other crias and also the donkeys and dogs. So lots to look at

Shadows cria born Oct 08

Let me know what you think go to my website Heronview Alpacas

We have a special baby

Shadow our Llama gave birth today. She gave birth to a 1/2 Llama 1/2 Alpaca cria. When the Llama is the mother it is called a Misty when the mom is an Alpaca the cria is called a huzaro. He is very cute and I have named him Sampson. He is all legs lol. It will be very interesting to see how he grows and what his fibre is like

Gates Open Tour

Wow is all I can say about the Gates Open tour. We had an amazing turn out and had between 1500 and 2000 people visit us at the farm. I must say that I am so pleased with the people who came. They were respectful of the animals and the farm. I was pleased to see Adults and kids alike enjoy the animals as much as I do.

We walked through the fields of Alpacas and I let people feed them. Then we went and visited the donkeys and fed them some carrots. We had ducklings hatch on Wednesday so the kids loved to see 3 days old Ducklings.

Then into the Studio we went. Where Stephanie was weaving and Donna was Spinning. What a great way to see how we turn all that Alpaca fleece into Yarn and then into Fabric.
Ian the Bee Man had also brought a Bee Hive for people to see the beeds working on their honey. We will have some of Ians bee hives on the farm next year. We now carry Ians pure honey and honey comb. Plus his wonderful pure bees wax candles.

Then everyone was able to see and feel the luxurious Alpaca products we have. Many Teddy Bears were adopted and are now in new homes :-)

Please enjoy the pictures from the weekend. If you would like to visit Heronview Alpacas please contact Me (Lori) go to our Website Heronview Alpacas

Gates Open Savour Durham Tour

Gates Open is a self guided tour through Durhams wonderful farm land. 16 Farms will be opening their gates to the public. There are Sheep farms and beef farms. Veggi farms and of course our wonderful Alpaca farm.

We will be giving tours and have spinning and weaving demonstrations. Have a chance to feed an Alpaca and pet a miniature donkey. Tour the store and enjoy the scenery

Other farms will have chefs cooking for you on their farm. Local restaurants will be cooking up a storm and serving local produce.

Communities will be having special events also

Please go to www.gatesopen.ca

Hope to see you at the event

3 new crias this week

We had a wonderful week here at Heronview. We had 3 new cria born. The babies are all doing well and are as cute as can be. On Monday Jazzy had a male cria by Cameron Briggs, He is a beautiful baby boy.

Tuesday Morning Holly had a gorgeous fawn girl. Her dad is Myster Luv. this girl has fibre to die for. She is a good size cria and has the cutest face.

All day Inocense was restless and laying down and then moving to another spot. I kept a close eye on her and finally at 6pm I had to intervene. She was laying in the barn and not stressed to much but was pushing everyonce in awhile. I went inside and felt around. The cria was not coming out on his own. He was really big. I repositioned him so he could head out :-) She gave a few big pushes and out came the biggest cria I have seen so far. He is a white boy by Sunny Delight. His fleece is amazing. He is a solid big boned boned boy. I am looking forward to watchng this boy grow up.

We had a new cria today

Today a new cria was born. It is a boy and a very handsome one. He is a bay and has a very dark head. His fleece looks great even though he is only a new born.  I had a call from one of our Alpaca owners checking to see if their Alpaca looked close to giving birth. She is also over due !!  While I was talking to her I looked out the window not to concerned as I had been out to check on them recently. When all of a sudden up pops a little head. I said crap I have a new cria gotta go !!  He is feisty and runs all over the place. I will upload some pictures later. Gotta go check on the little guy