Surprise!  We had a baby on Sanetha's Country Lane!  It's a girl!  Her daddy is our own Leon so this breeding was technically "free". We thought Almond Joy was due to deliver back in October. We  had given up on her being pregnant.  I came home for lunch on Friday and there was a baby in the field!   

Alpacas are stoic.  They are prey.  If an animal appears sick or in pain in the field they will be the target of any predators in the area.  So they have learned to hide sickness, pain, labor.

Breeding alpacas is like tossing a ball in the air on a windy day and predicting where it will land.  Colors are unpredictable.  The cria  is slightly lighter than both her dam and sire.  She is beautiful.  She has her Dad's sweet face and is the color of coffee with cream. We' re naming her Creme Brulee`.   ...farm living is the life for me.