Horse Mountain Alpacas

Great Western Alpaca Show

Leah — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:47:41 +0000

Mr. October

We are heading to the Great Western Alpaca Show tomorrow (Thursday the 29th). If not the biggest show in the country - it is pretty darn close. We will be taking Collin’s Princeton and Mr. October to show along with our booth display. Good luck boys! Nievo wanted to come but he’s a little busy with the girls;) right now.

Collin's Princeton

Our first cria of the season was born last Tuesday. Kuni Kialua! Gorgeous eyelashes just like her dad!

Kuni

It’s Love….

Leah — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:18:09 +0000

Time for a break from the Showing Seminar

I love you Princess!!

Alpacas and Kids – Building Trust in Each Other

Leah — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:23:28 +0000

No way will I walk over that!!

It'll be okay Princess.

No problem... I knew we could do it!

Unbelievably it took this little girl all of ten minutes to gain the trust of this little juvenile. It was her first time on the halter and lead. At the end of 30 minutes she was walking her through, and around obstacles and jumping over 12 inch logs. Alpacas and kids a natural fit!!

Farm and Ranch Expo

Leah — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:41:45 +0000

Horse Mountain took an educational fiber display and four of our alpacas to the Fruita Co-op Farm and Ranch Days. We spent the day educating the visitors and letting them sink their hands into the fleece! Fun times were had by all. (Even the boys)

(photos by Dave Wadsworth)

Talking about Gunnar and his fiber

Our first trip to town and our first event all in one day!!

HORSE MOUNTAIN ALPACAS NOW SELLING ON ETSY

Leah — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:52:36 +0000

Visit us on Etsy to see all of the locally grown, processed and handmade alpaca products we now have for sale on etsy and at our farm store!!

: Felted Crocheted Floppy Brim Alpaca Hat

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Horse Mountain Alpacas Etsy Store

All About Fiber Workshop

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:31:48 +0000

Horse Mountain helped to organize and attended a workshop “all about the fiber”. We are now ready to put to use our new knowledge to help on shearing day when we need to sort and grade our fleeces.

: Learning about fiber biology is important to understanding the end use for our fleece!!

All About Alpacas Seminar

Leah — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:32:39 +0000

Yesterday was our All About Alpacas seminar. We hope everyone had a great time and left knowing more about them!

We visited about the history of alpacas in the US, their behavior and temperament, what it takes to raise them, what is going on in the industry right now and more. Of course, we played with the alpacas and their fleece!!

We hope to hold another mini seminar in the fall!! But anyone is welcome to visit anytime. We love to talk about our alpacas!

Busy Spring!

Leah — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:32:03 +0000

We’ve been busy here on farm:

On May 20th all the alpacas (39 in all) got their summer haircut. They are MUCH more comfortable, but now the work begins. The fiber has to be sorted and sent off to various places for processing. The very best will be shown first in spin-offs and fleece shows and then later processed. Much will be sent off to mills to be made into beautiful yarns and rovings. The seconds and thirds (Neck and leg hair) will be send to be made into rugs and felted fabric.

It’s spring cria and breeding time. Leilani is due at the end of June and Desi and Malia are ready to be bred! The boys are thrilled to have dates!!

Last year’s crais are ready to be halter trained and socialized. Willie and Kimo went to our huge family yard sale and were they the hit of the party!!

Our first Alpaca Seminar will be held next Saturday so we are busy preparing for our farm visitors!

Llama Shows and Herd Dog Trials!

Leah — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:31:24 +0000

Horse Mountain has attended both the Kokopelli Llama show and the Hotchkiss Sheepdog Trial with our traveling Farm Store booth. They were both wonderful events where we were able to share about alpacas and their fantastic products! Lok for us again at the Fruita Farmer’s Market every Saturday from 8:00 – 12:00. This year we will be featuring some beautiful alpaca rugs made from the fleece of out own alpacas!

It’s Spring Again at Horse Mountain!

Leah — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:26:02 +0000

(Be sure to click on the flowers to turn the pages)