Some of Danny's Relatives

Well, I'm hoping that Spring is arriving. What is that old saying for March "in like a lion and out like a lamb". I'm certainly hoping that holds true. Danny is doing really well, and he now has Llama company in the arena. We have finished lambing for the year (well, almost - just 3 left) and we have some really nice coloured lambs this year, so we are very happy. So now it is the turn for some of our Llamas to have babies. Baby Llamas are called Cria's. Anyway, the first one into the arena is Rosey. She is one of our favourites - that's her picture on the left. So she is in the arena now and we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of her cria. She is a repeat mother so she knows what she's doing. After her we've got another 2-3 that we are watching to see how it goes. Between now and June we're expecting 8 babies. We're not sure exactly when Rosey is due - they are pregnant for 50 weeks (11.5 months) so it should be sometime this spring. Rosey also has the longest ears we've ever seen on a Llama.

The picture on the right is from our herd of geldings - two big llamas and the little guy is an alpaca. They all live quite happily together.

So Spring is arriving, the babies are arriving and soon I'm hoping that we will have lots of company for Danny running around.

Danny is doing really well with his new roommate. He is rooming with one of this years lambs and she is showing him how to eat grain and hay like a pro. It's funny to watch them cavorting around.