Animal Science Day at the Cooperative Extension!

Hana and I took the llamas to the Grafton County Complex this past Saturday for the Animal Science day that took place there for students under 18. There was a horse, a pair of steer, some of our Angora's offspring (very exciting!), a lamb, and us! We brought May and Bell with packs and brushes to teach about grooming and packing.

Here's the llamas by the County Farm.
They got lots of attention and lots of grooming done!



Here is Hana with one of Snowflake's silver bunnies!

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Shearing Day!

Wow, it was pretty warm out today so we all went outside to harvest rabbit fiber. Here's Merlin hanging out with Bella at the picnic table.

Here's Hana harvesting fiber at the picnic table. Merlin, Arethusa, Bella, and May are keeping her company. And its time for me to get to work!


Me and May
Merlin got sick of hanging out with Bella so he hopped of and ran around the picnic table while we were brushing rabbits. He jumped on Bella, on the table, and bugged us when we had does in our laps. What a character!
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May's Day

Today, May had a small lump of fatty tissue removed from her foot. She cut her foot pad open and the fatty part of her foot cushion came out and was obviously hurting her because she was not putting weight on it. The vet came and anesthetized her for the procedure. Here is May just as she came out of it. Hana poses with the bit of her flesh in a jar.
Pain killers haven't worn off yet, she puts her weight on it here....how will she feel tomorrow?
Bella saw May down and immediately came over to watch from behind the gate. After a while she laid down right next to May's head and did not budge until May woke up, walked over to Bella, and gave her a kiss. What a good buddy!
"Awe, May! You would have done the same for me!!"
It was luckily very warm out today so everyone was comfortable - Hana and I, the vet, and May!
Bella's just hanging out, making sure that May is okay.
"Hey, are talking about me?"
Arethusa did her thing in the background, watching from the picnic table.

May is awake and alert!! I wasn't sure about her weight, so I told the vet 375. He gave her enough to keep a 375 pound llama out for 20 minutes - and she didn't stand up for an hour after going down. Woops. My bad.
May is perfectly happy now...I hope she isn't in too much pain when the painkillers where off...
Lean in for the kiss!! "Oh, I love you too, Bella."
What do you keep on our back porch? We have llamas on ours! Dig in, Bella (oink oink!). I think she found some old cabbage head in a box....spring cleaning should be fun.
Here's Arethusa. Sometimes I think that Arethusa is the most beautiful llama I know (but don't tell May I said that).
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Driving Llamas!

If you would like to see pictures of Bella and Hana driving, please go to our gardening blog at www.proposintea.blogspot.com - I accidentally posted it to the wrong blog! Thank you!

Angora Bunnies for sale - ready July 1st.

Here are some of our latest litters that are for sale! We have a littler that is 3/4 Angora and 1/4 short hair. By breeding short haired rabbits with the Angoras the fiber color may be richer for fiber arts! Its our first littler like this - so we will see how it goes! We currently have 10 full blood Angoras for sale - 4 white does and one white buck, three chocolate does (with interesting white markings), one black doe and one chocolate tort doe. The short haired crosses are all brown agoutis, blacks, a silver, and a black otter. Silver, otter, one black, and one brown agouti are bucks and there are a black and brown agouti doe. Look on and enjoy.





















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