Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Chillin' with the llamas!

May and Bell love it when I hang out with them! It doesn't matter what I'm doing with them, they are always interested! I needed some llama time in the picture below and was giving May a good long scratch on the withers and she thought that was great and nestled into a pile of hay so she could relax while she was being scratched! My llamas are so spoiled!Bella got jealous and came over for some love!Look at this cute llama! Winny is out of Fabyan and White Mountain Queen of the May (pictured above with the spotted face). She was born on May 25, 2008! Her mother, May, is beginning to wean her now. She is now ready to go to a new home. Winny is for sale and if you know anyone that wants a llama to add to their home or farm please email me at whitemountainllamas@hotmail.com. Llamas need companionship because they are naturally a herd animal. However, they can stay with other species of animal than a llama. For example, some people keep one llama with a flock of sheep. Llamas will do best in a herd of llamas, but will learn to have a good relationship with other animals as well. Please see the beginning entries of this blog for lots of good llama information!

Winny would make a great pack llama, beginner show llama, breeding female, guard llama, or pet! She has lovely fleece and has a fantastic personality!I invited someone else to come in and visit with the llamas....who is it?Its Dawson! Whoa! A bunch more people! I guess that big pile of hay with fuzzy llamas on a beautiful autumn day out in the sun gets pretty appealing with Vermont winter just around the corner!
Here's some pictures of Merlin that my friend Rachael took for me a few weeks ago when I forgot my camera:He was having a grand time hopping around in the leaves!
Merlin just had his second coat harvested as a 6 month old. He was shedding the top half of his coat, which yielded about a quarter of a pound. when he sheds around his belly and legs it will probably be another quarter of a pound. This means that Merlin, the rabbit, might be producing about 2 pounds of angora fiber per year that I can spin into yarn! To give you some perspective, my llama May, had a barrel cut (shorn around the middle) this year and also yielded about 2 pounds! Rabbits are super-producers!
What a cute bunny!
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