With our first Draught foal due anytime soon from our mare – they come when they are ready – how beautiful is she?

definitely not getting any smaller!

and so it continues with 3 days of shearing the different herd groups to get through the numbers and a full day to prepare… more girl power though – great stuff! The stud boys still have at 9 years old too!

just look at those fleeces still

its not often that you have Clients attend a Shearing – its crazy busy and a military operation but this year we had true Girl Power… a great experience for all and as expected fantastic fleeces… first day shearing first home group…

with the weather swinging, so are the Alpacas and sometimes you have to laugh – whose still standing!

and just whose watching who?

As temperatures soared to 25 degrees again the blues of the skies are a sight to behold… air balloons seeming almost to land at Lock House and aircraft looking like they are caught in our wires let alone the barns… tut tut too low

well if you noticed our absence (you did) we blitzed to Italy for a sneaky weekend away before shearing, mating and birthing starts… (more on that another time)  meantime in great anticipation of the first ever draught foal to be born at Kensmyth we are bagging up…

and in anticipation of the Alpaca being shorn (must be done annually folks) the ponies are assisting too…

well the Alpaca nicknamed “the marketing team” are working their charms on everyone in the last days before shearing that’s for sure…

with Show Alpaca and “paddock” Alpaca its easy to fall in love at Kensmyth…

catching up with friends and new clients at Kensmyth it has been crazy here at Kensmyth with shearing looming and everyone wanting to see their potential purchases in full fleece, marvellous…

words cannot express the joy we feel when folk first meet our fabulous Alpaca…

even the blokes fall in love…

well we missed Badminton due to being soo busy but it was lovely that we were able to welcome so many returning clients. Pre shearing which is coming up soon, you can see the fantastic density on our Alpaca – Yum !

you know when the Alpaca start “sham drinking” where they are just dipping their chins into the water to keep cool, its shearing time … nearly!

look at these … best to take off the worst to prevent sore chins by the way… remember the shearers wont shear wet Alpaca