Please check this page often as here you will find all the latest news from Tutapi Alpacas
Be it our latest Cria additions, Show Results or just a general update on what's been happening we will regularly be updating this section of our site.
Autumn 2010
OK once again been a 'bit of a pause' between updates.....can we possibly ask for an 8 day week ?
Life has gone full circle and I have returned to the classroom after more than 12 years !
On the farm front things have been going as usual, had some really beautiful cria born, did quite well in the show season particularly with our stunning black boy Kravitz
We have finally gotten some fleece, yarn and rovings available for sale having had some of our beautiful fleeces processed at Alpaca Fibreworks in Victoria.
We are also making one of our maiden girls, Ikita up for sale , pregnant to our beautiful Prince Dubi.
Aside from that we are battening down the hatches for winter and dosing up everyone with their annual round of ADE supplements.......
seeya in the paddock somewhere !!
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Summer '09>
Ok Ok so it's been a long time between updates....got in trouble from the financial controller for not having the site up to date ...just can't be everywhere at once !
So to break it down ....
• Our Brown boy 'Cossack' ( out of Tutapi Pinta ) swept all before him at the '08 Burnie Show
• Tutapi Rifle sold to Romanza Alpacas in Victoria
• Reefer's first 3 cria arrive and he's throwing to the colour of the dam ...yahoo!
• Tutapi Kalahari has a female cria born 31 days prem........ and we save her !!
What a saga ....72 hours feeding every 2 hours..... but that's a story for when I have more time...
• We purchase a glossy black boy Serena Lodge Prince Colah ( who now has confirmed pregnancies )
• I lose my EDS job and with the redundancy payout go slightly silly at an auction and buy a Rose Grey male - Serena Lodge Prince Dubi .....and 4 females including a white ! ....now THAT got the natives talking
• I get a new job with FEA and have even less time than I had before ...but what would life be without the challenges ......BORING !
see you soon.......I'll be the one with the IV coffee in my arm ;-)
November/December '06
• OK show and shearing season is almost over for us for this year. We still have a couple of girls to be clipped but as they are so close to giving birth we are leaving them for just a little longer until after they have given birth.
• Numbers on our farm are now at around 30 as we have taken on a around 20 "house guests" as we agist for some fellow breeders. It's very pleasing to the eye to see so many grazing in the paddock compared to our gradually increasing handful.
• Arianna has successfully delivered a fantastic Solid Black Suri male by Wyterrica Marcel
January '07
• Births out of Tutapi hembra have finished for this season with only a couple of our agisted animals still to deliver
• Rain has fallen but the lack of the precious wet stuff at spring-time, coupled with late frosts has resulted in little paddock growth. As such we are feeding out twice daily - not a cheap option *sigh*
• Raylene has successfully delivered a wonderful Solid Black Suri male by Wyterrica Marcel
• Fears that our macho Nocturne may be infertile have risen and we are now awaiting the results of a veterinary investigation....things do not look good for the little guy so we are now looking at once again using outside males. The joys of breeding livestock.
October '07
• Well a lot has happened since our last update. Nocturne has been confirmed infertile by our vet and despite holding out a slim prayer that he may come good we are on the verge of giving up on the possibility and, under veterinary advice, he will most likely have to be castrated. • In light of this we have added a Medium Fawn male to our herd, 'El Kobar Lassiters Reef', to put over our current and future black girls. • We have had some rain and the grass is growing well. Due to circumstances beyond our control ( a difficult birth and suspected snake bite ) we lost two cria from our agisted girls last summer, hopefully that is all behind us. • So far we have only had one spring birth from Inca Silken Shadow, an agisted female belonging to Limelight alpacas, a lovely Mid to Dark Grey suri male who is looking very special at an early age.
• Show season is Tasmania is almost over for 2007 but we are unable to attend the last show at Huon this year. We had another successful experience with both 'Rifle' and in particular 'Crossbow' doing us proud. Have a look at our Show Results page for a full run down.
30 May 2010