| Bumblebeeacres ***Welcome to Our Barnyard***
On our little Fiber Farm we have some cute & wooly farm animals. Please come say hello... ~Shetland Sheep~
Ginger a moorit registered shetland ewe.
Ginger lambed on April 30, 2008 and Little Pepper was born. My daughter is bottle feeding her and she is just a total sweetie. ~Alpacas~
Meet Ashki He is an adorable, full- blood, Suri Alpaca.
Meet AC He is a sweet, full-blooded, Suri Alpaca. Suri Alpacas have crimped, tight curled wool, but in these pictures the Alpacas are shown in their summer shears. Their spring fleeces are incredible. Alpacas are shorn only once a year, in the spring to help keep them cool during the hot summer months.
*Sold*
Suri Alpaca/Llama cross cria, Torrence has a rich Chocolate fleece.
Feline is a cross between a classic llama female and a suri alpaca male. She has gorgeous suri wool. Feline is a lovely almond color.
Pictured above in the foreground are our 3 crias . Their mamas are pictured in the background.
*Pending*
Spirit is an alpaca/llama cross cria with suri fleece
Llamas and Alpacas are very curious creatures. Here are our Alpaca boys and Llama girls trying to figure out what Minnow, our barn cat, is. In this picture you can see the size difference of these two camelids. The Llamas are quite larger than the Alpacas.
~Llamas~ Llamas are big,woolie, sweethearts. Their wool is valuable and luxurious, it is warmer and softer than sheep wool and is sought after by handspinners. Llama kisses are wonderful things!
Here are our Llama trio; Taffy Apple, Margo, and Pocohantas. Taffy Apple is a beautiful llama with golden carmel color wool. Margo is a half chocolate brown and half appaloosa llama. Pocohantas is a lovely appaloosa llama. These are classic type Llamas, ones that don't have massive woolen coats.
~Angora Goats~
Angora goats are the producers of valuable, lusturous, Mohair. We can't wait to start working with this wonderful fiber. Angoras have beautiful headsets of horns, they are useful to the goat and help the goat herder in managing them during shearing time. The goats fleeces are shorn once in spring and once in the fall. ~a cool fact: Mohair is naturally fire retardant, making it great for hearth rugs!
Meet Cricket And Latte ~For Sale~ Cricket is a silver black badger face colored Angora Goat. She has been bred to Latte for April 2008 kids. Latte is also a colored Angora Goat. He was born the color of caramel. He has faded somewhat as an adult.
And lastly meet our lovely Nilla, short for Vanilla. She is a sweetie and the 1st one to greet us at the gate. She has been bred for April 2008 kids.
Our 2008 Doeling born May 23rd Isn't she just darling?!?!
Nilla with her spring 2007 kid, Frappachino, he's about 4 months in these pictures
~Silkie Chickens~ I have raised quite a few different chicken breeds, but the Silkies are my absolute favorites.
Our cute and fuzzy Silkie chickens. We have all colors; a gorgeous partridge rooster, white, black, blue, red & interesting mixed shaded hens.
One of our layers with Jonji the Japanese Chin guarding her ~Call Ducks~ Call Ducks are cool little ducks that come in a huge variety of colors. They are small and very entertaining to watch. They have gentle temperments.
Our sweet Blue Drake, Chocolate Pastel & White Call Ducks. They are with their friend the Pekin.
Soft and beautiful little ducks ~Pekins and Calls hatched 5-21-08~ Visit our Farm News and Updates Page!Click here!
~Our garden on a beautiful September morning.~
September (2006), was greener than any year I can remember. The garden was still in full swing. We bring our produce to the Farmers' Market on the Historic Woodstock Square every Tuesday and Saturday from May thru the end of October. Hours are 8:30am-1:00pm, Rain or Shine! ******** If interested in our barnyard Llamas, Alpacas, Angora Goats, Silikie Chickens, or Call ducks ~we have babies & eggs available throughout the year~ We will also be offering grass ranged roasting Chickens and Heritage Turkeys for 2008 --e-mail for details below! ******** Send us a Bee-Mail (click on the Bee!)
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