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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
We knew to expect some colder weather but thought we were on the edge of the weather alert area. Maybe not.
It started cold and frosty but then came some snow. Now it was not that bad really - just a surprise. The first real cold weather of the season is always like that.
Keep an eye on the water - checking for ice. And think about some extra food that will give quick energy to help the alpacas stay warm. Think about your own layers too.
Video clip from the archives of alpacas in the snowhttps://vimeo.com/1031697533/5958f52021
This was how the alpacas greeted their first snow - a number of years ago now but still so memorable.
The vertical take off is by Hermione (when she was younger.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I sit in the sun and think alpacas, and swans, and herons and the rest.
No one ready for breakfast when I first went down to feed them - no one at home. But they heard me and came ready for clearing the troughs. Cold mornings make for hungry alpacas.
Birds about today on a beautiful, clear, bright, sunny, still day with low sun. Ravens have a lovely call.
Watch what is going on in your place and your season. Spend some time with your alpacas if you can and breathe...
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Feeding alpacas can be fun and sometimes challenging. Always a great opportunity to catch up with how your herd is doing and what is going on. Also, it can add to the positive experiences they have of you as a safe person to be around.
Of course, sometimes there is more than you bargain for.
I have been musing about what makes a good alpaca. Particularly relevant if you are thinking of adding alpacas to your life or your herd. One factor among many is how sociable they are. Will they get on with the others you will be introducing them to? Are they going to be easy to manage?
Often you can't be sure until later and see how they grow. We gather the information we can. Ask the relevant questions and make the best decision we can.
What would you look for in an alpaca? Let me know by dropping me a line.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I share my delight on a dry, still autumn day. The colours, the sounds and the alpacas enjoying their pastures.
Things to notice as always. Keep notes of the changes. Watch the body condition, particularly of older or weaker alpacas and boost the rations to keep them healthy.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In the calm between storms, my thoughts turn to tools and fences. Maintaining them during the downtime of fall and winter is a great way to invest in the future of your alpaca farm.
This time of year has some lovely moments, so take advantage when you can, to get outside and spend time with your alpacas. A cup of your favourite beverage and something to sit on. Perfect.
The girls love standing in the water. It is a bit of a spar moment for them. Here is Betsi 'cooling her heels'. Happy girls.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
We want to be confident, fulfilled owners of happy and healthy alpacas. The moving target of what is involved in achieving that continues to entice us to do better.
Good food. Keeping them healthy. And spending time with them. Steps along the way.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Things stay the same until they don't.
Unexpectedly we had to make new arrangements for feed supplies. Moving in the right direction now and we will settle into a new routine I am sure. In the meantime, it is an opportunity to review everything and make sure we are doing the best to care for our alpacas.
This is especially important as the autumn weather establishes itself. Time to make sure your alpaca socks are handy!
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
As we celebrate 300 episodes of The Alpaca Tribe Podcast, I have been reflecting back on what I have enjoyed and what you have listened to most. How we started and an invitation to breakfast with the girls seem to have been popular so I wanted to share some clips with you (again if you are a regular).
Thank you for being on the journey with me and for the encouragement you have shared over the 300 episodes. Always happy to hear from you - it makes a big difference and keeps me going.
If you can, go spend some time with some alpacas or even better have breakfast with them.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
People love to ask questions about alpacas. They are unusual animals and many people have not spent much time with them. In today's episode, I run through these typical questions and offer some perspectives and answers that might satisfy that curiosity.
If you have any other questions, please email me and we can include them in a future episode.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Alpacas have a pace all of their own. And if we choose to, we can let them teach us to find a slower rhythm that could just suit us better. I love it when alpaca life spills over into the rest of life.
What do you notice about your alpacas? What about friends, family and colleagues? What about you?
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I share some of my alpaca obsessions. Where are they and what are they doing?
We learn by making mistakes - hopefully small and not disastrous ones. It starts that way when we first start keeping alpacas and it continues. The specifics change as we get more experience and more adventurous!
Keep learning and if you can go spend some time with some alpacas.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
You can enjoy being with alpacas whatever the weather. They seem to cope with it all but it does change their behaviour, which is true of us too. Here in the UK particularly, we seem to be obsessed with the weather.
The wind can put an extra spring in an alpacas step. If you can go spend some time with your alpacas in windy weather and notice what is going on with them.
Whatever the weather - enjoy the alternative perspective alpacas bring to our worlds.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, everyone maybe talking AI - but not everyone is talking Alpaca Intelligence
Join me as I consider the intelligence shown by these amazing creatures.
I also got caught out in the rain and had to shelter while giving breakfast to the girls. Preparation and spontaneity. Why not have a half-hour holiday with your alpacas? But take something to sit on, the ground is wet from that latest shower.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Sometimes we can feel lost even when we are not and other times, we really are lost and need help.
Being lost means there is a piece of information missing. Either we don't know where we are; we don't know where to go; or we don't know how to get where we are going.
Strategies to move forward include waiting for more data, starting to make a move in the best direction we can discern and hope for landmarks, ask for directions.
Which is the right thing to do? It all depends.
Check out the episode notes for the video of finding Ninian the lost cria - more misplaced really.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, we consider how alpacas like being with other alpacas and ask the question - how many make a herd?
Alpacas love to be able to see other alpacas. They have a strong herd instinct and to help them thrive we need to understand this and accommodate it as much as we can.
How many make a herd? One alpaca on its own is not a herd. But that doesn't mean two is either. I recommend a minimum of at least three or more when possible. The capacity of your land for a herd of alpacas is an interplay of space, grazing, shelter and type of land. Don't run to the maximum but leave yourself some headroom.
Have you noticed they often face the same direction when grazing - why is that? Answers on a digital-postcard.
Spend time with your alpacas and keep your eyes open.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I consider the colours of alpacas and what my favourite is. And no, it is not blue!
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, listen in for a valley update - the alpacas, the birds, the warmth and the water levels.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, Alpacas are predictable until they are not. The same can be said of the weather.
Join me for some musings and a valley update.
What is predictable?
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy -
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Alpacas are semi-ruminant. That means they have multiple stomach compartments (three) and chew the cud. This kind of digestion is similar to cows and sheep which are the ruminants most people know about. These are not separate stomachs but compartments. This seems amazingly simple to my alpacas but I can't easily get my head around how it all works the way it should.
Definitely worth spending time with your alpacas watching this part of an important process we may be overlooking.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
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Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Building cooperation comes by building trust. Being trustworthy to your alpacas is a worthwhile investment even if it takes time and effort.
Start with the simple and take small steps and you can grow your alpacas' confidence in you - and also your own confidence in you. A clear win-win.
Leading is different to managing. I vote for leading - listen in to find out why.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd
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