Here at Hideaway Wood Farm we decided to long term wean our cria this year and have been sharing our journey over on our socials. I thought it would be a good idea to collate our experiences so far here on our farm blog as we often get asked about what we do about weaning and how the mums and babies are getting on.

Shearing 2024 was the first day of my alpaca apprenticeship, a baptism of fire, so I knew what to expect but having since trained in CameliDynamics I couldn’t help but wonder how we could incorporate a more gentle and respectful approach to the massive task of restraining and shearing thirty four animals in one day.

I knew when that taking on the responsibility for a herd of animals that loss was an inevitable part of that but I had really hoped it would be natural deaths from old age. Unavoidable deaths. Not a death that we could have prevented. Nothing sits more heavily than that.

We often get asked the same questions about our alpaca walks by our farm visitors so we thought we'd answer them here for anyone who's interested in joining us on a walk.

Earlier this month we trialled a new offering at the farm (the alpaca farm). I had beginners nerves for the first time in ages and it felt

As a farm we're always trying to improve the way we're doing things. This year we've been introducing natural methods of taking care of our