Happy Holidays!

Walnut Creek Alpacas would like to wish you all a "happy, safe, and warm holidays". We have been so blessed this year with family, friends, and beautiful new babies. We thank God for all His blessings and we wish you all the best of everything this holiday season.

Meet Ruby

Our last cria for the year and it's a girl! Celine gave birth to a real sweet heart today. We named her Ruby. She is a very energetic little girl. We were amazed, she's already trying to run with other crias.

The Water Hole

The alpacas get fresh water every day. Ocean and the other girls patiently wait as Ann takes a drink.

Feeding time

We feed our horses and alpacas every morning and every evening. We spend a lot of hands on time with our animals and it shows. They are all very tame, loveable, and yes, they are all of our babies. Oh, and maybe just a little bit spoiled.

Onyx's Turn

My favorite alpaca, Onyx, had an absolutely beautiful true black girl today. We named her Rebecca after my niece. She's another Midnight RB Cicero girl and she takes after her sire with her spunk and charm. She is already showing a gorgeous fleece with incredible luster and crimp. We'll have to take this baby to the show when she's old enough.

Beautiful fall day

Nika's Cria

Nika had a gorgeous dark brown girl. We named her Reba. Oh, in case you thought she had twins, she didn't. Twins are very rare in alpacas. The little boy behind Reba is one of our star boarders, Aristotle. Both babies were born on the same day. October 9, 2005. They are both from the same stud, Midnight RB Cicero.

Fall Crias

Ocean had our first fall cria. A big beautiful boy. We named him Rembrandt. The average alpaca cria weight is between 15 to 20 pounds. Ocean has big babies, they have all been over 20 lbs. and very energetic.

Staying Cool

Sienna likes to keep cool in her pool during the hot Oklahoma summer.

Colts horsing around

We now have all of our spring babies on the ground and everyone is happy and healthy.

Colts running around out front and alpaca crias running around out back.

We'll have more crias due this fall.

I'll run out back and take some pictures of our crias so I can share them with you. They are absolutely precious! Babies are just too much fun!

It's a boy!

This morning Tia finally gave in after 362 days and gave birth to a beautiful little boy. He's dark maroon in color and has a ton of energy. Sienna couldn't wait to welcome him into the alpaca family. Sienna's all excited now that she has two new playmates.

Another girl!

Our girl Bertie finally gave birth to a beautiful dark silver grey little girl. I found out that every time I pick a girl's name out ahead of time we have a girl! Her name is Malita. I named her after a neighbor of ours. Actually there is a joke behind her name. Dave and I thought our neighbor's name was Omalita and we called her that for years. Well, we just found out her name is Malita but folks around here like to say ol' (old) before the name. Anyway, we'll probably end up calling her ol'Malita. :)

We're still waiting on Tia to have her baby. Today makes 360 days! Whew.... too long if you ask me, especially in this heat.

Alpaca Shearing 2005

Well we're finally done with shearing this year. First we sheared all of our alpacas and then we sheared three other ranches that needed our help. It was fun but it'll be awhile before my back and knees forgive me. :)

I've included a before and after picture of Samson Knight so you can get an idea as to what an alpaca looks like before and after shearing. It doesn't even look like the same boy!

In fact the alpacas even have a funny reaction towards each other after shearing. They all gather around inspecting each others hair-doos. We get a big kick out of them as they check each other out. Now they're ready for spring breeding and for the warmer weather.

This year we'll be sending our fleece down to the Roswell Woolmarket in New Mexico. They need 5000 lbs. before they can put it on the world market. They currently have 1000 lbs. so if any alpaca farms are interested in sending their fleece please feel free to contact us for the info.

Another Beautiful Colt

While we're waiting on the alpacas to have their babies, I thought I'd share our newest addition.

Daisy had her colt yesterday and he is adorable. He has the markings of a buckskin but he's dark. He has two white socks in the back but the wildflowers (weeds) cover them up in the picture.



The horses in the background of the picture are the boys. They had to check out the new baby too.

Our First Alpaca Cria for 2005

It's a girl!!!

Selina had her baby on 4/14/05 and we're so excited because this little girl is gorgeous!

We've decided to name her Sienna.



Here she is at only 3 days old and she's already a whopping 17 lbs.
We'll definitely have fun showing this one.

Our First Born for 2005

Well, our first born this year isn't an alpaca but a colt.

Our gal, Vegas, had a beautiful buckskin paint colt out of our handsome stud, Blue Poco Fax, a Take it to the Max boy.

Welcome

We extend a warm welcome. We'll be able to share with you our life on the farm. We welcome your comments and emails and we hope to make your visit with us an enjoyable one.