Alpacas – Pukeatua Farmstay

It’s almost February

29 January 2023
animals, christmas, event, farm, feed, flooding, garden, grass, land, outdoor, rain, rescue, shearing, tree

The month is almost over and has been rather eventful. From rain to sunshine to torrential rain again and alpaca shearing in between.

Winter Solstice & Matariki

26 June 2022
background, box, christmas, content, cooking, ducks, eggs, family, farm, feed, goats, horses, la, land, nature, rats, scenery, shearing, sun, sunset, trapping, twi, weather, winter

The weather has turned from somewhat wet and warm to rather wet and cold. The horses have been rugged up just like the goats. The rodent infestation has become noticeable, so we started putting up more traps on top of the traps and bait stations we already had.

What happened this month? Well…

30 December 2021
animals, cats, cayuga, christmas, dinner, ducklings, family, food, friends, land, sun, sunset, weather

Lots and not so much happened. New ducklings, alpaca maintenance, Christmas, holidays and lots of animal fun.

Quiet but busy during another Covid-19 lockdown

13 September 2021
box, fire, firewood, marshmallows, rain, school, sun, sunset, water

I picked a few pictures to keep you entertained and maybe – once we are out of lockdown – you may want to drop by for a stay and enjoy some time off. We will be opening in level 2.

Goodbye Mocha

14 August 2021
cuddling, feed, mocha

Today we said goodbye to Mocha, one of our Alpaca boys who was born here back in 2016. He went to a new home with a new buddy.

Alpaca maintenance day

3 July 2021
animals, building, christmas, farm, fencing, grass, people, shelter, walking

Saturday was the day of the bi-annual alpaca maintenance

Soon will be Alpaca maintenance

2 July 2021
valley

It’s been quite some time since our fluffy alpacas have been up in the paddock. Down in the valley we hardly see them but tomorrow will be time for the half-yearly maintenance, meaning drenching, vaccination and toenail clipping.

Officially Summer – and how lovely it is

2 December 2020
animals, cats, dry, ducklings, ducks, grass, horses, kaipara, sky, valley, weather

The first days of summer greeted with a mixed bag of weather. The first day was coldish and still wet with quite some wind. But that all eased down on the second day which turned into a nice, dry and hot summer day featuring blue sky and green grass.

Time to head out before the bad weather

18 August 2020
drainage, farm, fencing, fire, firewood, grass, house, rain, scenery, sky, sun, valley, weather

Time to head into the valley and do some paddock maintenance. Checking fences and gates, continued to dig a drainage trench, checked up on the alpacas and moos, mowed some swamp grass and sprayed some other areas of swap grass. Chopped some firewood, loaded up the trainer and brought it back up to the house to keep us warm over the next couple of days.

A break from the rainy weather

21 July 2020
animals, family, farm, fencing, kids, land, rain, scenery, valley, water, weather, winter

First day in a long time without rainy weather, so we went down into the valley for fixing things, moving things and play things.

Aerial video with Alpacas

5 July 2020
farm, house, land, shelter, valley

A video a friend made in summer two years ago. The horse shelter was still under construction at that time. The flightover shows our alpacas in the lower paddock and gives an impression of our lovely hillside spot.

Day 15 of COVID-19 lockdown

10 April 2020
building, family, feeding, food, mushrooms, tree

Did a stroll down to the alpacas with Jolan, our daughter. The halter we brought did not fit any of the boys or girls so we just fed them and progressed towards building a little bivy out of old branches and tree bark.

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