Hyde Park Alpacas in Sugarloaf Creek | Agricultural cooperative

Hyde Park Alpacas

Locality: Sugarloaf Creek

Phone: +61 423 571 002

Address: Seymour Pyalong Road 3658 Sugarloaf Creek, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.hydeparkalpacas.com.au

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25.01.2022 On Tuesday Andy had surgery on his shoulder. He will be out of commission for at least 8 weeks but rest assured we will still be shearing this season, albeit a few weeks later than usual.

24.01.2022 The sky was awesome this morning at Pyalong as we headed out shearing. I’ve never seen clouds like this before!

23.01.2022 Two more lambies today. A boy and a girl. That makes 6 lambs from 3 ewes (200% lambing rate) 5 ewe lambs and 1 ram lamb. Merino x dorper, Black Faced Suffolk x Dorper, and Merino x Black Faced Suffolk. One more ewe to go.

23.01.2022 The view that will be tomorrow’s job. Boys are all locked up and ready to go. Ready for a 7am start.

23.01.2022 The 4 ewes were shorn today (by a sheep shearer, not us). The comment from Andy afterwards is: ‘I’d much rather shear alpacas. Shearing sheep is for people under 40.’

23.01.2022 We’ve had 60ml this month already and I’m just loving how much the grass is growing. Weeds and grass but at least the dirt is covered up with something! some parts are still bare but hopefully something will take hold before summer.

21.01.2022 Finally the last ones arrive! Another set of twins.

21.01.2022 Teddy had to make sure Toby was ok during his shearing session on Saturday.

20.01.2022 The herd of girls have been shorn today (all 8 of them ) . Only the herd guards and 2 cria to do. Thanks to Sam (I got a photo this time) for his hard work and help.

17.01.2022 I didn’t realise how cute little lambs at play were until we had our own. They’re just as cute as crias.

17.01.2022 Today we said ‘See you later’ to Aphrodite & Juno and Hustle &Jitterbug. They went off to their new home today with a family at Marnong Estate, Mickelham. It’s not goodbye though because we’ll be seeing them on a regular basis for their husbandry, halter training and shearing.

16.01.2022 Alpacas in the mist. Coming up to enjoy their morning ration of Hipwell clover hay.

14.01.2022 Cattle crush delivered and assembled, sheep brought in for shearing tomorrow, goat and alpacas along for the ride. Andrew’s Morris picked up and being transported to Sydney (Replaced by Roger the Red Morris Convertible). All in all a normal day at the office.

14.01.2022 Hurry up girls! We want those lambies out.

12.01.2022 We’re going to need a bigger sign: Hyde Park Alpacas, Crossbreed Sheep and Dexters and not forgetting Border Collies

11.01.2022 Meet Isaac, our herd guard in training. He has 3 pregnant ewes and 1 goat to keep company with. Isaac is 15 months old and sadly is smaller than his ewes and goat. He is very young and very small so not much protection this year for the lambs but we’re hoping he grows enough to be bigger than them next year.

09.01.2022 Two more little lambies born this afternoon. Two more ewes to go but already our herd has doubled .

09.01.2022 Happy Birthday to precious Ralf, Dot, Rocky, Lola, Elsie, Bonnie, Merv and Ted. The last 12 months have been amazing

08.01.2022 Steve’s before and after shot.

06.01.2022 The first 4 alpacas shorn for the season. Our four old boys: Troubadour, Lui, Beau and the amazing Zircon. They’ll be spending the next few nights in the shed to make sure they acclimatise to their new hair cuts safely. Of course we didn’t get before or during pictures. Thanks to our new rousty Sam. He did an amazing job for his first time alpaca wrangling. And of course we didn’t get photos of him either

04.01.2022 It’s a quiet house tonight with one less dog. our mate Zorro was delivered to his forever home today. We will miss his sniffs and cuddles and I’m sure Ralf and Lucy will miss Ralf’s playmate.

04.01.2022 Isaac is very attentive with his little charges. He’s not sure what to do about the dog barking but he does go straight to the lambs when Ralf barks.

03.01.2022 Andy’s back shearing again! Yay for the alpacas. We did our final 4 today. Old Ginger (16) the two young cria (6 months) and our herd guard, Isaac. They’re all going in with the sheep tonight.