Saturday 16 July 2011

Zanzibah Zirrius .......

Zanzibah Zirrius.....tonight in the barn....

The longest section is nearly complete.....but I was rained off tonight !

Tremona is checking her new baby out !


Just born this afternoon.....


Tremona has had her baby this afternoon.....

This was a mating with Zanzibah Zeuss , his pedigree includes Purrumbette Ledgers Boy he is a lovely white boy with a very laid back attitude, regular readers will recall that Tremona is my .....mighty flighty girl...so I really wanted a quite natured boy to improve her temperament....as she is so nervous....so I decided to use Zeuss. Often temperament is overlooked in the quest for fibre fineness....but to me it makes a great deal of difference when you are having to deal with your animals....we all have some who are far more pleasant than others......!!

He is a lovely fawn boy, he arrived around 2.45pm. I had just returned back from shopping and my dad greeted us ....pointing to the paddock and saying....'You've got another one'!!

So needless to say I rushed round to see who had given birth....it could only be one of three and my money was on Tremona.....she was sheared yesterday and I was worried about shearing her....however we had no choice as I had postponed the shearing till after the babies arrived...and I still had three girls who had not had their babies.....

Thankfully, all was well with the birth as I had to pop out to get some more roofing fixings...to finish off securing the roof....as I had ran out.

This little fella is very strong......Tremona is getting used to the idea of having a baby to look after....she is nice with him...but she hasn't quite got the hang of keeping an eye on him......and looking after her baby...she was walking off and leaving him after the birth, so I kept a close eye on them to make sure...things were going to be ok.

He was soon up on his feet within 10 mins...and chasing after his mother......she likes him and is happy to let him feed...infact he was feeding within 30mins......and he hasn't stopped.....Tremona just leaves him and goes off to graze as if he wasn't her concern, but little Zirrius is soon after her and he was quick to follow and he has continued to get stronger and get the hang of those legs....

I think he is fawn....mind you I have never had a fawn baby......he has some very light colour variations throughout his fleece.....with a fantastic luster already !!

He is tucked up nice and snug in the barn with the others tonight as the weather is quite miserable, foggy and rainy.....

I'm pleased that I have the barn to give these new babies the start in life they deserve....after all we wait so long for these little ones....and the weather is so unpredictable at the moment...I'd just be worrying if they were outside on a night like this.....

Today I have been doing a little more to the barn.....the first part is Yorkshire boarded up and there is only the short section and the bottom to do......along with the doors and the gates......then hopefully....it will be nearly finished...apart from the guttering, which will probably be done another time......as next on the agenda....is the quest...to win some Hay !

Hopefully, the weather will settle long enough for me to get some hay, I am also going to make some haylage and silage this year for some of the other animals......

Well......thats...the plan....anyway !!

6 comments:

Debbie, Barnacre Alpacas said...

He looks lovely, who was the daddy this time I've forgotten.

Rosemary said...

Doesn't he look sweet?!!
Glad they have a nice warm barn to go in!

Apple Vale Alpacas said...

That's 'Zirrious-ly' good news and temendous for Tremona.

Terry said...

Congratulations on the first boy of the season!

Shirley said...

He's looking good Jayne - well done. I think we all might have a hay problem again this year - everywhere is absolutely sodden. Take care. Shirley & Robbie

Cotswold Vale Alpacas said...

He's a lovely looking boy, congratulations. Barns looking good, your doing well and it wont be long till its finished.

Ginnie