Alpaca moving day...

Our little herd of alpacas were moved this weekend to much, much greener pastures.  We met at 9 am, with a horse trailer and some additional hands to help.  The first group of five were the most difficult to move from the field to the trailer, mainly because no one really knew what they were doing.

These are the "girls" before they knew what was about to happen.  And this couple are their new owners...don't they look like great farmers?!
We let them eat and enjoy the peace, while the "engineers" figured out the whole trailer scenario and how to get it as close to the gate as possible, so that we would not have a herd of alpacas roaming down the middle of the local road.

The best strategy, in the end, was to hold a rope between a few of us, and herd just 4 or so alpacas down the field toward the trailer.

Then they kind of freaked out a little, and in the end it was just men and women lifting alpacas.

But, after three trips from our place to their new home, we got them all there safely.

As you can see, they really are in greener pastures, and seem to be enjoying their new "digs".

Their pen area at our place will stay fenced, and over the summer we will till it and add mulch and garden waste and try to condition the soil so that next year we can plant a vegetable garden there.

A good day!