Life Among the Alpacas
Kasey Butcher SantanaNotes from my life caring for a small alpaca farm, plus the chickens, bees, elderly dog, and humans who live here and the things that make us curious.
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It’s a little shocking how fast a chicken grows. Every time we see the Kindergarten Flock, they look bigger. They are now fully feathered and ready to move to the coop with the big girls. It’s a big milestone, but it comes with precautions....
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In one of my clearest childhood memories, I am sitting behind a shrub, pretending that I was in a secret garden. In suburban Indiana, there was not much by way of an actual walled garden like in the English countryside of Frances Hodgson Bu...
Shearing Day 2026
Yesterday, the alpacas got their big annual spa day. Shearing is an essential part of alpaca care. Alpacas were bred for thousands of years to achieve the thick, dense blankets of fleece they grow now, so, unlike their more wild cousins, vi...
Be a Tree
As I write this, a crew is trimming our trees. It’s all chainsaws and curious alpacas and branches everywhere. I’m watching one of the guys out on a limb and wondering if this is a top career choice for kids who like to climb trees.
My hu...
Hay, Girl, Climate is a Cost of Living Issue
I’m already bracing for this summer’s hay prices.
Alpacas eat relatively little compared to other livestock. We feed them second-cut orchard grass, optimizing for the protein they need to grow fleece. A cow or a horse might eat a bale of...
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Writer. Plant lady. Jail librarian turned alpaca farmer. Ph.D. in American literature with an elderly canine sidekick. I write about our animals, nature, empathy, mothering, and what makes me curious.
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