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It is time to start thinking about the fleeces that you will enter in to the ever popular East of England Fleece Show. The two day event will be held at Essex Young Farmers Centre over the 20th and 21st August 2022. This year we are delighted to announce that …
Come and join us at the East of England Show at Beechwood Equestrian Centre on Sunday 9th October! We are delighted to have Mr Jay Holland as our judge this year. Entries open on 18th July until 25th August, with 140 places available. Farms will be able to submit numbers …
Without the generous support of our sponsors we would not be able to organise the Show each year. So, thank you to all who have taken up sponsorship packages – we really do appreciate your committment to the EAG and our regional members! Gold Sponsors Alpaca Evolution – alpacaevolution.com Pinnacle …
Once again Eastern Alpaca Group will be looking to award the special Spirit of the Industry Trophy at the East of England Fleece Show 2021. The Spirit of the Industry Trophy, with a special rosette, will be awarded to the fleece that exemplifies those qualities that will most benefit the …
Entries are now full! Good luck to all who have entered The newly named halter show is being organised by Eastern Alpaca Group and will be held at Beechwood Equestrian Centre, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford CM3 8DY on Sunday 10th October 2021. This year the Show is being judged by Mrs …
The Eastern Alpaca Group invites you to the third of the presentations this winter starting on Saturday 13th February 2021 @ 7pm. We hope you will tune in and join us with these short presentations which are open to non-members as well as EAG members Skirting: Maximise Your Harvest Presented by …
The Eastern Alpaca Group invites you to the second of three presentations this winter starting on Saturday 9th January 2021 @ 7pm. We hope you will tune in and join us with these short presentations which are open to non-members as well as EAG members Parasitology: Presented by Ami Sawran Join …
Presented by Katherine Shearer The first of our Winter Warmers Zoom talks was on the 28th November. Kath Shearer, our new committee member very kindly agreed to share her practical experience on how to make felted soaps. These make great alpaca-themed Christmas presents or gifts to sell in your alpaca …
It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of this year’s EAG Halter Show (due to take place 18 October). We know that this will come as an enormous disappointment to both the exhibitors and sponsors who expressed an interest in attending the show. This …
2019 was the second year that EAG staged a halter show. This was again held at Beechwood Equestrian Centre and all of our exhibitors and visitors were enthusiastic about what a great venue it was. We had a great set of volunteers serving as stewards, setting up and clearing up …
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EAG’s first plasma drive took place on 17 May. Organised and hosted by Harley Laver with Laura from Westpoint vets taking the blood, four farms took part. A plasma drive
Karin Muller once again delivered life saving advice and practice in birthing at our workshop on the 22 April. Attendees left much more knowledgeable about when to call the vet and more confident of their ability to help if a birth isn’t straight forward.
The Highwayman once again provided tasty food and the venue for our January Social Event. As our chairman Rob Wales explained, Jo Bridge has had to step down as Shows Representative but Harley Laver has enthusiastically taken up the challenge. Harley got straight to work by signing up volunteers for …
Due to the topical concerns over Bovine TB, the Eastern Alpaca Group arranged a meeting to discuss this topic for which the Chairman of the British Alpaca Society, Ron Mackintosh, kindly agreed to come along to the meeting to describe his personal experiences with Btb. The meeting was held at …