That’s it folks, we are now at capacity. Good luck to everyone who has entered! Don’t forget to get your fleeces to Harley at Churchfield Alpacas by 11th August. Harley LaverChurchfield AlpacasElmleaCold Norton RoadLatchingdonEssex, CM3 6HP Please pack fleeces in individual unmarked clear plastic bags, cut side out, with the …
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East of England Alpaca Show
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 …
Winter Warmers # 3 – Skirting
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 …
Winter Warmers # 2 – Parasitology
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 …
Vet Talk 27 September 2020
Westpoint Farm Vet, Ami Sawran, gave a talk entitled “Top reasons for vet calls over the winter months” via Zoom. Ami started by talking about what a sick alpaca looked like, and made the point that as alpacas don’t show illness until they are very sick, the owner’s instinct that …
EAG AGM 2020 on 27 September 2020
2020 saw EAG go digital as Covid-19 has meant limiting our face to face interactions, with our AGM and vet talk conducted over Zoom. The agenda for the AGM was: Receive Minutes from last AGM Chairman’s Report Show Report Treasurer’s Report Election of Committee Members Consideration of previously notified business …
Making Felted Soaps (Winter Warmers #1)
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 …
EAG Fleece Show 2020 Catalogue
Eastern Alpaca Group held an extremely successful fleece show this weekend with 164 entries! We will be posting results soon but in the meantime here is the catalogue so you can see which fleeces were entered Click here for the catalogue
Halter Show 2020 Cancellation
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 …
EAG Fleece Show 2020
The EAG fleece show was held on the 14-16th August 2020 with the show being judged by Mr. Nick Harrington-Smith. The show had to be organised with consistent with government guidelines at the time for Covid-19. Despite working in a socially distanced way it was a great show with 164 …
EAG Halter Show 2020
BREAKING NEWS The EAG Halter Show for 2020 has had to be CANCELLED The third EAG Autumn Halter Show, the only alpaca halter show to be held in East Anglia, will be on Sunday 18th October 2019. Once again it will be held at Beechwood Equestrian Centre – all our …
EAG Halter Show 2019
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 …
Support EAG when you shop online
Do you shop online? If so you can help raise funds for EAG at no extra cost! It’s simple to do and takes no more than a one time 5 minute registration. Register, select EAG, shop and The rest is automatic. You can even download a donation reminder which alerts …
EAG Fleece Show Entries 2018
Due to the glitch at Grassroots over the weekend with show entries not being available the closing date for EAG entries has been extended to July 1st! EAG is also happy to send entries direct to the HoE collection point after being judged at EAG – please enclose clear instructions!
EAG’S PLASMA DRIVE SAVES TWO LIVES
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