On Friday 29th July, Judges Jay Holland and Liz Barlow, supported by apprentice judge Viv Darcy, judged 122 alpaca fleeces at the first ever EAG fleece show. The judges commented that it was so well organized that no one would have known it was our first show.
AGM & Social Event – 1st July 2016
Twenty-five people attended EAG’s first AGM which was held at the Highwayman, near Ipswich, on Friday 1st July and was followed by a meal with a raffle. Rob Wales (chairman) reviewed our first year and David Cooper (Treasurer) presented the accounts;
EAG’s First Year
From Issue 4 of our newsletter June 2016 Believe it or not EAG has been going for one year. In that year we have tried to cover different venues and different events. Starting last year in June we had an introductory social event at Woodbine Farm, then in September a …
Birthing Workshop 2nd April 2016
A Birthing Workshop was held on 2nd April 2016 at 10pm at Butlers Farm, Willingale, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0QL. This was a full days workshop with camelid expert Karin Mueller covering all aspects of pregnancy, birthing and caring for the newborn.
Social Event Friday 29 Jan 2016
A great evening was had by the members of the Eastern Alpaca Group on Friday evening at the Highwayman Inn. Lots of alpaca chat, good food, good company and finishing the evening off with a quiz won by David and Sally Berry.
Use of Pesticides on Your Land
From Issue 2 of our newsletter September 2015 From the 1st November 2015 the law will require users of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides or plant growth regulators to obtain a certificate of competence in order to use these products on their land.
Winter is on its Way
From Issue 2 of our newslettter September 2015 Now that winter is on its way and the daylight hours are getting shorter it will soon be time to administer vitamin D to your alpacas. In their native country there are long hours of daylight all year round and bright skies, …
Feeding Your Alpacas
From Issue 2 of the Newsletter September 2015 In their native country alpacas have evolved to survive on poor forage, grazing on relatively sparse grassland and coarse vegetation.
EAG’s first event – grass management and fleece skirting
Our first event on Saturday 19th September 2015 at Woodbine Farm Alpacas was a great success with 36 people attending. Chris Keeble discussed grass management in the morning and Jo Bridge with Emma Taylor took us through the complexities of fleece skirting for showing and for processing.
Inaugral social event launches EAG
June 2015 The new Eastern Alpaca Group was launched on Sunday 7th June 2015 with a social event. Over 20 people attended the event. Thank you to everyone that attended and especially those that travelled a long distance.