Alpaca milkman....

Here he is on the ten o'clock feed the Toft alpaca milkman. My eldest son Scott is back home for while since returning from working in Angola and before embarking on his next adventure, possibly in China- the boyo speaks Mandarin.

We have been bottle feeding a cria this season from birth. This is a most unusual occurrence for us. Normally we may bottle feed one or two for a few weeks until Mum takes over but young Pippa had a few problems at birth and now we are bottle feeding until the hard feed takes over. 

Here's the boyo on the 10am feed, second of the day and they come every three hours until the last one at 10pm. So the milkman is kept well busy. Scott is a dedicated Alpaquero and turns his hand to all things alpaca while he is here and thankfully he is ever so meticulous in his husbandry. Maybe it's time he found a good lady to distract him a little.