In this week's farm vlog we have a sick baby alpaca. Baby Eclipse, 3 week old baby alpaca, has diarrhea and a fever. And we are giving him the best care possible to get him healthy. Nicole is needle felting matching necklaces for the alpacas to wear to a wedding! And she is working with them on the halter and lead everyday to make sure they are ready to be their best selves for their first wedding appearance!
Together Dave & Nicole work on building a new solar shed to house their new batteries. Nicole shares in a voice over some of the challenges of living off the grid and being each others only human's to depend on and see!
After finishing the necklaces for the alpaca, Nicole wet felts a cozy pair of alpaca mittens to wear this winter.
We live off grid and remote in Northern Az on 47 acres. We raise over 60 alpacas and do all the work ourselves! Our lives are completely immerse with the land and animals!
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:11 Sick baby alpaca
01:23 needle felting necklaces for the alpacas to wear a wedding
02:48 sick baby alpaca gets sicker
04:24 working alpacas on halter and lead getting them ready for the wedding
05:04 Working on the solar shed, how we survived with just a tiny fridge for 2.5years on minimal solar
06:10 Nicole helps Dave put the roof up on solar shed during wind warning
06:49 Nicole shares how intense it is to live off grid and be each others only people and not see any other humans
08:44 the alpacas wedding necklaces are done! Time for them to try them on!
12:15 Dave unloading a months worth of hay for the alpacas w/ the tractor
13:17 Freezing temps in the barn for babies and mamas
13:54 Fiona pregnant mama 2 weeks overdue
14:16 Baby Dancer and her mama
14:28 Sick baby alpaca all better, treatment worked!
14:50 Baby Alpaca Lotus, favorite baby! Loves to nibble on Nicole's fingers!
15:38 Baby alpaca Cyprus and mama Peace have been sold.
16:49 Letting the babies out to play and get sunshine.
18:12 Nicole wet felts mittens from alpaca fiber!