My new alpacas arrived yesterday about 12:30. Two nice men, Bill and Rudy, delivered them in a huge truck piled high with hay and an alpaca trailer. Bill was afraid he might lose his hay coming up our steep hill.

The alpacas were haltered without incident and we lead them to their new pasture. Prince and Tinker, my resident alpacas, got very excited and raised up on hind legs trying to make contact over the fence with the new boys. Prince and Tinker look huge compared to the new boys. They are mature alpacas though. The new boys are younger and not quite full grown.

The new boys are gorgeous. Kardigan is jet black, his ancestors include Royal Fawn and Dom Lucilio. He was born on January 27. 2007. Cimmaron is a bunch of colors, including gray, maroon and white. He has General Schwarzkopf and Chaka Khan in his background. His DOB is January 28, 2006. Prince Stuart, or Stewie, as Bill called him, is light fawn. He has fantastic fiber and has Caligula in his background. He was born on August 20, 2007. He is the smallest of the three. In Bill's opinion, Stewie would be show material if he would get a little bigger. Maybe he will grow since he is only two years old. I will probably call him Stewie too so as not to confuse him with Prince, whose name is really Viking Prince.

So far there hasn't been any real fighting among the old boys and the new boys. Maybe because they are on separate sides of the fence. Alpacas are very respectful of fences and do not try to bust through them like some animals do. I will let them get used to each other for a week or more and then take the temporary fence down and let them all have the run of the pasture.

It is so cool to have a real herd, 5 alpacas! WOW! I also met some really nice alpaca people in the process of getting my new boys.