Alpaca Tribe

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

There comes a time to move on, or at least not be so dependent. This is true of all forms of life, including our own. Happenings in the valley with the swans got me thinking about this. The adults confirmed that the cygnets could fly and then left them the next day.

With cria, we wean and separate or leave the mums to do it themselves - depending on a number of factors. This includes the field layout, the number of animals, the amount of grazing and the cria's age, size, weight and maturity. They or we usually work it out.

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Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Recorded and edited with Hindenburg Pro and polished with Auphonic

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

This episode is dedicated to Jules, who recently passed away and always loved seeing the alpacas - at a distance, and on his terms.

We chose the size of our alpacas with him in mind, but in the end, he didn't really want to be that close to them after all. Over time, we can build confidence and relationships with our alpacas. It is a worthwhile investment.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Recorded and edited with Hindeburg Pro

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, a quick roundup of the lake filling, the sheep leaving, the fox being seen off by the alpacas and the ducks in combination, and Blue Tongue Vaccinations completed.

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Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, hidden among the everyday ordinary, we sometimes bump into a special moment with our alpacas. We need to watch for them, enjoy being present, and appreciate them. They need marking in some way, even if it is a mental note in our memories or a digital note in our electronic brains - those phones we carry around with us all of the time.

This is the link to Millie getting stuck in the mud

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

Recorded and edited by me using Hindenburg Pro. No Auphonic this time, though I usually use it to help me polish the audio and let their AI tools handle some noise and EQ for me. The content is all mine.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, we revisit episode 241 from three years ago. Craig Constantine, a good friend from the US, called in to visit and met the alpacas.

Craig has been busy travelling in Newfoundland this summer and discusses it with another friend of ours, Christi Cassidy, on her podcast Moving Along. You can also find him and his work on his website, which includes his own Movers Mindset podcast.

Hope you enjoy the revisit, or catching it for the first time.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

I use Hindenburg Pro for editing and Auphonic for post-production polishing. These tools use a bit of AI to help things along, but the work is mine.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, after the rain, my alpacas came out to eat the willow leaves.

I say rain, but it was more of a shower.

Join me for breakfast and a meander, plus where have the swans gone?

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, I consider what we call normal.

Understanding what is normal helps with expectations and preparations. With climate change impacts becoming more frequent, we are starting to develop new normals.

I am still looking forward to a 'normal' day but I am not sure if I would recognise it if I had one.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

Sorry, there have been a few gaps recently - I have been capacity-challenged on a number of fronts, but I am pleased to be returning to routines and rhythms with the alpacas.

Here is a quick catch-up.

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You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, a quick update on shearing and valley news, including the swans, with a background soundtrack of alpacas feeding.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.

This is the podcast for alpaca people!

In this episode, I meet up with Danny from Boston. We have known each other for almost 8 years, but met for the first time recently. I got to introduce him to the valley and the alpacas. It was a hoot (as Danny would say).

The characteristics of alpaca connections and podcasting connections bear an uncanny resemblance. You can find kindred spirits in lots of places if you look for them. I guess you can count alpacas on that list too.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed it.

You can contact me by email - [email protected] - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.

Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Waterside Voices.