Web Site Changes

This is where we will announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you have visited us before and want to know what has changed, take a look here first.

January 2008 - Two new cria were born New Year's Day between 9 and 10 a.m. First was a female (Maidenly Minx of New Moon) to Pandora of Saturn. Second was a male Suri (Sequoia of New Moon) to Charmane.

December 2007 -- Updated the New Moon Alpaca web site, including a new design for the Females and Herdsires pages, along with the front page to the web site. Linked the photos of each alpaca to their respective page on AlpacaNation. The AlpacaNation pages contain additional information, such as copies of the ARI certificates, fiber histograms, and other data.

May and June 2007 -- Two new cria arrived, the first cria to Hannah of Redwood Ridge (a female, name NMA's Rowan) and the fourth cria to SCFA Pixie Dust (a female, named Caridwen of NMA). Both cria are from our four-year-old herdsire, Bartleby, his second and third female crias this year.

January and February 2007 -- Three cria have arrived, Permafrost (Frosty) to Charmane (Jan. 5th), NMA's Polychrome (Polly) to Pandora of Saturn (Jan. 10th), and Condor's Fire Dancer (Dancer) to Tillman's Bubbly (Feb. 17th).

December 17, 2006 -- Uploaded an updated design for the New Moon Alpacas web site.

October 26, 2006 -- Miss Aurora B delivered her third fourth cria, another little boy, today.

October 21, 2006 -- We lost our first cria this morning, less than a day after her birth. The cria was four week premature and was born to our youngest pregnant dam, Queen of the Elves.

October 6-9, 2006 -- Our second trip north to AlpacaMania at Central Point, Oregon. We showed three alpacas, two fleece, and four fiber arts products.

September 22-24, 2006 -- Our first presence at the Monterey Pronk. We had five alpacas (four males and one female) to the show, along with three fleece, and four fiber arts products.

June 3, 2006 -- Pixie Dust (our first alpaca) had her third cria this morning about 10 a.m. The cria was 19.1 lbs, healthy, and immediately nursing. This young male (he will be named Remington's Last Hurrah! in honor of his sire, Remington of Redwoodridge, who was the first cria of SA Kerrington and SA Inca Pearl) is true black.

April 8 - 9, 2006 -- The first annual California Classic Alpaca Show was held in Pleasanton, CA at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. New Moon Alpacas was present with two pens -- two maiden females and three males -- for the halter show. Those five alpacas earned the following awards:

• Kinsey of Redwood Ridge -- Second place, Full Fleece Huacaya Yearling Female - Brown
• Bartleby -- Third Place, Full Fleece Huacaya 2 Year Male - Brown
• Bruxo's Twist & Shout -- Fifth place, Full Fleece Suri Juvenile Male - Light
• Guns & Roses -- Second place, Full Fleece Suri Juvenile Male - Gray
• Hannah of Redwood Ridge -- Third Place, Full Fleece Huacaya Yearling Female - Multi

February 13, 2006 -- Added New Moon Alpacas marketing site to AlpacaNations.

December 2005 -- Added new organizations (State of Jefferson Alpacas Association and Suri Network)  to the Affiliations page.

October 7-9, 2005 -- New Moon Alpacas attended AlpacaMania 2005 (an AOBA Class II show) in Central Point, OR, showing alpacas for the first time in the halter show. Those three alpacas earned the following awards:

• Aurora's Firecracker -- Second place, Shorn Suri Yearling Male - Dark

• Pandora of Saturn -- First place, Full Fleece Huacaya Yearling Female - Mixed Combined
                                 Color Champion, Full Fleece Huacaya Female - Mixed Combined

• Queen of the Elves -- First place, Full Fleece Huacaya Juvenile Female - Light
                                  Color Champion, Full Fleece Huacaya Female - Light Color Championship

September 10, 2005 -- Updated the photos of most alpacas (females, maidens, herdsires, junior herdsires, and affiliated breeder) to those taken today.

August 14 and 16-18, 2005 -- Moved our alpaca herd from the Santa Cruz mountains between the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Ocean to Camanche Ranch Alpacas of Ione, California.

July 25, 2005 -- Miss Aurora B dropped her third cria, a male named Bruxo's Twist & Shout.

May 28, 2005 -- Added information and photos of birth of new cria (Guns & Roses) to Affiliated Breeder page. Also added fiber report data for alpacas of New Moon Alpacas.

May 11, 2005 -- New Moon Alpacas received the legal papers changing to an LLC (Limited Liability Company).

May 11, 2005 -- Updated the information for Pakatrak and added GrazePro, a Windows application used for pasture management and rotation.

April 23-24, 2005 -- Updated our herd information, separating the single herd page into Females, Maidens, Herdsires, and Junior Herdsire pages.

March 13, 2005 -- Signed an agreement to purchase the four Suri owned by the farm where we agist. Those four include a bred female (due October 2005) and three males.

January 26, 2005 -- Updated most of the photos on the Our Herd page.

November 26, 2004 -- First cria is born to the tiny herd of New Moon Alpacas. Elf Queen is the daughter of SCFA Pixie Dust and Peter the Great.

October 29-31, 2004 -- Attended our first show, AlpacafestWest 2004. See the photos of New Moon Alpacas at AlpacafestWest 2004.

September 18, 2004 -- The new web site replaces the initial New Moon Alpacas web site.

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