ANY MOMENT, TOTALLY BAGGED UP, ARE WORDS I AM HEARING ON THE CAMERAS!!!
New helper volunteers are arriving today to lend support to the pregnant sheep expecting to deliver in four days.
Additional assistance is still welcome, with volunteers typically departing around 3 pm.
The four-day countdown for the mission rescue of these pregnant sheep is ongoing. We will keep you updated.
If you are interested in helping with these e females, see the 1st comment below.
669 N. Lees.Creek Road today Saturday January 3rd. 360 689 2836.
01/02/2026
RESCUE LAMBING COUNTDOWN 6 DAYS . EVERYONE IS FLOCKING AROUND.
COME OUT SATURDAY TO HELP MOMMAS GET SETTLED IN!
Birthing stalls cleared ♡
Blankets, towels, heating lights & pads♡
Extra thick bedding & insulation♡
Extra hog fuel paddock♡
Would love more sheep wet nurses to help. 669 N. LEES Creek Rd. Port Angeles. 10am - 3pm
01/01/2026
Mom & 1 year old cria up for adoption. The longer I do this the more I want to keep mom's and crias together.
Eve came from the 27 llama rescue in Ellensburg pregnant. NINEVA was born September 2024.
Both mom and baby are up for adoption.
01/01/2026
Getting out of the hospital we realized its New Year's Eve. Our dogs Hank & Heidi are terrified of fireworks.
Cosmo and Danielle were on site.
Hank broke out of his kennel 3 times while they were there.
Our dogs mean the world to Greg & I. We couldn't get home fast enough.
Cosmo was nice enough to take both dogs into our house and sit with them until we got home.
Home now. Sloths are happy. Our house now smells like wet fur and dog farts. Anti nausea pills will come in handy.
12/31/2025
When you are relieved that an animal passes away you know you've achieved compassion beyond selflessment.
Jewelee passed today after years of getting by. She had been in the medical pens nearly all last year trying to get weight on .
She put enough weight on after a year to go out and graze in the big field which was the best for her emotionally and physically.
We noticed she was starting to drop weight again knowing she wasn't going to get better.
We found her today next to the feeders where she sits everyday with her herd.
Xoxo Jewelle
12/30/2025
We recently completed a rescue operation for 11 sheep, 6 of which are pregnant. The distribution of the sheep is as follows: 5 with Jennifer Lewis, 1 with Connie Edwards-Courtney, and 5 with us, comprising 2 rams and 3 pregnant ewes. The total medical expenditure has surpassed $1000.
Prior to our intervention, the owner, having lost her home, kept the sheep in less-than-ideal conditions, doing her utmost until we could take over. Under our care, the sheep have been fed well, gaining weight, and have received vaccinations, f***l examinations, and worming treatments, as well as tests for CLL and Jones disease.
The pregnant sheep are undergoing hand-shearing to prepare them for lambing. Our team, including a youth group and volunteers, provided medical care on-site.
Expectant ewes are due to lamb after January 7th, potentially yielding 14 lambs. Collaborating with three satellite farms, we will have top-notch care and will keep you updated.
Despite the challenges posed by winter births, our guarded prognosis is tempered by our experience and indoor birthing facilities equipped to handle potential complications and bottle feeding needs.
Those interested in supporting our efforts can find details in the first comment. Connie Edwards-Courtney Jennifer Lewis
12/28/2025
We heard the alpacas alarming....
Dogs going crazy...
Heidi ran 1.73 miles chasing something out there in half an hour.
What a good good girl
12/28/2025
Alpacas and Evergreens:
A Symbiotic Solution for Your Post-Holiday Tree!
As the twinkling lights dim and the last of the eggnog is consumed, a familiar dilemma faces many households: what to do with the beloved Christmas tree? While curbside pickup and mulching programs are fantastic, there's an increasingly popular and surprisingly adorable solution emerging in the sustainable disposal world: alpacas!
The needles, in moderation, provide a tasty and nutritious snack, rich in vitamins and minerals.
* Natural De-Needling & Composting: Alpacas efficiently strip the needles from the branches. Their digestive process then transforms the plant matter into nutrient-rich manure.
* Preventing Landfill Waste: Every tree fed to an alpaca is one less tree heading to a landfill reducing methane emissions (a potent greenhouse gas released when organic matter decomposes anaerobically in landfills) and extends the life of our waste disposal sites.
* Preparation is Key. No tinsel, ornaments, lights, or even traces of flocking (fake snow), as these can be harmful or fatal to alpacas if ingested.
12/28/2025
Again we are accepting clean non flocked x-mas trees for our animals' snacks!
Farmers across Central Pa have discovered a creative way to give disposed Christmas trees a new life - feeding them to goats, sheep and alpacas.
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Providing safe rehoming options for Llamas and Alpacas.
Kind of a funny story. I lived in Juneau, Alaska for 25 years. On the 349th rainy day of the 365 day year, I dreamed, someday I will have an apple orchard and raise alpacas. Sixteen years ago I moved to Port Angeles and bought property with a small apple orchard. Five years ago I re-homed my first Llama and Alpaca. I knew nothing about them except like everyone else, I thought they would make a neat pet. Five years later, I now surf the internet pleading people who want to “give away” their animals to allow us to re-home them. WHY? As our economy dropped, more people became income challenged. They begin looking for resources. Sadly enough, two of those are money and food. Horses, goats, sheep, and alpacas all become a free food resource. Alpaca meat is a very sought after protein source in the United States as well as other countries. Free alpacas can either go to the butcher or the “meat market” to be auctioned. The second reason is Alpacas are not just CUTE pets. There are a very specific type of animal requiring specific knowledge and care. They are not a yard ornament.
We provide a safe, secure resource for people who need to re-home their animals but want to ensure they are provided only the very best homes. Many situations do not allow the animal owner to ensure this process is done. Many situations are necessary immediately due to safety or illness of the animals and some situations are because of third party intervention. Once we bring new animals to our farm, the animals are medically, socially, and physically inspected. Some of these processes may take up-to 6 months to ensure proper and complete evaluation. Once evaluated, some animals may not be ready to re-home. Some may need extended medical care, some may need behavioral work, and some will need neutering.
Rescue operations need capital to operate. One vet call is anywhere from $400 to $4000. TO support our expenses, we have started providing fleece and alpaca bean tea products. We sell anything from raw fleece to roving to finished fine yarn and rug yarn. We retail Alpaca Bean Tea, which is a compost tea high in nitrogen and potassium. We also have started a breeding program for our higher quality fleece alpacas for people who want to raise fleece animals. As with our rescues, in order for an alpaca transfer, a complete application which includes personal and vet references, a site visit, and a completed training program or knowledge assessment prior to re-homing.
We are currently looking at expanding with a 4-H program, an alpaca tour program which includes an onsite store, interaction area, and a 15 minute educational lecture. We also are looking into providing therapy alpaca sessions for Veterans and medically needy. We are currently working on funding for these expansions.
As for today, we currently have 25 alpacas, 10 apples trees and in Port Angeles it rains a lot less than 349 days a year
