Holly's Alpaca Shearing

22/11/2023

FYI peeps, anybody up north who needs the paca dentist, contact Alison directly

I have an alpaca in Kyabram waiting to see me!! Are there any others in the Kyabram, Shepparton areas needing dentals services

03/11/2023

Okay, so I'm crutching my little bunch of Merinos this morning and this little Peach put her sweetest face on for me, isn't she the cutest?! I wasn't going to name them since I'm getting such a decent cluster of a zoo happening these days buuuuut she convinced me to change my mind.

Please help me name my number 00913. I think she's my best MER ewe❤️

Theme suggestions could be cool and maybe we can do all of them 😉

30/10/2023

A little insight into the past month. I dont show home life often but people have been asking so if your interested i added some pics. Shows, expos, shearing, calving, kidding and sheep work.
I've made a decent start to the shearing season this past month shearing a few hundred animals in mostly the north of the state- Cobram, Shep, Bendigo , Castlemaine and Echucha working my way South (im not finished some areas so dont stress if the pacas still have the floof). Haven't really taken photos but it's been so nice to see my regular annuals. Community days have been a real highlight 🩷 it's been busy but super enjoyable.
For those asking, text number is 0459858685 please no PMs I'm trying to keep important details easy to find in one place for when I need it (usually on the fly). It's been a great start to spring, super looking forward to seeing everybody else🩷💜💝

18/09/2023

🥰 My beautiful darling Van is back on the road. Im so massively appreciative of our fantastic mechanic🦙🥳 let the silly season begin🦙

13/09/2023

Hey guys, just a quick update on shearing season.

🚃 my Van is currently in the workshop with some kinda major internal surgery taking place- we thought she was on her way out, i got the update last night and I should have it back sometime next week so I'll start scooting around once that's happened.

🌞I wont be taking on NEW clients from now which are further than 30 mins from Seymour.
RELAX, I'm not quitting shearing. I'm just not increasing numbers areas I need to travel a long way to. If your on my books, nothing changes.

✉️ contact- I can still be contacted via text and phone call. I turned off messenger chat last year as I can't keep up with text, call, chats and emails between 2 businesses (I do love a chat as you all know 🤣 but time with my hands is limited)

As many of you know I run another business all year round which I've focused on quite alot with unreliable weather the past 2 shearing seasons. So shearing will be worked around this.

I'll keep more of an eye here on comments now but if I've not shorn for you before and your somewhere across the state I can direct you to some people to try.

26/07/2023

Seeing some of my Sherbrooke favourites today❤️
Super looking forward to seeing my Castlemaine peeps on Friday too!

If your alpacas still need their Winter cares send me a text to organise 😊🌻

22/07/2023

What a day! It was all smooth sailing with animals penned awaiting the pampering. 5 places visited, many cuties cuddled 🥰 now headed for home to pamper my own Alpacas, they're due for their Vitamin D too!

18/07/2023

I forgot to take pics yesterday on my alpaca rounds. The cria were so teeny I'm kicking myself, y'all would have loved them!..so to suffice here's one of our lambs. Composites are amazing mothers❤️

13/07/2023

Off to Edgar's again today to transform some beautiful beasties back to beauties 🥰 check out their page for updates. I'll reshare when available ❤️

Also, I'm doing a run around the area - Lancefield with a few stops out to Daylesford for winter shots.

If your floofs need theirs, get in touch🌞🌻

07/07/2023

I'll have another day doing winter shots out east in the next couple of weeks. If your between Kilmore & Sherbrooke area send me a text and we can organise.

Even some of my cute floofs have had to get extra this winter, it's been tough on alot of paccas having such a short summer period and cold gloomy autumn.

04/06/2023

What a wonderful morning for catching up on some alpacas winter care. Denver, Ashbourne, Riddells.
Such gorgeous winter weather today!🌼🌻❄️

20/05/2023

This quad of cuties i visited for winter care on my run around this morning.
Check out the sass on grey boys face 🤣
I sheared these boys back at the start of December so its perfect timing for them getting their maintenance. Give me a holla if youd like winter care for your farm fam.

11/05/2023

❄️Hey guys! Winter care has kicked off, if you would like your floofs given their pre winter injections and ive not yet gotten to you as yet send me a text. Ive started local (Kilmore, lancefield, riddles creek & Seymour) Flowerdale is on Tuesday 16th with more to add.
Glenlyon area will be end of the month with more to add.

Dry animals is a must. Cuddleing a cold wet mop isnt fun for anybody😉. A physically able person to hold animals still is a must, and animals in a SMALL catch pen so we dont waste time and they dont stress running around while being caught.

🔑Prevention is key!🔑
I offer to my clients everything that i do for my own animals (of course you dont need to do exactly what i do).
I give pre winter injetions to avoid alot of issues towards the end of winter into Spring. When the animals get a cover of fleece till next shearing they get very little vitamin d, Rickets isnt something anybody wants their animals to go through, ugh its the worst💔. (I also give vitamin d at end of winter or start of spring- whenever 3-4 months lands). I also give phosphorus with vit d to ensure they absorb the goodies.

I give a multi-mineral oral drench as i find my grass hasnt got a whole lot of goodness in it in winter, and my animals just seem happy and content.

🐑🐐If the pacas are running with other animals such as sheep and goats, from now CAN be a super wormy time with so much moisture on the grass and its likely theyre eating close-ish to the ground.

Toe trims ill do if required. A reminder to check all your animals feet now, sheep and goats included. Im doing my goats feet now but everyones individual. Feet go soft in winter and can start to go skewwy and get issues- so make sure you have a peek. Give me a text if you need to book tootsies.

Wasnt intending this to be a long one but im not on facebook often ✌️

*Photo of my Mazekene being a smooch- i happily oblige to alpaca kisses anyday*

08/12/2022

Baa baa buzz cuts, where it all began.
Y'all may have noticed the name change a few months ago. I knew going into this season it was time to focus on alpacas and alpaca shearing, and a few good rainy seasons with alot of feed around for sheep has spurred on the decision even more with my body starting to tell me the big sheep are just too much. After some days dragging the chunker sheep it takes me a week to walk straight again and thats just not viable.
If Ive committed to doing your sheep this season, of course I will keep my word but moving forward so I don't have to give up shearing altogether, the sheep shearing has come to an end. Thanks for understanding ❤️

Photo of a new herd baby born a couple weeks ago...he will be way to fast for me to catch in the paddock now 😂

10/11/2022

🌻The last few weeks have been awesome! Ive shorn well over 300 alpacas (I havnt exactly counted totals) between countless places. From Kilmore, Seymour Broadford, Echuca, Rochy, Bendigo, Heathcote, Castlemaine and everywhere in-between. Some locations are completed for the season and some are not far off. It's the best feeling going through my runsheet ticking jobs off knowing the animals are taken care of.
⭐For those who I've not shorn for before, I work a little differently to most shearers. I don't book dates super far in advance like most, I do 1-2 weeks maximum. It's a struggle booking each hour as a full time shearer when you work for 8 months of the year and have to juggle hundreds of jobs with weather conditions accross the state and urgency when alpacas need special care. 🌧️☔And Yes, the floods have put us all behind but that is what it is.
🌻I pride myself on being reliable. Once your jobs booked on a date you can count on the fact I will show up and do my very best.
🦙With so many alpacas to get through please be organized, animals penned, shearing area sorted and be ready to roll. With less Alpaca shearers available the aim of the game is to get the fleece of as many animals accross the state as possible ❤️ we all need to do our little bit to get it done.

17/10/2022

Some photos from Sunday❤️ Thankyou for having me Campo Verde🦙❤️

17/10/2022

Thinking of all my Echuca & Shepparton friends & alpacas ♥️ Stay Safe🦙💧

14/10/2022

On this day 4 years ago, my Alpaca Shearer- the one and only legendary Mike Snow was shearing my floofs when I lived in Wandong. During conversation between alpacas he said to me "you could do this!" I laughed and said "omg there's absolutely no way I'd be able to do that, nah, definitely not for me!" .... Life's got a funny way of making things happen sometimes 🤣🌻❤️

07/10/2022

Hey guys, people are always asking me about alpaca based courses, here's a goodie that may be of interest to you.

Think alpacas are hard to handle? Stop struggling and learn a safe, kind and science-based way to handle and train alpacas!

There are only 3 spots left in our CAMELIDynamics face-to-face workshop with Senior Clinician Alicia Anderson.

🦙 Sunday 13 November in Harcourt (near Castlemaine/Bendigo).

🦙 Go to www.campoverdealpacas.com/alpacaevents to book your spot

03/10/2022

It's been a big day on the road today, left home early and started in Tocumwal this morning working our way back through north of Shepp areas and have just walked in the door at home in Kilmore. Gorgeous weather today! I will get back to everybody's calls, texts and messages. Please be patient.

28/09/2022

Remember the Seymour show is this weekend! Make sure you go see the alpacas 🥰
I've sponsored a few classes and will definitely be hanging about to see the delightful floofs in the arena❤️ can't wait!

21/09/2022

A few pics from Echuca and Kerang today♥️ nice and warm even with some rain

20/09/2022

First day back shearing up in Echuca yesty, started off with 42 beauties♥️ obviously too excited to shear I didn't get many photos 😂 it was a perfect day to start though

19/09/2022

A little trip down memory lane.
The girls who started everything for me♥️
These old pics sum them up perfectly, Paprika was a dork and so ungraceful in everything she did, I loved that old duck and learnt so much with her.
Shanequa certainly didn't live up to the sassy name she got. She was very smart, could read you like a book and would try to bluff you but underneath was such a gentle sweet quiet girl.

16/09/2022

I'm a little bit...okay actually I'm ALOT excited for next week, super excited! A throwback pic to last year in Echuca shearing these cute kids. I love shearing up north at this time of the year. Last year it was about 10 degrees warmer than Kilmore♥️ just perf!

13/09/2022

Hey guys! I'll be headed off up north next week to kick off my alpaca shearing season.. Echuca area is first on the list♥️
Super excited to catch up with everybody and get the alpacas summer ready ☺️

08/09/2022

Caught up with these cutie pies a couple days ago ♥️ the owners have done amazing with little Leeroy (back left) they milked mumma for a week and bottle fed him and then she started feeding him. I love the persistence! Great work♥️

09/08/2022

Hey guys! I'm organising a day over near Bacchus for small mobs of sheep only, at the end of August ( a little too early for the pacas). If you want to have them done and out of the way before the silly season please get in touch 🐑

07/08/2022

Hey yall! With only a few weeks to go I thought I’d pop in and let you know how I’m working the up coming alpaca season. I’ll be starting up North Mid September in Echuca and surrounding areas and over to Shepparton and surrounding areas working my way closer to home (Kilmore) as the weather allows me to. Once I can shear in Kilmore, usually its fine to shear in most areas which is oct(depending on weather).
I travel a lot of Victoria and will have limited spots available for locations further away from home.
I’ll list rough areas I travel to, It’ll take to long to list each town so if you’re nearby, I can usually get to you.
North - as mentioned I go as far as Echuca & surrounds to Strathmerton all the way around Shepparton and around Benalla, Euroa area (and places in between) Bendigo surrounds, Castlemaine & surrounds, All around Yarck, Alexandra, Flowerdale, Seymour to Kilmore out to Macedon ranges and towards Bacchus… Ballarat ( very limited), King lake, Yarra valley out to Pakenham, Drouin/ Warragul area (limited) Corinella-korumburra.
If your between these places and Kilmore I more than likely go through your area so please shoot me a message before the season starts if you’d like your alpacas added to my run lists ♥️
💥Hot tip... get in while we have more time to check our phones 😉💥
Photo of some cuties I visited in Bendigo last week.