JD Farm

11/10/2026

Well the pictures went to my spam folder so they are a little overdue! 😅. Looking at these you’d never know my gal Opal is white. But none the less I love her dearly and she’s a doll to work with. Thanks for making my first “real” show experience such a memorable fun weekend! Looking forward to the spring shows and seeing all our new friends again!

11/05/2026

It’s that time again where we are accepting pumpkins and gourds for our crew! We greatly appreciate it. You can leave them at the upper farm stand or bring them all the way down to the bottom farm stand!

Many asked and we listened… we now have a wonderful small selection of alpaca products this year just in time for the holiday season! These will not be at the farm stand on display so please reach out to me so we can take care of you!

$25 Alpaca fleece survivor socks
$40 Alpaca fleece Boucle mittens
$21 3pk of alpaca fleece drier balls
$22 Alpaca fleece head band ear muffs
$10 Alpaca fleece birds nest cages & refill pack

Our farm stand still has $5 pickles & $8 spiced pear jam available. Mystery dahlia tuber clumps will be at the farm stand in a bin weather permitting $5 a clump various sizes. If it’s raining and they aren’t out don’t hesitate to reach out we can take care of you!

We are sold out on chicken eggs for the season. We appreciate all our clients we had this year for eggs and we can’t wait to serve you again as soon as the girls start laying again from their fall/winter vacation!

11/03/2026

Opal was so tired at the alpaca show in Syracuse we found her snoozing face down in the straw 🥰 She really did love having a bunch of gal pals her age and size to hang out with for the weekend!

10/30/2026

10/30/2026

The great dig has begun! I am up to my ears In dahlias. Now’s your chance to grabs some at a great price because I don’t have that much space to store these! Stock photos provided. If interested send a message! Picture of how big the clumps are. This is what I have so far available. Likely could have others and mystery clumps will be sold for $5 a clump!

Will be sold In clumps! $10 a clump!

Dive
Copper Boy
Cornel Bronze
Go Go Pink (sold out)

10/27/2026

So many emotions from this weekend! I can’t thank my friend enough for coming with me to support me at the show so I didn’t have to go alone! We met so many new friends. The amount of knowledge I got to bring home to my farm will make a huge impact on our future. I’m so thankful for all their wisdom and wise words they shared with me. Many of these breeders have been in the alpaca industry for 15+ years. Everyone answered all my questions and most of all reassured me! Opal is a beautiful little girl and I can’t wait to show her in the spring and show off all the hard work I’ll put into her this winter! I had two judges that really loved the fleece on Opal and one judge who was a bit more harsh. However Opal took home two blue ribbons and one 2nd place! I’d say this was a successful weekend and I’m so happy I stepped out of my comfort zone and put myself out there! Truely thankful for all those who I got to speak to this weekend! Many I’ll be in touch with this spring

10/24/2026

I didn’t post last night as I was very busy walking around looking at all the stunning alpacas at the show. But we arrived, checked in and Opal is with a lovely group of gal pals and enjoying her girls weekend sleepover! I think the same could be said about us! Today she has two shows- the walking fleece where it is a class of 8 and one halter show and she is the only entry. I entered her in the small breeder category as we really are considered a “small breeder”. But I’m eager to hear the judges remarks!

10/23/2026

So without further a do! I’ll give the update of the Big E with some pics the photographer took. Yes Yes these are screen shots… no I won’t buy any of them because well I’m not smiling. I look so darn serious and I’m trying so hard to listen to the judge when he’s talking to me or about my alpacas. 😂 After seeing these I’ll make sure to smile this weekend regardless of how Opal & I do. Opal’s juvi fleece was entered into the fleece show and she took first, and three judges choice ribbons with a score of 78/100 which is fantastic. Most points off come from the overall blanket weight. This would make sense as juvi fleeces are only so big since they are still small and growing. We hope to increase those points as she grows and gets bigger. She also took champion in the white/light combine class with our girl Lexi getting reserve champion. Opal also placed in the Public Relations class. She would have placed very high in the obstacle course had I not completely missed an obstacle. I was so laser-focused on her, hyping her up I had a brain fart and completely forgot the last obstacle. I was just so darn proud of her since this was her first time on a course! Her walking fleece score was 69/80 so I’m just smitten over this little gal!

Genesis placed in the obstacle course and in the costume contest. We look completely ridiculous but I am already planning for next year 😂. I think Opal needs to wear Genesis’s ambulance costume and Baby Rae can go as a hand painted Firetruck. Now let’s get to some of these candid moments while I watch football and avoid packing for mine and Opal’s trip to Syracuse this weekend. I did crop the handler who helped me out with Lexi for privacy reasons as I was in the ring with Opal at the same time.

10/22/2026

This was the other day right after I took off Baby Rae’s splints! She took off with everyone down the hill to go graze! She kept up and wasn’t afraid to run and use those legs freely! Since we are still supplementing bottle feeding we might need some extra help during the day. If anyone has the time and is willing to volunteer it would be so helpful on the days we’re both working and can’t give that bottle around lunch time!

10/21/2026

I see so much of Nova’s features in Baby Rae. Two different sires but same dam. I love Belle but her time has come to retire. She’s given this earth 6 beautiful offspring and unfortunately her last two were met with angular leg deformities. I’m not sure if due to age pregnancy has just been harder on her body and caused this.

Nova was stunted in growth, likely due to being a diagnosed officially at 2yo as a double cryptorchid. So that was truly unfortunate as I was so excited to have a .38 special grandson to potentially be a breeding male. Well, that didn’t work out and we felt it was best to move Nova along and find a new pasture with his pal Nugget. And for those of you who are new to us Nugget- was our first cria we ever had on our farm. That little face started our agritourism business. However, Nugget was unregistered so he was not going to be a breeding male for us and he was not the ideal conformation either.

My hope is that Baby Rae doesn’t become stunted in growth like Nova did. I’m very excited and nervous to see what the future holds for this little one. I just pray she grows big, healthy and brings smiles to all who meet her.