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Alpaca Tribe Steve Heatherington
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The Alpaca Podcast for all things alpaca. Alpaca Tribe is for anyone who feels a connection with alpacas. It is for existing owners, everyone interested in keeping alpacas, people working with alpaca fleece or providing alpaca services, or those who are just alpaca mad.
With our guests, we will look at getting into keeping alpacas; making the most of the ones you have got (and enjoying it); ways to use the fleece, not just store it; opportunities to develop business activities relating to alpacas; and growing in your experience, wherever you are starting.
Each week we will be talking to people like you and to breeders, vets, producers and professionals.
The Alpaca Tribe Podcast is your place for wisdom, guidance and great stories about all things alpaca, from people who know because they have already done it.
Join the tribe at alpacatribe.com
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Shearing alpacas is always different
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode,
The weather shifted in the right direction, allowing us to start the shearing. A good crop of fleece - better than last year and the girls all seem to be in good shape, which is nice to see.
Keeping records is a good idea - keep it simple and make it easy. I use this app on my phone to dictate notes or capture photos and website links etc. If I could only have one app on my phone it would be this one. https://bear.app/
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd -
Walking with alpacas literally and metaphorically
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, walking with alpacas is a delight. Watch them move. Note the footfalls and the fluid motion. Watch them from many angles. It is a great reason to go spend time with your alpacas.
We had some visitors to come talk alpaca fibre and fashion and regeneration. Lovely.
Check out their wider work here
https://www.fashionactnow.org/projects
https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/en
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd -
Food fleece and feathers
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I offer a quick valley update and some alpaca musings. Join me for breakfast with the girls.
Check out the bird listening/recording/identifying app Merlin
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd -
What is it like to live with alpacas?
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
In this episode, I muse on some of the realities we face when we choose to live with alpacas. I am not trying to put you off, well, only a little. But, I do want you to avoid having an unrealistic, romantic notion of what is will be like.
If you already have alpacas, you already know they bring highs and lows - joy and sorrow. But I wouldn't be without them.
If you can, go spend some time with some alpacas, and breathe.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd -
What could intentional interactions with your alpacas look like?
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Grow in experience and confidence and get things done. Plan intentionally and add small steps together to make good progress.
The geese continue to delight with their parenting skills.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd -
Arrivals that surprise
Welcome to the podcast for alpaca people!
Spring continues to arrive including some new goslings that were not expected.
It reminds me of some unexpected alpaca births we have had over the years.
While you are sitting with your alpacas, maybe you can learn to identify the different grasses and add them to your personal encyclopaedia.
Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it.
If you would like to be in touch, please contact me by email - steve@alpacatribe.com - or leave me a voicemail from your browser.
Alpaca Tribe is hosted and produced by Steve Heatherington of Good Podcasting Works, which is part of The Waterside (Swansea) Ltd