Photos of latest new Crias (llama babies)

Here are a few photos we took of the latest crop of babies,
all between 1 and 3 weeks old.

Here are two Pablo babies, giving real llama kisses...

Laura says hello to Lucy's baby (left)
and Kona's baby (right.)

The appaloose male by Pablo and Gracie; who
says you can't get spots by mixing black and white?

If you like gray and with crimpy fiber, this Incspot male
by our Dreamcatcher daughter will be a keeper!

A full South American female by Pablo and Glamour Girl.

Kona's female baby by Pablo, another unexpected
color combination!

Lucy's female baby by WLK Bravo; this girl is
ready for the show ring and those ribbons!

Yellow Wood Webcam Magic

As most of you already know, the Llama Webcam is one of the most visited pages of the Yellow Wood Llamas website. Since its inception over 5 years ago, the infrastructure required to support the webcam has continued to evolve.

The original single webcam was driven by a 66 mhz Intel system located in the barn and connected to the house network by a 450 foot underground cable. It used a 28.8K modem to upload files to the site every five minutes.

We have now grown to a total of 9 cameras that each ftp images to the site every 60 seconds 24 hours a day using our broadband connection and multiple wireless bridges--the longest being 1/4 mile away at the new Yellow Wood West Stud Barn.

The cameras are the latest Panasonic Netcams which do not require a computer in the barn to do perform their magic.

Through our local wireless network we are able to view streaming video from every nook and cranny of or farm--which is great when keeping track of new babies or waiting for expectant moms to go into labor. The wireless connections are accomplished using several LinkSys wireless bridges , repeaters and directional antennas.

As you can see, the Yellow Wood Llama llama cam is not only fun, but serves a very useful purpose on our farm. We have even been told that some of our customers use our llama cam to keep an eye on their females when they are visiting our farm during the breeding season.

I bet you didn't know that the llama webcam also has it's own URL. You can access the llama webcam at http://llamacam.com.

We also have a new page that can be used to view six of the cameras at one time. You can access this page Webcam2

Michelle Visits Camp Riley

On Sunday night Michelle M'Belle was invited to visit with the young campers at Camp Riley. Camp Riley is a camping program sponsored by Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. It is located in the rolling hills of Bradford woods just 4 miles south of our farm.

Michelle spent the evening giving kisses and posing with the Riley campers.

We would like to thank Pet Partners and the staff of Camp Riley for being such wonderful hosts. Michelle is looking forward to her next visit with the young campers.

Fred