We are in the process of changing the focus of our farm from just alpacas to a more diversified farm with chickens (meat and egg), quail (meat and egg), turkeys and in the future, we hope to add goats for milk. So for this, we have decided to change our name from Silk Creek Alpacas to Silk Creek Farm.
The first thing we wanted to do before we started to make the change was to start with a logo then we could go from there. We worked with a great student from the University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication, Liz Heidner. Liz has been great to work with. She came out to the farm, talked to us about what we were looking for, multiple changes and revisions, all while keeping up with her school work.
We are beyond pleased with what Liz has created. Here is our new logo:
Thanks to Liz, we are excited to get started with our branding change. So continue to watch as the web pages, blog, and other visual changes now start to happen. Also, we’ll soon be taking pre-orders for chickens, eggs & turkeys.
What an exciting change for you. I laughed when I read your plans for adding different animals to your ranch.
We are a “mirror image” of you! We have 31 chickens, a turkey, 2 Nigerian dwarf goats, in May we will be adding 4 alpacas.
Our situation is probably very different from you in that our farm is only 5 acreas and only about 1/2 acre of that is pasture. We want all the animals to run the same pasture. Any help in how that might work would be appreciated.
I’ll keep an eye one your blog now and hope to learn from you.
Thanks,
Ruth
bilmorrill Reply:
March 31st, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Hi Ruth,
We would LOVE to add some Nigerian Dwarf goats. Maybe next year now.
We are also 5 acres, but we have around 4+ acres of pasture. About having them all in the same pasture I think the main thing you will want to watch is the condition of your pasture. We run our chickens, turkeys and alpacas all together with really no problems. I don’t know when we get ND goats if we’ll run them in the same pastures.
Keep in touch, would love to hear how adding the alpacas goes!!
Bil
Thank you for stopping by my site today! I’ve really enjoyed my visit here and am excited to see your spring/summer projects unfold.
Blessings,
Lacy Razor
bilmorrill Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Thanks Lacy. I’ve enjoyed your blog for a while, just been a long time lurker.