My usual way of breeding is to have female alpacas come to my farm and breed where I have control of the situation. Last year, for a variety of reasons some of my customers and I decided to bring my boys to their girls and do mobile breedings at their farm. I made several trips [...]

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: 3 seconds, alpaca, alpaca breeding, Alpacas, breedings, customer service, false positives, female alpacas, pregnancy diaganosis in alpacas, pregnancy testing, progesterone, progesterone testing, retained cl, ultrasounds, veterinarian, vets | Category: Alpacas, Good Breeding, Husbandry | Comments (5)

Fuzzy Snowflake Alpaca Sweater from RedMaple Sportswear Co.
I love the RedMaple Sportswear Co. What a fabulous company, and they are owned by alpaca folks! RedMaple Sportswear is a Maine/NH seacoast based apparel company promoting the natural beauty & outdoor lifestyle enjoyed in their region. Though I’m a Southern gal, I adore the looks from this [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca beanie, alpaca breeder, alpaca breeding, alpaca breeding community, alpaca breeding herd, alpaca fiber, alpaca folks, alpaca hat, alpaca herd, alpaca socks, alpaca sweater, alpaca vest, Alpacas, baby alpaca, beanie, boarded alpacas, huacaya alpacas, Red Maple Sportswear | Category: Alpacas, Resources | Comments (34)

Actually, there is ONE time when we really want our alpacas to spit.
That’s when we do a spit test to check whether or not our females are pregnant. In the alpaca business our goal is for our females to be pregnant most of the time. Selling breeding stock is where the majority of our income [...]

March 21st, 2009 | Tags: Add new tag, alpaca breeding, alpaca spit, Alpacas, spit, spitting, spitting off, Spitting Saturdays | Category: Alpacas, Husbandry, Lifestyle, Spittin' Saturdays | Comments (2)

This is for my readers who are new to alpacas and have no idea what I’m talking about. Read this if you have no idea what an alpaca is.
The following are some terms that we use in the alpaca world that you may not be familiar with:
CRIA. A cria is a baby alpaca. From the [...]

January 25th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca breeding, Alpacas, artificial insemination, breeding, cria, criation, dam, embryo transfer, end products, female, fiber, fleece, gestation, harvest, health, herdsire, huacaya, locks, luster, luxurious, male, orgling, shorn, Spanish, suri, Suri Cruise, teddy bear, Tom Cruise, yarn | Category: Alpacas | Comments (6)