A few of us Southern alpaca breeders were discussing this topic on Facebook recently. Alpacas are induced ovulators so we can determine when we want our alpacas’ to breed. (It’s actually really convenient.)
What is this induced ovulation? you ask. That means that the act of breeding/intercourse is what causes the female alpaca to ovulate. I [...]

September 12th, 2011 | Tags: Alpacas, alpacas birthing, birth, breeding, breeding season, cycle, Disneyland, gestate, induced ovulation, induced ovulators, intercourse, Mother Nature, Northern alpaca breeders, receptive, Southern Alpaca Breeders | Category: Alpacas, Good Breeding, Husbandry | Comments (1)

Breeding on the Farm
Participating in Wordless Wednesday

November 3rd, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, breeding, breeding season, Fall breeding, farm, Magnum, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Good Breeding, Husbandry, Magnum, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (6)

Participating in Wordless Wednesdays!

Photos by Cheryl Bowen. Sierra Echo Alpacas‘ female came by for a breeding.

June 24th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, breeding, transporting alpacas, van, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Husbandry, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (5)

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)

Four years ago we didn’t have any blind alpacas. Now we have three who are “visually challenged.” No, I’m not breeding for blindness. lol. But I have been fortunate enough to have three wonderful alpacas with eye problems.
SiSi
Once upon a time there was a fabulous alpaca called Isis. Isis was a fine alpaca. The best [...]

November 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Alpacas, blindness, breeding, home for the blind | Category: Alpacas | Comments (1)

Episode I: Amber and Luminescence
Our alpacas are usually “handbred”. This means that we choose a male who will complement and improve our female and we put the two of them together in a stall or a pen outside. Then we observe them breed. This way we get a due date which helps us know when [...]

November 18th, 2008 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, breeding, cria | Category: Alpacas, Good Breeding | Comments (4)