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New Cria for Magnum and Doe

Yesterday a cria was born on our farm. (A cria is what you call a baby alpaca). It comes from the Spanish word for “creation”. This little bundle of joy belongs to our friends, the Bowens, whose farm is Humming Star Alpacas. A few of their alpacas are being boarded with us while their barn [...]

November 29th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, cria, Doe, farm, Magnum, new addition, SCA Peruvian Magnum, Sunday Citar | Category: Alpacas, New Additions, Sunday Citar | Comments (18)

Question of the Day: Who’s Pregnant?

Today we are doing ultrasounds. On our farm the alpacas are hand-bred, meaning that we put a female and a male in a run together and they breed. We observe this and record the information. Two weeks later we repeat this process. Once the female is pregnant she will spit at the male when we [...]

February 13th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, behavior test, Camilio, conception, Doe, Magnum, Misty Maiden, pregnancy, pregnant, Shawnee, Sheila, spitting off, ultrasound, veterinarian | Category: Alpacas, Good Breeding, The Daily Stuff | Comments (6)