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Stop Eating My Hair

Our friends, Cheryl and Andy Bowen of Humming Star Alpacas come over to visit their alpacas often. This is Cheryl and her first cria, Moonshadow. Moonshadow is a super friendly alpaca and he loves when the Bowens come to see him.

Cheryl is wondering what Moonshadow is doing.

The little rascal is eating her hair. Not really, [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, Andy Bowen, Cheryl Bowen, fleece, hair, Humming Star Alpacas, Moonshadow | Category: Alpacas, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (2)

Alpaca Glossary of Terms

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)