Another Cria is Born

We had our newest cria born today, his name is Massimo. The name is Italian in origin meaning "Greatest". Massimo is jet black. The dam was medium brown in color and the sire medium silver grey. Alpaca breeding is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get! That's three males in a row for us so hopefully in the spring of '08 we'll even out the scorecard and get some females on the ground. Both mother and cria are doing fine. It's amazing how in just a short time the cria is up and running.

So without further adieux, thanks to Lisa Olsen's quick finger on the shutter, here's Massimo:





I just had to throw in another picture of Romeo:

O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

Here he is. The latest addition to the herd.





Thanks to Lisa Olsen for the latest photos.

New Addition

WOW.... We weren't expecting a cria for another week but, Romeo came early. Our girl Ruth Hussey gave birth last night to a male cria. Hussey has blessed us with a potential Jr. herdsire in "Romeo". She will now be bred to our new herdsire Wira Cocha for a fall 2008 cria......

Here's the very first photo of Romeo from Lisa Olsen's barn sky cam. Better pictures to follow.


Both mother and cria are doing fine.

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While I'm at it, here's a few of pics I took of our All-Star Wira Cocha on Saturday. He's such a poser:

Introducing Wira Cocha

In my previous post I said we had some exciting news. Well, I wanted to wait until it was official. Now it is so here we go.

We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to purchase a herdsire. And not just any herdsire. We have acquired 4Peruvian Wira Cocha. You can do a Google search to find out who this incredible animal is. I’ll give you a brief explanation here.

The legendary 4Peruvian Wira Cocha is one of only two males brought from the Quenamori region of Peru in the 1996 importation. This male stamps his offspring with dense, well defined crimp fleece and is the sire of many award winning offspring. He was formerly one of the most prized herdsires of Mariah Alpacas and the late Earlah Swift, who was an early “pioneer” in the U.S. alpaca industry and worked tirelessly and lovingly to create a superior North American herd.

Having this distinguished herdsire at Ambriel Acres Alpacas will solidify our breeding program and enable us to continue our mission of producing the very best alpacas with exceptional fleece.

Thanks to Jennifer Clark and Scott & Janet Swift for the use of the stock photos.

Update

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. It's not because there's nothing going on at the farm either. We're busy sprucing the place up a bit. Also, we haven't moved our girls here yet because we have two crias ready to hit the ground soon. Then we will breed our two females about three weeks after they give birth. So rather than moving them here and then going back for a breeding we decided to leave them where they are being boarded. Less stress that way. We will bring in four animals in about a week or so. We are anxious for their debut.

I have attached a couple of pictures to show how big Ottimo and Argento are getting. They are now just 4 months old.

"Otto"

"Gen"

We also have some exciting news but I will wait until Sunday to make it public. All I can say is it will give Ambriel Acres instant credibility in the Alpaca world and will definitely put us on the map. Stay tuned for further details.....................