Let the Breeding Begin!
Arriving at our farm and now standing stud is our very own 4Peruvian Wira Cocha. He is one of only two males brought to the states from the Quenamari region in the 1996 Peruvian importation by the late Earlah Swift, an early "pioneer" in the alpaca industry. We are proud to have this high quality herd sire on our farm and he'll forever raise the quality of our herd as well as others.
He's been a busy boy for the last couple of days. Here's a shot of Sammie's breeding, the first ever taking place on our farm.
Last night was the maiden voyage for Peruvian Marilyn. It was also a maiden breeding for Tara and myself as it's the first one we handled by ourselves. We're hoping for a gorgeous full Peruvian female next June!
We also field tested our pregnant females and all three are still expecting this October. They all ran around with tails raised, spit off the adult male and wanted nothing to do with him.I took a few shots last night and got this one of little Juliet eating hay:
And here's a shot of Trellianna just being her own sweet self!
posted by Ambriel Acres Alpacas | 8:43 AM
2 Comments:
I'm glad to hear you describe Anna as sweet -- she was always very sweet for us, but sometimes they can get cranky when they're pregnant. Her mom was usually pretty good and I'm happy to hear Anna has that disposition.
I'm also happy to hear she's still pregnant. Someday, we will be over to visit her.
Hi Kim,
Anna is as sweet as they come. She has this happy go lucky attitude. I have never seen her spit at anyone. During the field testing she didn't even spit off the adult male, she ran away from him and had her tail up but never spit at him. She is always the first to greet me in the morning (because she loves her sweet feed) and always lets me touch and pat her and most of the time will give me a peck on the lips. Anyone that visits the farm feeds her by hand and everybody enjoys that.
I'm looking forward to her cria because I'm sure Anna will pass on her sweet temperament to her offspring. Her due date is Oct. 29th so mark it on your calendar. You're welcome to come see her anytime.
We just love her!
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