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Post by Matt on Jun 12, 2006 14:50:19 GMT 7
She looks alot cleaner and fluffier there!
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Post by Peter on Jun 12, 2006 15:23:39 GMT 7
look at them! They are so cute! How many do you have all up (young and adults)
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Post by Silvercloud on Jun 12, 2006 15:30:58 GMT 7
I've only got 2 including the baby but my next door neighour (well when I'm at Johns place LOL) who has an alpaca farm has about 40 and I help her out a lot with halter training weanlings, feeding and even births. That is where mine is living at the moment as they need companions around being herd animals,
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Post by Natenla on Jun 12, 2006 16:48:55 GMT 7
She is sooo cute!!!!
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Post by Peter on Jun 13, 2006 7:04:23 GMT 7
Cool! Who was the father? Was it one of your neighbours? What do they do with them? What will you do with yours? Sorry bout all the questions, just very interested
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Post by Silvercloud on Jun 13, 2006 8:55:59 GMT 7
No he wasn't one of the neighbours males as at the time the ones she had were too closely related, the sire, Cordillera Sonderado, was brought down from the swan valley.
The main use for alpacas in Aus is fleece, some people use them for food but they are very few and no one here in the west does that. The wool makes the most beautiful, soft, warm and light clothing which doesn't itch like sheep wool. It's also used for blankets, filling in quilts, even as insulation.
I'll be keeping Chenoa and breeding her when she is old enough, then I will have 2 breeding females. Any more babies will also be kept til I get a small herd, maybe about 10 then I will look at where I will go from there. As they are pregnant for 11 1/2 months this will take a few years.
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Post by Natenla on Jun 14, 2006 14:21:17 GMT 7
WOW!! 11 1/2 mths!! Poor things! LOL. That will be great when you finally get your herd though
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Post by Alasse on Jul 31, 2006 1:40:39 GMT 7
Awwwww aren't the little ones just precious!!
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