[Alpacasite] Re: Showing Juveniles without removal of amniotic cria fleece

Judith,

I appreciate your response and the fact you were able to determine
what I was asking. Being new I had heard that the amniotic fluid
was what made the fleece velcro like. I have certainly learned alot
from my question which makes this forum so great.

Sincerely,

Nancy Ogan
HarNan Farms
21 W Orgainsville Road
Red Oak, VA 23964

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, Judith Korff/Ladysong Farm
<judithkorff@y...> wrote:
>
> Nancy, up until a very short time ago (maybe 2-3 years), everyone
showed their animals "au natural." Tipping, or shearing of cria
tips to remove the amniotic fluid, was something that became popular
to preserve the usability of the cria's fleece when it was shorn,
since tui fleece is very like velcro, and everything clings to it.
I think the idea spread to the show ring, where "tipped" crias
presented a more manicured and showy appearance as against the
untipped competitors. (Certainly there had been some people using
grooming techniques all along, and the allowance of tipping seemed
to even the odds of winning.) However, my experience has been that
the judges look for more than a polished appearance. The only thing
I can think of that judges ascribe to tipped fleece is the quality
of "crimp to the tip", which is lost when you leave the fiber
untipped because the tips become very matted and twisted, which
causes a loss of crimp integrity. It will be interesting, now that
the
> new rules proscribe tipping, to see how many unpolished alpacas
the judges find "with crimp to the tip."
>
> You'll be in good company if you show your alpaca without
tipping; every other honest competitor in the ring will be in the
same boat! :-)
>
>
> Judith Korff
> LadySong Farm
> 2473 Bunker Hill Rd.
> P.O. Box 33
> Steamburg, NY 14783
> (716) 354-6355
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