Re: [Alpacasite] OPEN FEMALES/GELDED MALES

I think this is the conclusion that most of the alpacasiters came
to...........although there are still those who are adamant about keeping
geldings separate.

Barrie Hanslip
Sooke, BC

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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Alpacasite] OPEN FEMALES/GELDED MALES

>
>
> In a message dated 11/22/2005 11:22:35 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> mortontricia@hotmail.com writes:
>
> I am catching up on my alpacasite e-mails and have ran across
> something hopefully someone can shed some more light on. Do not
> keep 'open' females in same pasture as gelded males?? Is this true
> in all cases?
>
>
> This is my experience of 23 years with llamas and 5 with alpacas:
>
> It depends on the gelding. I routinely run my gelded llamas/alpaca with
> my
> female herd. Most of my llama females are open (like 40 out of 45).
> Some of
> my alpaca females are open. If I observe a gelding exhibiting breeding
> behavior -- I put him with my "boy" herd. Problem solved.
>
> Other than that -- I have found the older geldings make great "uncles" for
> babysitting the crias when mom is tired/needs a break.
>

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