Re: [Alpacasite] Re: Getting more people into the alpaca business...

Wayne,

I agree with you....its a case by case situation. We have one dam here that throws off great cria when bred to good males.

If all we were breeding was $100k females to $600k males....well, it would be a very small few in the business....us for one would not be in the business. If we had that type of $$$, I think we would be in race horses instead of pacas...atleast you could win some big $$$ and do stud service later to boot...plus we like bourbon (lol)!

Jim Patrick
Patricks' Pastures Alpaca Ranch & Habitat
3030 N. Trinity Rd.
Denton, TX 76208
940-323-1011 (Ranch Office)
214-505-0754 (Jim Patrick's Mobile)
patrickspastures@verizon.net
www.patrickspastures.com
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From: jubileeacres@online.ie
To: Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Alpacasite] Re: Getting more people into the alpaca business...

Hi Heidi:
Hope you don't mind me jumping in here.

The success or failure of any breeding program, in my opinion, depends
on matching the male and female to one another. The test of a breeding
program is if improvement is made over the sire and/or dam.

I purchased a female alpaca that did not look all that great herself
but had a stunning cria at her side and was bred back to the same male.
Looked like a good match of sire and dam to me. BTW we will be showing
the cria next spring.
--
Wayne
Southwestern Ontario,
Canada
http://jubileeacres.net
http://wordsmith.fateback.com

Quoting rchczc <Radched@aol.com>:
>
> To me, only a spectular male specimen should be bred. Should be true
> with females also, but at this point in the game, where do you draw
> the line? For instance, I have 4 girls that are conformationally
> correct (as far as I can tell anyway, without a breed standard), but
> they are course and have low annual yield. Sound like animals that
> should be removed? Yes, until I mention they are all over the age of
> 12, and have spectacular babies when bred to the above mentioned
> spectactular males. Now, should I really not breed them, in your
> opinion?

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