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

Hi Heidi -- you and Ken are, as far as I know, absolutely correct. There is no evidence that amniotic fluid affects the fleece at all. I think the phrase, "amniotic tips" was in this instance being used simply to describe the "velcro-like" tui tips. Once a cria is shorn after birth, these tips no longer exist to cling to every scrap of rubbish that passes by, and the fleece is much cleaner when the next shearing season comes around. I probably should have made the correction myself, but no matter what they're called or why they exist, the new regulation of not removing the velcroy tips still means lots of "raggedy" appearing juvies in the show ring, which is what the poster was concerned about. (On the other hand, as someone who has shown a hand-shorn adult huacaya male and still ribboned, I don't worry any longer about what the exterior looks like, as long as the judge can see the fiber's natural architecture, crimp, density, uniformity, etc. :-) )

Judith Korff
LadySong Farm
2473 Bunker Hill Rd.
P.O. Box 33
Steamburg, NY 14783
(716) 354-6355
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