[AlpacaTalk] Last call for Super Stud Raffle!

Hi there everyone,
Wow, for those of you waiting patiently for your raffle tickets to arrive in the mail, hope is not lost! I am truly sorry, but I ended up in the hospital last week.... all week.... Good news is, I am okay, not long term damaged- (LOL- how about brain??) better news is your tickets are in the mail!!

The deadline for the Super Stud Raffle is rapidly approaching- April 30 to get the money in to me.

Here is a recap of the wonderful studs involved, and how to participate!

Without our generous donors we wouldn't be able to offer this incredible opportunity, and I would like to take the time again to thank Ernie & Barbara Kellogg, Nancy Johanson, Rick & Connie Bodeker, and Heather & Bob Newman for their gracious donation of breedings to these outstanding males.

A little background on our featured studs:

The Stunning Black Chip- Not just another handsome face, Black Chip, a gorgeous suri, is the picture of perfection. A male�s worth is measured by his progeny. Black Chip has sired numerous champions and show ring winners in a wide array of colors. Crias sired by Black Chip have been nothing short of spectacular. His offspring have consistently displayed excellent lock, luster, and coverage. They are very well conformed, and have good balance and presence, with solid bone. Black Chip has produced 100% suri crias in all colors, including maroon, black, gray, and fawn. No matter what color, there has been only one type of quality � exceptional! Black Chip even comes with a suri cria guarantee! Rick and Connie Bodeker of Bluff Breeze Farm Alpacas Inc. and Rob and Heather Newman of Three Crosses Alpaca Ranch have graciously donated a breeding to Black Chip as part of our Super Stud Raffle.
Both ranches are on the �same page� when it comes to use of exceptional males in our suri breeding programs. We specialize in quality suri breeding stock and unsurpassed customer service. Our promise is to see that your female will be treated the same as we treat our own females. After all, once she�s bred, she�s family. BBFAI is conveniently located in the majestic hills of Minnesota, just minutes south of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Rick and Connie Bodeker own and manage a herd of 60 alpacas. Rob and Heather Newman, owners of 3 Crosses Alpaca Ranch, LLC, are located in Walnut Shade, Missouri just minutes north of Branson. They currently own and manage a herd of 24 suris. Black Chip can be found enjoying the mild mountain air of the Ozark Mountains in Missouri during the colder winter months, while strutting his stuff all summer long in the beautiful Minnesota countryside. Don't miss out on your chance to benefit from some of the greatest suri genetics available today!

And the wonderful Invincible-
This huacaya�s name is synonymous with quality and excellence. Invincible has been dubbed the �Elite Alpaca� herd sire and for good reason. Invincible�s world-class genetics make him a top-of-the-line choice. His sire, Snowmass Legacy Gold, is an undefeated medium fawn male who has also double-championed at the same challenging All American Futurity two years in a row � 1999 and 2000, along with a host of other championships at other national shows. Invincible holds the world record for the highest selling herd sire, and Ernie and Barbara Kellogg of Double �O� Good Alpacas and Nancy Johanson of Brookhollow Farms have shown their continuing support of ARF by donating a breeding to Invincible this year for our Super Stud Raffle. Barbara and Ernie Kellogg of Double �O� Good Alpacas, and Nancy Johanson of Brookhollow Farm, are delighted to offer his services for this very worthy fundraiser for the Alpaca Research Foundation. Snowmass Invincible fits his name, as he beat out the entire U.S. in a growing competitive group of ultimate white alpaca males to take First Place in his class at the All American Futurity of Sires in 2003. As if that weren�t enough, he also won overall White Male Champion. Invincible has already raised nearly $15,000 for alpaca programs in previous herd sire services auctions! Here�s your opportunity to add his world class genetics to your herd! Both Double �O� Good Alpacas and Brookhollow Farm are located only minutes from major metropolitan areas. When you experience the quiet tranquility of Falkland Farm, home of Double �O� Good Alpacas, and walk among the lush green, manicured pastures filled with alpacas grazing contentedly, it�s hard to believe that the bustle of downtown Washington, D.C. is only 45 minutes away. Likewise, the beauty and serenity of Brookhollow�s lovely location in the gently rolling hills of Boonton Township, New Jersey is less than an hour�s drive from New York City. Both farms invite you to visit their farms this spring and ask to see Invincible crias. They will be show stoppers, we can assure you.

If this isn't exciting, I don't know what is, and YOU have the opportunity to win a breeding from one of these incredible studs for only $50 a ticket! Everyone has an equal chance, and since
all proceeds from ticket sales go directly toward funding alpaca research studies through Alpaca Research Foundation- this is a win-win situation!
Act quickly because there are only a limited number of tickets available for this offer, here are the details:
*very important!!* - you still need to email me first to let me know how many and to which stud so I can tally the amount of tickets in advance, remember, the number of pre-auction tickets available are limited.

Send a check or money order to my address, made out to Alpaca Research Foundation. In the memo line put "Super Stud Raffle"
My mailing address:
P.O. Box 457
Lebec, CA
93243
*** All money needs to be to me by April 30***
Please, please- remember to email me first so I can get an accurate account of tickets sold.
Please do call or email if you have any questions!
Good luck to all!
Slainte~
Rachelle

Wyatt & Rachelle Black
Black Magic Alpaca Ranch
Honesty, Integrity, Quality
6500 Digier Road
P.O. Box 457
Lebec, CA
93243
http://www.blackmagicalpacaranch.com
wyattblack@earthlink.net
661-248-6568
ARI- PACA Foundation-ARF

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] First time daddy!!

Thanks for the information.
Although Eugene Oregon is my most
favorite place, It is a little far from
Jasper GA.
You know, I am beginning to like this Alpaca
Talk site. No political gossip.

Elwin
----- Original Message -----
From: alpacawoman@comcast.net
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] First time daddy!!

If you're looking for a good LSG herd sire, my
mom's got a really nice
jr sire, placed 2nd at AlpacaMania 2005 ahead
of Aussie Rockford and El
R Luciano sons. Woodland Meadows Greyson had
22 microns at almost 2
years of age, from last year's clip. He has
really nice crimp and
excellent conformation, and a very full
topknot. He has no spots, just
a very uniform LSG with the typical tuxedo
white. He's one I'm
seriously considering breeding my TB Bolivian
dam to this year.

Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
1150 Darlene Ln. #199
Eugene, OR, 97401

voice: 541.868.6976
Breeding for Elite Fleece in the Pacific
Northwest
Home of Avatar's West Wind Scirocco and El
Bello's Padré
http://www.westwindalpacas.com/
http://www.alpacanation.com/westwind.asp

On Apr 23, 2006, at 8:45 PM, Elwin wrote:

> Marianne: Please send pictures of Spats to
my
> e-mail elwin@tds.net
> or to my website
elwin@windyhillalpacafarm.com
>
> I don't quite understand what you are saying
> about breeding to a white to produce another
> Gray.
>
> I have found that it is not good to breed
gray
> to white. I got two boys with blue streaks
in
> the eyes breeding a gray to two whites.
> And this gray was a son of The Silversmith
who
> threw 130 good crias.
>
> Of course blue streaks in the eyes are
o.k.,but
> some people shy away from them.
>
> We are in Jasper, GA. not that far from you.
> I had to go all the way to upper OH to find
a
> breeding gray that I could afford.
> I got him for a season by swapping a TB boy
for
> breeding, and now that he has five crias in
the
> oven for me, I bought a half interest in
him.
> He is FRA Platinum Prince. Son of Legacy De
> Bolivia who threw 200 crias in two years.
Prince
> is a perfect LSG boy with 22 micron. LSG
with
> not a dark spot on him and pure Bolivian.
His
> dam and sire are imports, LSG and TB.
>
> I am always looking for new TB, White and
Gray
> bloodlines.
> I made the mistake of using my Silversmith
line
> boy for five years and I now have a whole
bunch
> of girls that I have had to go out and buy
> herdsires for.
> I don't buy breedings any more. There are so
> many good herdsires out there for sale that
I
> think it does not pay to buy breedings.
> I did pay for one breeding to El Patron, and
the
> results were very good. I got a beautiful
white
> girl, but it took her four years to mature,
and
> she is due 14 days ago.
>
> I have a boy, grand son of the silversmith
and
> of PPPruvian PLuro who is the best fiber boy
> that I have ever seen. He will be available
in
> one year.
>
> I have two sons of Peruvian Pizzaro who are
at
> stud now, but only the one gray, and no
whites
> yet,
> Keep in touch.
> Elwin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marianne Barry
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] First time
daddy!!
>
>
> Elwin,
> My herdsires name is "Splendid "Spats"
> Spatterdash". He is my only alpaca at this
time
> so he is boarded at a local farm for now. I
> don't have a farm website yet but if you'd
like
> to see Spats or the new cria please feel
free to
> email me directly and I can send you pics.
The
> dam and cria belong to the boarding farm.
The
> dam was a solid white. Looking forward to
> breeding with another white to see if it'll
> produce another gray. This is where a year
seems
> like two. :) By the way, where in the SE are
you
> located?
> have a great day!
> Marianne
> Sonny Haven Alpacas LLC
> Sumter, SC
>
> Elwin <Gapacaman@tds.net> wrote:
> Who is the sire and dam. We need some
great
> silver gray alpacas in the southeast.
> Elwin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marianne Barry
> To: alpacageldings@yahoogroups.com ;
alpaca
> talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:50 AM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] First time daddy!!
>
>
> hi guys!
> just had to share with someone that
my
> herdsire became a daddy for the first time
> this
> week!! It's a beautiful 17+ pound silver
gray
> boy!! He has a white face and chest( I
think
> they call it the tuxcedo style) and white
> leggings. the rest is a darker silver
gray,
> with
> a small patch of auburn on his rump (his
> daddy's
> color). The dam's owner sold her before
the
> birth, and the new owner has named him
> sterling.
> I'm sooo proud of my boy. it looks like
> sterling
> will carry on his daddy's great thick
crimp
> too.
> just had to brag a little. Though it's
very
> hard
> when the new one doesn't belong to you.
thanks
> for the support guys. it was harder then I
> thought not to have control over this
cria.
> have a great day!
> marianne
> Sonny Haven Alpacas LLC
> Sumter, SC
>
>
> Tim & Marianne Barry
> Sonny Haven Alpacas LLC
> Sumter, SC
> myalpacapride@yahoo.com

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cherry trees: how toxic?

Tish,

I have never heard of any connection between stumps and parasites, and consider myself fairly well informed. I am not sure that this one is a "for sure", but I have been wrong before!

Laurel

Tim & Laurel Shouvlin
Bluebird Hills Farm CSA & Alpacas
3617 Derr Rd. Springfield, Ohio 45503
www.bluebirdhills.com
bluebirdhills@voyager.net
937-390-6127 or 937-206-3936 (cell)
----- Original Message -----
From: Tish Carpinelli
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cherry trees: how toxic?

Paul-
Wow, I hadn't heard about the stump/parasite issue! And we sure do have
whitetail deer around here (so many that I have to put deer netting over all
my plants if I expect a garden!). I guess we'll have to look into that issue
as well. I know about the yew toxicity, and we do have them on the premises,
as well as aborvite (sp?). We are really careful where we dump what, and we
have a large parcel of land, so it's pretty easy. The problem is that most
of it is wooded, and with these cherry trees interspersed throughout. Last
summer, when the owners of the farm where we were buying our animals looked
over our land, they pointed out the "swamp cherries" that were in close
proximity to the area where the paddocks would be, but because of the
overgrowth of leaves in the summer (and our ignorance of tree species) we
didn't see all the others. So now we have the animals, and we are
discovering all these additional trees that have to come down, and my
husband is running around being Paul Bunyan trying to get them down before
they grow leaves! Unfortunately, we can't comfortably afford to bulldoze
large sections at this point, but even if we could, we would still be
worried about the leaves blowing from other areas. Someone who responded to
my question said that she understood that when the leaves are dry and
blowing around one or two wouldn't be a problem (I'm going to make sure I
back that up, but I hope she's right). This whole thing is making me really
nervous!

Thanks for your help!

Tish Carpinelli

----- Original Message -----
From: "paul" <swanlakellamas@adelphia.net>
To: <AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Cherry trees: how toxic?

> Tish,
>
> Back in 1982 or 83 I added 4 more acres to my property. It was full of
Huge
> wild cherry trees. Because of the danger of drying fallen leaves that
> contained cyanide I cut them down and had them sawn into lumber. I had the
> stumps removed by a huge bull dozer/front end crawler tractor and burned
or
> buried, at considerable expense I might add. At the time I was raising
show
> quality llamas and wanted this additional ground for them.
>
> There was considerable talk about the roots and stumps harboring a
parasite
> that would become a death warrant to the llamas through a parasite that
> wanted to nest in the stump and roots. Now mind you this was in
conjunction
> with the white tail deer which lived in these areas. Many people back then
> who lived in white tail deer country spent tons of money removing the
cherry
> trees as I did. I don't think that if you don't have any white tail deer
> around the cherry trees are harmless but I certainly would not take any
> chances with the wilting cherry leaves. Japanese Yews will also kill
> camelids so don't trim any and throw the trimmings near where the animals
> can eat them.
>
> Paul Wade
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Tish Carpinelli
> Date: 04/22/06 21:04:43
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Cherry trees: how toxic?
>
> My husband and I are new alpaca owners who live in a very wooded area. We
> have cleared a number of what are referred to locally as "swamp cherry"
> trees from the area surrounding the paddocks, but are concerned about some
> of these trees over the property line (about 75 feet) on our neighbor's
land
> Our concern is not for branches falling, but the occasional leaf that may
> stray into the pen area. How bad would it be for an alpaca to injest a
leaf
> or two? And what about dried leaves in the fall? Are they still toxic?
> Thanks in advance for any advice for us newbies!
>
> Jim and Tish Carpinelli
> Jersey Shore Alpacas (aka Chanel #5, Andina, and Cherokee!)
> Green Creek, NJ
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