Re: [AlpacaTalk] Colors
What you write with regards to conformation is spot
on. And in a perfect world you would want to use the
perfect male... But the perfect male isn't perfect for
every dam. When we are speaking of fleece improvements
we have much more leeway.
We have suris so are considering lock styles, density,
fineness and above all LUSTER when making our choices.
Occasionally I will go to a dense male who isn't quite
(paper thin differences here) as lustrous for my very
lustrous girl that could use some density. The
inheritance on fleece is FAR greater than that of
conformation. We can see huge fleece improvements in a
single generation.
When purchasing in most instances your new girls will
come with breedings. Ask if those can be
interchangeable. Say you buy a girl from ranch A whose
stud is a better match for the girl you buy from ranch
B. The ideal would be to have the first round of
breedings included in your first purchases so you will
have some time to look for your stud. The learning
curve is quite steep (something I love about life!)
and what you love today may not be your style a year
from now. Give yourself the time and space to learn
what it is you like and want before shopping for your
stud. Visit shows and ranches to see a large variety
of alpacas and ask the ranches you buy from what their
ultimate breeding to the girls would be. They will
prolly have a large amount of insite to the genetics
and the best possibilities for the girls.
Bluest Skies
Jennifer
Aero Ranch Suri Alpacas
Browns Valley CA
--- AmyJoLabbe@aol.
>
> In a message dated 2/26/2008 1:20:18 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> jpowers@bentstarpro
>
> As to herdsires, a fabulous fawn has the
> possibility
> of producing nearly any color and a high
> probability
> of throwing improvements.
>
>
> Thanks for the answers. I think you hit it on the
> head for me above. Fawn is
> the color I was looking for, not the color itself
> but what color offered me
> the greatest variety considering the variety of
> colors of females I will soon
> have.
>
> We are probably doing it backwards, because we have
> all picked out favorite
> colors and now are shopping for what we would
> consider the best female we can
> afford. But considering the whole house likes
> different colors, we know
> eventually we will have to pick the ideal male. Now
> it would be hard to pick out
> the ideal male for each female - as with only 6-8
> females we cant have a
> different sire for each. (we are just starting out).
> Now but this thought comes
> to mind....
>
> We currently breed horses (for 15+ years). Both for
> sport, show and race. We
> dont pick our stallions based on the conformation of
> the mare. As in if you
> have a mare with a long back, you dont breed to a
> stallion with a short back.
> Because genetically horses do not obtain 50/50 genes
> on the back. You would
> actually end us with either a short backed or long
> backed foal. The foal
> either gets the sires back gene or the mothers.
> Same thing with leg conformation.
> if you have a mare over at the knee you need to
> breed to a stallion with
> perfect legs (now in my book ALL stallions should
> have perfect legs) There is no
> middle. So in chosing sires for our mares, we
> consider pedigree, race/show
> records, disposition but conformation is always
> based on the "ideal"
> conformation standards.
>
> So why wouldnt you pick an alpaca sire that is close
> to perfect in every
> way, period?
>
>
> Amy
> (ps again, BRAND new to alpacas)
>
>
>
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