RE: [AlpacaTalk] Colors
Good Evening Amy Jo and List,
I also like appaloosas as they often are tied with the various grays in
herd inheritance. Many of the rose grays which are "pink" based have appy
type stippling or spots, especially in suris. Condor is a very well known
appy suri boy who throws all types of spots and dots as are Gunsmoke,
Baranoff, Doc Riley, Prince Graystone, etc. and a number of other well known
studs whose grays make them famous.
I like all the lovely colors and do seek them out when I am working in the
grays. Black, maroon, fawn and all shades of grey and appy have an
interplay that we do not yet fully understand. Until we know much more
about it.I'd be loathe to breed it out of the national herd.
Just like the "dreaded" BEWS..which have the most spectacularly lovely
fleeces both in suri and in huacaya..there may be an interplay of many
sought after qualities that we DON'T want to remove.so we need to keep all
of our colors.and if you breed for grey you are going to get some of these
other things in the mix.
Best Regards,
Allison
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Behalf Of Heather Zeleny
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:09 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Colors
I'd say darks (blacks and maroons) and greys are your best bets. Given
the current phobia against pintos and other fancies, unless you are one
of those breeders who doesn't care about the prevailing marketing
winds, they should be avoided if possible. Of course, sometimes pintos
or other fancies do have a way of popping up in your herd unexpectedly.
We were told once early in our breeding career, to "hide" our pinto,
because we didn't want it to get out that we had "that" on our farm.
And personally, I also breed for blacks, maroons, and rose greys. :)
Heather
On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:34 AM, AmyJoLabbe@aol.
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> We are still getting ready to build our herd. Cant even call it a
> herd, it
> will be so small. We have decided on 6 females to start.
>
> Color questions...
> are
> selling best? That is if quality to quality the animals are
> identical, what
> color will sell best.
>
> Also, at some point we would like to consider gaining a stud or two.
> Are
> there more desirable colors should we have a mixed herd of females?
> So far my
> son has said he wants and all black and my daughter a light fawn. We
> are
> figuring two whites. My favorite are the greys and the patterned. So
> maybe one of
> those too. Considering all the colors, what would be the ideal male
> color in
> order to produce marketable babies and fiber?
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