RE: [AlpacaTalk] Was Buying alpaca fiber? Now about these boys
Hello all,
thought I would chime in re what to do about these
boys. It is as they say "the cost of doing business"
that we need to work on placing these boys and
mentoring ALL of our clients on every level of the
business.
Here is our strategy for what to do with our fiber
boys:
Firstly, we chose every single breeding with the hopes
that it will produce a boy. Meaning we work long and
hard on every breeding decision. And no we do not have
a big budget. Breeding for girls or simply for "more
alpacas" is not the road to improvement.
I write this as a small rancher having 85% boys over
the course of our ranches lifetime. YIKES!
Because we work so hard on each and every breeding I
can also say that our boys have been very profitable
for us.
We have been lucky enough (the harder we work the
luckier we get) to place all the gelding boys we have
wanted to move. One thing to keep in mind is that
every gelding purchaser is a potential future breeder.
There are small fiber farms out there, folks with a
goat, a couple sheep breeds and a lot of fiber talent
that would LOVE to have a couple fiber boys. The trick
is to find them. Fiber/spinning/
first places to look. Most of these have free sales
listings. You may get less than you want for the boys
but they will be in homes that not only tend them well
but use their precious fleece. The more folks who fall
in love with alpaca fleeces the better.
Okay enough rambling.
The point is we need to put the same effort and energy
into placing our gelding boys as we do selling our
girls.
Bluest Skies
Jennifer Powers
Aero Ranch Suri Alpacas
Browns Valley CA
530-741-2376
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