Re: [AlpacaTalk] Was Buying alpaca fiber? Now about these boys
Hi Jennifer,
I think we all need to be "breeding for boys!" I have a new little TB
boy this year with white face and socks, which generally is a horrible
thing. Those dreaded white spots! But, his fleece is so darned crimpy,
I'm actually glad he's a boy and am no longer dismayed over his white
socks. Boy, he's a cutie, and has a sweet personality.
fiber.
And let me just take this opportunity to say how great everyone's
alpaca fleece really is! My mom bought an electric drum carder this
afternoon and I was along for the ride. The seller of the carder used
to raise sheep and the carder had some leftover wool in the teeth. We
took some of an alpaca fleece along to try out on the carder, which was
sort of blended with the wool during the test run... Good lord let me
tell you that this not very great, not very fine (by our standards),
alpaca fleece was so much better than the wool that was already on the
carder! The wool felt to me like some cheap junky polyester batting for
quilting you buy in the fabric store. No lie.
So good work everyone on your alpacas! Even our not good stuff is way
better than any wool! Well, merino maybe can give us some trouble...
Now we just need to market our fleece and get good products in every
household!
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
(formerly West Wind Alpacas)
Eugene, OR
541.895.0964
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
http://www.alpacana
http://tech.
On Aug 1, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Jennifer J Powers wrote:
> 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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