Re: [AlpacaTalk] aborted twins - 96 days gestation
Ooooooo, Rockamundo! I would so love to breed my girls to him! Or to a
son! A few years ago there was a Rockamundo son for sale for like
$500.... but he was half Chilean and I really wanted full Bolivian.
Well, someone else bought him who also saw his potential and he's now
out of my price range!
Our weather is usually fairly mind, although the last couple of years,
the weather was very cold, and this year we had snow, twice! Which is
very rare. The second snowfall we got was in April! This fall, already
is pretty cold, getting down to almost freezing overnight. That also is
not normal for this area.
Our shelters are basically smallish pole barns with no-climb fence to
make stalls. In the winter we put up plastic to keep the rain out and
the warmth in. It works quite well. This year we're putting up framed
plexiglass panels on the walls. That 6 mil plastic sheeting just looks
so trashy! In fact, we'll have to put the panels up pretty soon, the
cold and rain has already started. *sigh*
I think I've decided to breed my girl to my mom's boy Infinity, son of
MMR Tofino, who is a son of Ivano. We have our first cria from him, and
does she have fabulous fleece! And presence, and conformation, and
density, and even the full fibered face. I just don't think I can go
wrong there! She was bred to our boy's sire previously, and he's now
quite a nice herdsire himself. My girl is a grand-daughter of Casanova
II, her sire is DHH Major. Her full brother is a champion in Germany.
And she has thrown only black, while being bred to only white and
fawns. So my poor Scirocco will have to wait another year for some
work.
Late term miscarriages are very tough on the dams. They do tend to be a
bit aggressive to other crias if they've lost theirs.
Heather
On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Wendy Edwards wrote:
> hi Heather - your Scirocco sounds wonderful - Arbutus, Ridge Scirocco
> is a son of Acero Marka's Rockamundo
>
> we have one of Scirocco's daughters now, a lovely little yearling - i
> am hoping the new cria will be a girl also (of course)
>
> Our black dam lost her twins at 10 months, and she was a mess - had
> to have the vet in - she didn't seem to miss them at first but i
> notice now she is nasty to the other crias. She was always very
> maternal to all the crias before the miscarriage, she was the one i
> would put in with new moms as she was so helpful. So i'm assuming she
> is feeling the loss and grieving for her babies, -
>
> Do you have a nice warm "maternity ward" stall that you can house
> Fall crias in? A friend puts a heat light in the barn for her crias
> born late in the year and they do fine. I don't have that option so i
> really don't want Fall babies - I have coats ready for them, but i
> find myself feeling really anxious about the births, and the weather
> etc etc etc
>
> At least it is dry today, i am off to do the poop-scooping-
> while the sun shines
>
> Wendy
> DreamWeaver Alpacas
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