[AlpacaTalk] Re: spots
This subject has been on AlpacaNation form several times. The problem
with white spots is that when you breed two animals that have a white
spot the chances of creating a Blue Eyed White/BEW is at its greatest
odds.Putting it in a nut shell.
Tom
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
<wendy.edwards@
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> i also have a dark rose gray / silver gray male who's spots card
into the most amazing colors - but i didn't realize a judge could
penalize for spots on the blanket - it's hard keeping up with
what's "in" and what isn't - and it feels like there's some
subjectivity involved -
> Wendy
> DreamWeaver Alpacas
> BC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Heather Zeleny
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] spots
>
>
> Hi Wendy,
> After much discussion and disparaging of spots on alpacas, it was
> determined to be a non-issue. There was a "wandering spot"
theory,
> which some, like Safley and Ian Watt claimed that if you have a
spot on
> an extremity (head or feet) it could turn up in the blanket, and
> increase the chance of the dreaded "color contamination.
>
> With greys, there is much more latitude, but it is still
preferred that
> the grey be a uniform color or shade, with no spots of solids or
> different shades or values or what have you. I don't see what the
> problem is, I have a rose grey boy with solid maroon starting
halfway
> down his blanket, and he has spots of fawn, brown, white, and
maroon in
> his blanket. I used to call him a "Dark Rose Grey Fancy Pinto
> Appaloosa." During processing, that colors are all blended and
> depending on the amount of blending, you will get a uniform
blended
> heathered yarn, or with less blending, you'd get a nice tweedy
yarn.
>
> So what's the problem? In the end, it was just a way to make some
> otherwise very nice animals worth less than the ones owned
by "the ones
> who make the rules." Or so it seemed. It is prohibited to
penalize for
> spots that do not occur in the blanket, and for greys they aren't
> judged on uniformity of color, so that shouldn't be penalized,
either.
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Zeleny
> White Lotus Alpacas
> Creswell, OR
>
> 541.895.0964
>
> Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
> http://www.whitelot
> http://tech.
>
> On Nov 19, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Wendy Edwards wrote:
>
> > hi - what is the issue about spots on an alpaca? Heather
mentioned it
> > and aroused my curiosity - one of my favourite girls has spots -
she's
> > beautiful and i can card four different colors from her: black,
silver
> > gray, rose gray and steel gray. Everyone who sees her picks her
out of
> > the herd and comments on how pretty she is
> >
> > is this spot thing a trend? Or is there a real breeding
problem? I am
> > breeding her this spring to our solid color, full Bolivian
male,
> > mainly because of his bloodlines, not his color.
> > Wendy
> > DreamWeaver Alpacas
> > BC
>
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