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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Re: [AlpacaTalk] It's a Girl X 3!

Congratulations!! 3 / 3 is amazing - what a wonderful way to begin your alpaca farming adventure.
All the best
Wendy
----- Original Message -----
From: Bil Morrill
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] It's a Girl X 3!

I just want to share some of our excitement!

As some of you know, we are new to the alpaca world. We purchased 3
pregnant alpacas this spring. Our first baby girl was born in early
June, and we were in heaven. Our 2nd girl was born last week, and she
came about 2 weeks early, but once again we were thrilled!

We received a call yesterday morning that our THIRD girl was born, and
is doing great!! We are completely flabbergasted that 100% of our
babies this year were girls (and know that the chance of this happening
again is EXTREMELY small!!)

So we now have one White cria, one True Black cria & one Light Brown
cria. We're so excited we're about to burst!! :)

Bil
--
Bil Morrill
*Silk Creek Alpacas*
Cottage Grove, OR
/www.silkcreekalpacas.com/

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posted by Chaddo at 10:35 PM 0 comments

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RE: [AlpacaTalk] It's a Girl X 3!

Major congratulations. When we started, we had 4 "3 in 1 packages" and all
but one were boys that were born that year. The next 3 years we had NOTHING
but boys.except for a cria that was born too young to survive..that one was,
of course, a girl!

Allison Moss-Fritch

New Moon Alpacas

Santa Clara, CA

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Bil Morrill
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:19 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] It's a Girl X 3!

I just want to share some of our excitement!

As some of you know, we are new to the alpaca world. We purchased 3
pregnant alpacas this spring. Our first baby girl was born in early
June, and we were in heaven. Our 2nd girl was born last week, and she
came about 2 weeks early, but once again we were thrilled!

We received a call yesterday morning that our THIRD girl was born, and
is doing great!! We are completely flabbergasted that 100% of our
babies this year were girls (and know that the chance of this happening
again is EXTREMELY small!!)

So we now have one White cria, one True Black cria & one Light Brown
cria. We're so excited we're about to burst!! :)

Bil
--
Bil Morrill
*Silk Creek Alpacas*
Cottage Grove, OR
/www.silkcreekalpacas.com/

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posted by Chaddo at 9:40 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] It's a Girl X 3!

I just want to share some of our excitement!

As some of you know, we are new to the alpaca world. We purchased 3
pregnant alpacas this spring. Our first baby girl was born in early
June, and we were in heaven. Our 2nd girl was born last week, and she
came about 2 weeks early, but once again we were thrilled!

We received a call yesterday morning that our THIRD girl was born, and
is doing great!! We are completely flabbergasted that 100% of our
babies this year were girls (and know that the chance of this happening
again is EXTREMELY small!!)

So we now have one White cria, one True Black cria & one Light Brown
cria. We're so excited we're about to burst!! :)

Bil
--
Bil Morrill
*Silk Creek Alpacas*
Cottage Grove, OR
/www.silkcreekalpacas.com/

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posted by Chaddo at 9:19 PM 0 comments

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RE: [AlpacaTalk] Need a little help, little discouraged...

Hi Steve,

I thoroughly understand your frustrations and concerns. Here are a few
tricks that have worked for us.

1. We would NEVER put a "new" male into a paddock containing one or more
"existing" males. When mixing males, we always put them, one by one, into a
new paddock. That way, none of the males "owns" the paddock.

2. We've found that putting the males we want to mix in a trailer and
taking them for a ride makes them bond a bit. Try taking them for a short
ride and then putting them into a new paddock.

3. You can distract them from the fact that one of them is new. Give them
each a large bowl of their favourite treats. Go into the paddock with a
strange dog.

4. If possible, make sure that the males can't see any females, unless
until the settling down period is over.

We have 17 mature males in one paddock and they get on reasonably well. We
had one male that wouldn't get on with any of the others we put him with
him. He would chase them until they both collapsed in a heap. We kept him
on his own for over a year. One day, the thought came to me to put him in
with a dozen other males. Even though he was the biggest (230 pounds), he
cowered in the corner for about a week and has never been a problem again.

I'm about out of ideas. Hopefully, you will be able to get this behind you.

Good luck,

Chuck Rademacher
Kaipara Pines Alpaca Stud
2247 South Head Road, RD 1
Helensville, New Zealand 0874
Phone: 09-420-2133 Mobile: 027-204-9406

www.alpacafarm.co.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of bntruble
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 7:09 a.m.
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Need a little help, little discouraged...

Hi guys!!!

First I want to thank everyone for their responses to my previous post. I
really appreciate
all the responses. Now I'm back with another question.

About a month ago, we bought our first Suri stud. We quarantined him, he
was away
from the rest of the herd for the length of time we bought him until now.
Vet checked,
wormed, and healthy we tried to blend him in with the rest of the herd.
Our trouble began
today. We put him in with the rest of the boys today and all he'll broke
loose. The other
two boys won't leave the new one alone. The poor Suri, they chase him
around the
pasture and he screams terribly. I don't know what to do, how to help them
to get along.
Any advice?? I'm desperate...

Steve

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posted by Chaddo at 12:38 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Need a little help, little discouraged...

Do you have an extra pasture that the boys have never been in? I found that if I put a new boy in the new pasture and then the rest of the boys the boys are to interested in finding out where they are and what is new to be bothered with the new guy.

Nancy Danielson
M & M Alpacas
Chagrin Falls, Oh>
> From: "bntruble" <bntruble@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2008/07/15 Tue PM 03:09:02 EDT
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Need a little help, little discouraged...
>
> Hi guys!!!
>
> First I want to thank everyone for their responses to my previous post. I really appreciate
> all the responses. Now I'm back with another question.
>
> About a month ago, we bought our first Suri stud. We quarantined him, he was away
> from the rest of the herd for the length of time we bought him until now. Vet checked,
> wormed, and healthy we tried to blend him in with the rest of the herd. Our trouble began
> today. We put him in with the rest of the boys today and all he'll broke loose. The other
> two boys won't leave the new one alone. The poor Suri, they chase him around the
> pasture and he screams terribly. I don't know what to do, how to help them to get along.
> Any advice?? I'm desperate...
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>

Nancy Danielson
M&M Alpacas

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posted by Chaddo at 12:35 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Need a little help, little discouraged...

Try taking the other boys out of the pasture to let the new boy "move
in." Perhaps leave only the least dominant of the others with him so he
won't be completely alone. Leave it that way for a few days, then add
one boy at a time every few days. You don't say how many others you
already have. We have found that it's best to have 4 adult males per
pasture. Even with that number there is considerable fighting, but as
the numbers go up there is just more stress and irritation between the
males. If you can have pastures with just two or three males each, do
that.

Good luck!
Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
(formerly West Wind Alpacas)
Eugene, OR

541.895.0964

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
http://www.alpacanation.com/whitelotus.asp
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On Jul 15, 2008, at 12:09 PM, bntruble wrote:

> Hi guys!!!
>
> First I want to thank everyone for their responses to my previous
> post. I really appreciate
> all the responses. Now I'm back with another question.
>
> About a month ago, we bought our first Suri stud. We quarantined him,
> he was away
> from the rest of the herd for the length of time we bought him until
> now. Vet checked,
> wormed, and healthy we tried to blend him in with the rest of the
> herd. Our trouble began
> today. We put him in with the rest of the boys today and all he'll
> broke loose. The other
> two boys won't leave the new one alone. The poor Suri, they chase him
> around the
> pasture and he screams terribly. I don't know what to do, how to help
> them to get along.
> Any advice?? I'm desperate...
>
> Steve
>
>
>

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posted by Chaddo at 12:31 PM 0 comments

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[AlpacaTalk] Need a little help, little discouraged...

Hi guys!!!

First I want to thank everyone for their responses to my previous post. I really appreciate
all the responses. Now I'm back with another question.

About a month ago, we bought our first Suri stud. We quarantined him, he was away
from the rest of the herd for the length of time we bought him until now. Vet checked,
wormed, and healthy we tried to blend him in with the rest of the herd. Our trouble began
today. We put him in with the rest of the boys today and all he'll broke loose. The other
two boys won't leave the new one alone. The poor Suri, they chase him around the
pasture and he screams terribly. I don't know what to do, how to help them to get along.
Any advice?? I'm desperate...

Steve

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posted by Chaddo at 12:09 PM 0 comments