[AlpacaTalk] Blue eyed whites
I would suggest that you do a lot of research if using your blue eyed white male for breeding, as you are taking a chance on producing a blue eyed deaf cria.? The expert in Australia is Elizabeth Paul who has written a book on the subject.? Also, D. Andrew Merriwether, Ph.D, who is on Alpacasite has done a lot of research in this area.? If you are on Alpacasite, you might go into the files and read the emails on this subject.
We had a situation early on when we bred a white female who had one blue eye to a white male on another farm and she produced a blue eyed deaf female.?? After that experience we were very careful when we bred this female and always used a dark male with no spots.? She produced a beautiful fawn male several years ago and I had some concerns about him carrying the blue eye gene.? I contacted Elizabeth Paul and she requested that we send pictures and her decision was that this particular male would not be a threat.
Our female with the one blue eyed white on her last birth produced a gray female, and the sire was a true black.? Our gray female has been
bred to gray male and I can hardly wait to see the new cria next fall.
Pal Baird
Wolf Creek Alpacas
3457 Stimson Road
Norton, OH 44203
330-666-9047
www.wolfcreekalpaca
www.alpacanation.
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