Re: [AlpacaTalk] Girls or boys?
Caryn; Just my opinion; but you might be careful when searching for a fiber animal vs a pet quality animal. If you are looking for the fiber aspect of an alpaca you will want to be sure to get one with GOOD fiber production. There are alpacas out there that are not going to produce high quality fiber. My personal observation is that you might spend between $100-500 for a pet quality alpaca but it will take $400-1,000+ to buy a TRUE FIBER animal. Others can correct me, but I think we are coming to a time when we need to start qualifying these animals as breeders vs fiber vs pet.
Have fun in your search. Now or later in the Fall is a good time to buy. Springtime is cria season so alot of people are trying to make room now for their crias to come. Fall is also a good time because people are thinking of feed expense for the winter months. The market is down so you have picked a good time to get into the business and starting with a few fiber boys would be a great idea. Be sure to see, touch and observe the animal before you buy. Get your hands on more than one "fiber" animal and you will get a feel of what you want as a spinner and fiber artist.
You will enjoy these wonderful animals-boys-
Robin B
Ace & Robin Buettenback
B4 Alpacas LLC
3742 S Locust
Grand Island Ne 68801
--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Caryn Law <law.caryn@gmail.
From: Caryn Law <law.caryn@gmail.
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Girls or boys?
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 2:34 PM
Hello everyone!
When I (hopefully) buy my first alpacas this year (probably two to start
with), I'm wondering... do I buy boys or girls?
I don't plan to show alpacas. I'm interested in owning them purely for the
fiber as I'm a handspinner who would like to use their fiber for handspun
products. We aren't interested in getting into the breeding aspect of
alpacas right away as we don't want to overextend ourselves and want to get
experienced with just owning them before breeding. But I know that if I want
to expand my herd, I'll either have to buy from someone else or have a
breeding female. On the one hand, I like the idea of having a breedable
female eventually (so I would want to start by owning females) for this
purpose, but on the other hand breeding females are very, very pricey, and
I'm wondering as a fiber-only owner if I'll want to just stick with buying
my alpacas from someone else, in which case I suppose I could go with either
boys or girls.
Any advice? As far as owning both, I'm not sure I want to do that -- our
pasture is one large plot with two small divisions in it that total three
paddocks, but the paddocks aren't separated enough, I believe, to allow for
proper seperation of the sexes.
Looking forward to hearing from the experts!
Also, is there a particular time of year that's best for buying your
alpacas?
- Caryn Law
Issaquah, WA
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