Re: [AlpacaTalk] Help, I need advice on replacing my girls after the dog attack.

Thank you so much for your advice. That is the advice that I am getting from everyone. And honestly those are the girls I was looking to also. I am not one to look at pedigree for myself, but I know it makes adifference when you are selling animals. That is also true considering if they are Chilean or Peruvian or Bolivian. Again thank you for your time and advice I hope you have a great day and I will send you pics when the cria are born if you would like.


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From: Bluebird Hills Farm <bluebirdhills@voyager.net>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 8:14 am
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Help, I need advice on replacing my girls after the dog attack.

Wendy, at first blush, I am leaning toward Twin Peaks. You appear to be getting more for your money with them. I must say that I am not sure why all the alpacas have been bred to the same sires. In regards to Twin Peaks, their sire has a more well known pedigree, so that may prove to be an advantage, both in outcome and in marketing.

It is close to impossible to assess the conformation from the pictures and certainly not possible to ascertain what their fiber is like, but at least there are some micron counts listed on the herdsire Bella (Twin Peaks). 

The other issue is the Chilean portion of their pedigrees. Unfortunately, here in the east everyone wants full Peruvian, so marketing in the future might be less of a problem with the Twin Peaks than with the Bennington, just because they have more Peruvian in them. I don't agree with the prejudice, but from a marketing perspective, you need to know that it exists.

So I guess I would go with the Twin Peaks package. There are no glaring issues with either group, just think that the fiber and pedigrees are stronger with the Twin Peaks group. Hope this is helpful.

Laurel

The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
Springfield, Ohio
937-206-3936
www.bluebirdhills.com
bluebirdhills@voyager.net


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> Thank you for your help.? The packages are on alpacanation.com. One is at
> Twin Peaks Alpacas for $6000.00 and one is at Bennington Alpacas for
> $7000.00. Twin peaks is Godfathers Pachino, Faik's Grace, Faiks Moselle,
> Viac Dark Miss and Viac Samantha.? Bennington Alpacas is Eulalie, Lavinia,
> Lavinias black female cria, and Diamond. Please let me know your opinion.
> I need to figure this out by Friday. Thanks again for your help.
>
> ?
>
> Wendy

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