RE: [AlpacaTalk] Newby question

Hi Nan,

 

Blue eyes are not a “flaw”.  They are just a genetic signal that you would not want to breed him to a blue eyed girl.  Animals which have the very light blue eyes and extremely pink skin and nails sometimes have a genetic predisposition to deafness.  It is the deafness which is regarded as a flaw, not the blue eyes. 

 

In alpacas there are a lot of folks who have never had livestock and no zilch about genetics.  You can stampede them with one deep breath and the word “blue eyes”! 

 

It is not a fault in the judges books or with folks who know livestock.  No more so than a white cat or dog is a lesser pet somehow.  Again, you don’t breed “toward” the recessives or you may cause deafness, but you can use them responsibly in a good breeding program if they have genetic qualities like exceptionally fine dense fleeces or something else that you want to keep in your herd or enhance in your herd.

 

Allison

 

 

Allison E. Moss-Fritch

New Moon Alpacas

Santa Clara, CA

http://www.newmoonalpacas.com

408/248-3581

 

 

 

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nanny Goat
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:44 PM
To: alpacatalk
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Newby question

 

OK, Here is an ignorant question for you: Blue eyes are a flaw? I
have two beautiful ( to my eye, but I know nothing) Suri boys, both
white and one has blue in his eyes. I LOVE the blue, but was not
aware that this is a flaw.

I was given these boys from a wonderful breeder for free as pets, and
thus expected her culls, and they will be neutered and not bred, so
they will not be spreading their genetics around. These are family
pets, I want to use the fiber, when I find the time... LOL.

Thanks for informing me!

Nan

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Nan Nickson
Valhalla Run
Saranac, Michigan

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."
- Albert Einstein

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