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Thursday, August 05, 2010

RE: [AlpacaTalk] Suri question

 

Sure,

 

What are you looking for ---what are you trying to find out about the fleeces?  It would give me a better idea of what kinds of pictures you might need if I knew more specifically what you wanted to see about the fleeces.

 

Allison

 

Allison E. Moss-Fritch

New Moon Alpacas

350 Cloquallum Rd.

Elma, WA 98541

 

360 861-8584

 

 

 

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Heather Zeleny
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:02 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Suri question

 

 

I have a question for you suri breeders. Does anyone have pics of young suri crias' fleeces that you could either email to me or post a link, or post to the group pics area? Like one or two month old crias? 

Heather

 

Heather Zeleny

White Lotus Alpacas

Oregon

 

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece

 

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[AlpacaTalk] Re: breeding question

 



I sperm check my males whenever they are used for a breeding.
I'm not a vet but sperm are pretty easy to see with a basic microscope.
Here's what I do...
When the male is finished breeding the female she will usually stay cushed for a few minutes. During that time I take a craft stick and scoop up some of the sticky stuff from her vulva. It's often blood-tinged but whitish looking. Put it on a microscope slide immediately and quickly look at it under the microscope. Protect your sample from the sun on your way there.
Once it's under the scope I can usually see movement at 10X magnification and clearly see individual sperm at 40X.
It's not a very scientific sperm count but I can tell if that male probably has none, some or plenty. This time of year with the heat here in the south many of the males have very low sperm counts.

Melissa
Hidden Gem Ranch Alpacas
www.HiddenGemRanch.com
Coalmont, TN

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, hanabi62@... wrote:
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> Is there a way to do a sperm check on a male Alpaca? I know this can be done in other species but not sure if it can be done with Alpacas? Thanks for any input.
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> Marsha
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posted by Chaddo at 4:46 AM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] Fleece pics

 

Definitely huacaya, but I can see where it might be confusing.  It does appear to have a bit of twist to it, but the whole lock twists rather than the wrap-around twist that suris have.  Maybe this will help: Pretent your hand is a single lock.  Hold your hand up, open the palm and then turn your hand sideways.  The whole "lock" twists.  Now hold your hand up, keeping your fingers together, bring your thumb in and twist your fingers toward the center of your palm.  If you have any dexterity at all (hard for some of us at our age), the fingers will start to wrap together.  That's the individual "fibers" twisting.  Now turn your hand.  That's the lock twisting.  You have twist within twist.  That's why suri is so dratted hard to card and why combing works better.  The twists are internal as well as external.
 
Judith Korff
LadySong Farm Bolivian Suri Alpacas
Music to Your Wallet
Randolph, New York 14772 
Cell: (716) 499-0383
 


From: Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@gmail.com>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 10:43:15 PM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Fleece pics [11 Attachments]

 

Ok, here are the pics of my little girl, just about two months old.

Her dam is huacaya, her dam's dam is huacaya from two suris. Not a
cross.

Cria's sire is 100% huacaya, as is her dam's sire.

Is it possible that she could be one of those almost mythical "chili"
alpacas?

Jim, I agree, she seems to have awesome fiber. I have no doubt that
fiber artists will love it. I'm looking forward to her first clip,
actually. How great would that be, the tactile qualities of suri, but
the ease of care of huacaya?

Heather

Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
Oregon

Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
http://www.whitelotusalpacas.com
http://whitelotus.openherd.com


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