[AlpacaTalk] Re: Cria

 

Carla and all,
BEWs happen. Sometimes they happen the way Jim describes others not so much. I know of two with one white parent and the other fawn with no spots.

While it is true that male BEWs don't tend to be used they are perfectly registrable and breedable according to ARI.

If your little girl was mine Carla I would wait until she is mature to determine if she is a breeding female, just like every other girl born on the ranch. If bred carefully she will not produce BEWs herself.

Blue Skies
Jennifer
Aero Ranch Suri Alpacas
Browns Valley CA

--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, jim gregoryk <jimg2312@...> wrote:
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> Carla,
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> I spent weeks researching blue-eyed deaf.   After my male was born.   They always come from white and white piebald  and grey with white face (piebald again) The fiber is the softest I ever felf it was like angora rabbit. and spins like a dream. 
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> Breeding:  not one person recommended breeding him. Several breeders of blue eyed white hearing alpaca said as long as he was bred to a solid he would throw beautiful cria.  The university said he as a genetic defect and would be be recognized by ARI or CLAA.  so he is a geld pet.  He is love by everyone and anyone.  His fiber is growing back just a soft and angora-like as when he was born.
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> Hope this helps
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> Jim
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> From: jennymt1402002 <jennymt1402002@...>
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:46 AM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Cria
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> We just had our 5th cria born here on our farm. She is a beautiful white girl with bright blue eyes and we have researched this quite a bit and found that 80% of these type of crias are deaf. Sure enough she is deaf. She is outgoing and all the females watch out for her. Her mama has had 3 other crias before her. I wonder if anyone here has had this problem before and if so, do you think she will be good to breed her or just use for fiber?
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> Don't know anyone personally that has ever had this, just found online information.
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> Carla Terry
> Country Home Alpacas
> Mcpherson Kansas 67460
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