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So what’s bad about having alpacas?

July 6th 2008 08:18
There’s not much that’s bad about having alpacas. OK, picking up alpaca poo is a bit of a chore, but that can all go on the garden and it grows lovely plants and veggies for you.

Shearing day is pretty arduous and can leave you feeling stiff and sore from man person handling pacas and sorting all that fleece (particularly if you’re a bit of a sloth who doesn’t do much exercise


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Skinny Girls

June 30th 2008 03:40
I’ve decided to wean Emily off Alice. Emily’s six months old now and she’s a big girl, so well and truly able to survive without her mum now.

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Emily

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What colour?

May 25th 2008 23:30
If you’re registering alpacas you need to state what colour they are. The AAA (Australian Alpaca Association) has a chart with 12 colours on it and you need to pick the closest to the colour of the alpaca you’re registering.
Alpaca - Donald


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Alpaca Associations

May 7th 2008 22:18
In Australia, there are currently two main alpaca associations you can join, the Australian Alpaca Association (AAA) and the Australasian Alpaca Breeders Association (AABA).

The AAA was the first alpaca association set up and maintains a register of alpacas called the International Alpaca Register (IAR). AABA also has a register which is called the Australasian Alpaca Register (AAR


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More Mating Madness

April 22nd 2008 04:29
Well, Ginger’s still not pregnant, nor is Maddy. Cappy had a great time with Ginger yesterday. I didn’t have my watch on, but it seemed like he was there for an extraordinarily long time, much longer than his usual 20 minutes.

Alpaca mating chaos
Alpaca mating chaos

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Mating Mayhem

April 9th 2008 01:02
I put Cappy and Daizi together this morning, so now most of the girls have now been mated. Ginger has mated three times!

Cappy & Ginger
Cappy & Ginger

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Preg Test – Negative & Positive

March 20th 2008 00:19
Madeline sat when I put her in with Cappy yesterday, which means she’s probably not pregnant. If she were pregnant, she would have spat at him and run away. I had to get him off her quickly (he’s her dad and we don’t want to go there). He chased a couple of the other girls for a while, then happily, big old Ginger sat, so he still got to have some fun.

Alpacas mating
Alpacas mating

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Daizi’s Baby

March 10th 2008 22:26
My beautiful Daizi had her first cria on Saturday. I thought she’d been behaving a bit imminent for a few days. Her due date was the 13th March so the gestation was 333 days.

Of course, we were out when the cria arrived – we went to test drive a Toyota Prius (would like it, just thinking about the finances). When we got home, I saw a tiny little baby way down the paddock. I thought it could be Alana’s baby who is nearly 4 weeks old, but looked a little small so we went down to have a look


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Madeline’s Stirling Boyfriend

March 5th 2008 00:57
We’ve finally found a suitable suitor for our beautiful Madeline. Gondwana Stirling came to visit her today and they became well acquainted.

Maddie and Stirling
Maddie and Stirling

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Boy's Again!

February 28th 2008 05:47
I sometimes go into great detail describing the various goings on at my place ...

... but on this occasion I'll just post the video instead


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