Still trying to schedule a handfull of late alpaca breedings in the calendar before the middle of November. I can see I will be heading North next week with a trailer of alpaca females to drop off at a variety of points between here and Portland.

Trying to schedule all these breedings always raises the same questions about getting an alpaca herdsire of our own. Which is always attractive but never solves all the problems. As members of IAC (the Ideal Alpaca Community) we like using Studmaster males and the females bred to Studmasters really are much easier to sell...so if it ain't broke don't fix it!

I believe we will use the Studmasters whenever possible and fill the gaps with breedings to other studs that catch our attention.

The key is to plan ahead and accept that your new cria and females will be off the farm for part of the year. We all miss having those little bundles of alpaca joy around the place but business comes first ...sometimes.

By Adrian Stewart