Breeding Season

We have three female alpacas to be bred this year. Very exciting choosing the right herdsire and waiting for a confirmed pregnancy.

Tempest just gave birth to her fourth cria, Tempe, and so in a few weeks we will have her bred back. Typically you wait 21+ days to rebreed after the female gives birth. We've chosen Nibblewise of Elfenwood for Tempest's service sire. Nibbles is also Tempe's sire. We were so pleased with her we decided to breed Tempest to him again!

Sudi is our only maiden alpaca and she was bred to HobbyHorse Peruvian Midnight Cowboy. Thus far in her post-breeding pregnancy testing she is spitting off the male alpacas which indicates she is bred. We're keeping our fingers crossed that everything continues to go smoothly and in 11 months we'll have another cria to add to our herd - think PINK!

Finally, there is Alcy. Our gray female is currently at Vermont Alpaca Company to be bred to Patagonia's Amicus. Amicus has is a true black herdsire out of two gray parents! We're hoping those gray genetics flow through Alcy and we end up with a beautiful gray cris. Thus far Alcy has been bred twice and during the post-breeding behavior testing (around day 5-7) she has cushed which indicates that she hasn't taken. At this stage in the game we aren't sure what this means but we continue to be hopeful. The vet will be out for a visit in the next week or so and will hopefully provide some insite. Alcy has had two cria, one in 2007 and the second in 2008. She was left open in 2009 due to space constraints on her previous farm. We'll keep you posted on how this breeding goes and cross your fingers!