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About Us
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About Rustic Lodge Alpacas.
We purchased our first Alpacas in 2004. Two wethers.
Very shortly afterwards we purchased our first two breeding females, Mini
Mate and Dijon, mother and daughter. They were suppose to be heavily pregnant
but weren't and we waited 2 years to see cria on ground from these girls.
Ironically, they both went into labour on the same day producing two Suri
cria's. One male and one female. Sampson & Deliah.
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Alpacas
are no doubt addictive. Ask anyone who has two Alpacas if they want more?
Not long after purchasing our initial two females,
we went on to purchase 4 more breeding age females (actually 5 but one girl
wouldn't get on the float for the trip up here).
Then we purchased another 5 breeding aged females
from a herd dispersal and we were well on our way to establishing our farm.
It hasn't been all smooth sailing and we have suffered
some serious losses on farm. One death was caused by our own dog attacking
and fatally injuring an Alpaca. *Fingers crossed* we now seem to be on the
right track.
I studied a good deal in relation to genetics before purchasing our
initial herd. I wanted to check backgrounds and stats against the liklihood
of breeding grey and black animals. I must of got something right because
our first two cria's born here were grey's. We have since had success with
breeding Suri cria's as well.
Personally, I really don't mind either the Huacaya
or Suri's. Both have their benefits. So for me it's an easy decisionto just
have both. Allan prefers Huacaya but from a business point of view, breeding
Suri's seems in my opinion the wiser option as they have continued to hold
their value, are rarer and the quality of Suri's being bred in Australia
continues to improve in leaps and bounds.
At present our herd is around the 26 count. Happily
we also have our own herd's name on some Suri cria's as well as some gorgeous
grey Huacaya's.
I was a Committee Member for the AAA Qld Region in 2006.
Thanks for reading,
Rebecka (& Allan) |
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