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Southern Alpacas News

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Other Issues of Newsletter

Show Season Success May 2004

Progeny Issue March 2004


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Spring Stud Issue August 2003

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August 2003 Newsletter -  Stud Issue

We bring you news of some of our studs, in our special "stud issue".

With spring blossoms out, and new green growth starting, we notice our stud boys seem to have read Tennyson -

" In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love".

One evening recently I thought one of them was going to leap two fences to visit a flirting maiden ! So time for us - and you - to think about their bookings for the forthcoming mating season.
 

Need Your Own Boy ?


Up-and-coming
herdsires for sale
feature on our new webpage.

From the famous Purrembete bloodlines, these quality boys bring top genetics for you to improve your herd, with your own stud.

Some are already proven as studs, with cria on the ground or on the way AND some have already sold !

Be quick - have a look at our herdsires page.

View these boys ....

 

Proven by their Progeny

Benleigh Moon Shine's progeny had a magnificent show season, taking numerous awards and earning Moon Shine the Sire's Progeny award at every show in which his progeny were entered. Moon Shine is from the well-known Purremebete lines.

Here are a couple of his
cria, and a number of the
herdsires for sale are
from Moon Shine, like
Cajun Moon, pictured left.


Alpine Fiber's Brutus,
our American import, sired by the legendary Hemingway, has shown with his cria that he is heterozygous white - able to throw not only white cria, but also coloured cria from coloured dams. We are getting cria with supremely fine fleece, and carrying the sire's characteristics of a higher secondary to primary follicle ratio. We are strong on the pedigree and genetic lines, but it is nice to see the proof in the progeny as well !

See more about these studs and you'll also find our complete colour range of studs ...

Accoyo Brothers in Arms

Eringa Park Irraquoy and his brother Eringa Park Saintly,
full Accoyo studs, are almost identical, and are broad ribbon winners in prestigious shows in Australia. Irraquoy was
described by the judge at Royal Adelaide Show 2002 as "an exceptionally fine male with superb crimp definition and lustre".

With Irraquoy being part-owned by Egmont Alpacas, you can expect to see him in the North Island this mating season.

Saintly is on his second season of a two season stud tour from Australia, so has to remain on farm or in Tb free areas. Be in soon to get his genetics, from Royal Fawn. The brothers' first New Zealand cria are expected at Christmas.

See these boys and their Australian show results

New Stud - Kiwi Pluro

As always, we have a new stud to introduce for the new season. Waiwera Kiwi Pluro is NZ born, sired by the famous ILR PPeruvian Pluro, known for his abundance of secondary fibres with deep bold crimp.

Kiwi Pluro has a dense fleece with broad bold crimp, good lock structure, brilliant lustre and he produced 3kg of 20 micron fibre at one year old.

Kiwi Pluro is co-owned by Gordon Baird of Waiwera Alpacas and Southern Alpacas Stud, who have bought a half-share. Expect to see him around the South Island this season.

More on Kiwi Pluro

Boys based near YOU !

These are just some of our 15 stud boys, and some of them will be available for stud near to you. Members of the nationwide Alpaca Services network own and/or manage these studs with us, providing a real local service with the stud service.

Contact us, or any member of the nationwide
Alpaca Services network, to discuss when
our studs will be based in your region, for your girls.

More on the Alpaca Services network

Evaluating Your Herd

show alpacasUnsure of how to make improvement in your herd ? Nic, with his breeding of show winners and his judging experience, can evaluate your herd for you, and discuss breeding decisions, so you can make the most of the progeny you breed from each of your girls.

Nic has written an article in the next AA(NZ) magazine, giving guidance on the features to look for in a stud. There are a range of other helpful articles on the new Articles page on our website as well.

Read our new Articles page for more information
 

 

Nic Cooper and Linda Blake
Main West Coast Road, West Melton, RD1, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone 0064 3 318-1917 | fax 0064 3 318-1927 | email alpacasnz@xtra.co.nz