How much for a breeding pair?
Cost of animals basic, depends on lineage and attributes.
Proven “throws” for a female where she delivers cria with the desired fleece color.
For males, same thing, how often do they sire a cria with the desired fleece color when mated.
Our last two girls bought this year as two year olds cost $2,500 each. I have seen $10K and up for proven animals.
Alpacas aren’t bred as pairs. One stud can service several females and don’t participate in child rearing.
The genetics behind breeding alpacas is well characterized and understood because the fiber color trait is sex linked. This is like the ole Medellin genetics where you can predict the genetics of the offspring to various percents. The recessive and dominance of the 22 official fleece fiber colors can be predicted pretty well. A pure black bred to a pure black will yield a pure black about 65% of the time. The rest are a list of tans, white, faun, browns, and mixes of all shades.
So much fun to learn about this animal and how it was almost extinct after the Spaniards hunted them to less than 20K animals.
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