exporting to Europe

I have heard there are some breeders that are worried they may still have some alpacas in NZ and after 29th August, they will not be able to get them to Europe.
We can Import them to Australia for you, and we can get them to Europe, if you feel this is another alternative.
If there is anyone worried, as they have already committed.
please do not worry.
Just drop us a line or Yvonne at alpacalandgoed.

GIFT Technology

This is the way of the future.
It is also useful for screening alpacas, as he explains in the video, this test takes the enviromental aspect out of the results, giving us the true picture of the quality that will be passed on to following generations.
i have also done a very technical website on git, if you want to look at it fiurther.
All technology is a tool that us breeders can now use to help make better breeding dicisions.
Ialthough i have put this up previously i hope you enjoy it again.

GIFT.. to make this an Industry to be proud of, we all ned to have as much knowledge as we can get

aAlong Fibre variation.
Paul Valleley, producer of GIFT, Genetic Improvement Technology, tells alpaca breeders why they should be looking to do a GIFT test, and why it is so different to a normal histogram.
The gift technology is the latest tool for alpaca breeders to use to assist them in breeing selection, and dicisions.
We must all be profitable in Alpaca breeding, and the only way to be profitable, is to produce the best and most sought after fleece.
But more importantly, just doing a mid side sample is not enough.
Paul explains this a little in this video, and the Pt 2.
I am an amateur as far as videos go and i did not know how to join the two lots up, so i appolagise for any inconvenience.
To make the right breeding decisions, you must have an idea what you are breeding for.
The secret to successful alpaca breeding is to breed to what the marketplace wants.
What does the marketplace want-Ultrafine and superfine, white and lt fawn especially, with little variance across the body, across the staple, and along the fibre.
Listen to paul, and go to my other GIFT blogs, to heat more about this fantastic technology

patellas

Every alpaca has to be screened if they are going to certain countries, and some screening protocols insist on checking the patellas, in this video you can see why and how when slightly pushed aside the patella stays there, and if it is really bad it will actually lock the leg, and the alpaca, or any other animal cannotstraighten the leg without assistance, that is if it locks together.
A normal one, will go back instantly by itself.
This process of checking for the patellas, is totally painless, and the vet does not push hard, just a gentle nudge and it should go back.
This check will not break any patellas either.

alpacas are the best pets

jessie is teething

And so is his mum... her wisdom teeth are coming through, so she can syympathise with him.

There was one Photo of Dad down the Antarctic, my sister gave me a copy

As i said one of their scientific activities was to count the penguins in the rookeries, (literally thousands in each rookery), can you imagine trying to count how many of these there were.
The penguins he is patting is the adelie penguins, which are the smallest penguins in Antarctica, the largets of all are the Emperor Penguins, a very magestic penguin standing just under 5 ft tall.
What a fanscinating bird, and how they will look after their chick between their feet, ech partner will take in turns to go and fetch feed for each other and when the chicks hatch for them , and both take on the parent roll equally.
In a blizzard, or white out, they all stand there together.
I did read that the finest fibre in the world was on the penguin, and they had extremely high density which is needed to keep to cold out and keep them water proof.
I hope you like the picture.