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We
have some older (and younger) female alpacas
that we would like to find
good homes for. They are non breeding females
or females that should not be bred for
different reasons. They are all healthy
and because they are not pregnant are easy
to handle. They are offered free to
approved homes only. Their health and well
being is of the utmost importance to us
- they will need to be shorn yearly and
have their worming injections 3-4 times
a year. Being on 10 acres we are running
out of room - so if you have the land and
would be interested in giving our girls
a home please contact us.
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We
have just sent away 10kg of our best fleeces
to be made up into skeins of 8ply knitting
yarn. We have created a mix so there will
be two colours available - one should be
a cream and the other we are not exactly
sure on how it will turn out although it
should be a very light brown or medium
fawn colour. We will hopefully have it
available at the end of March or beginning
of April - it sells quickly so
if you would like some luxurious alpaca
wool contact us and we'll let you know
when it arrives to you can have a look
at it.
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| Our
new stud male - Encantador Ring Master |
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We
have a new stud male to join our stable of
working males - Ring Master is sired by the
2003 National Supreme Champion - Blue Grass
Centurian, who is also a multiple Supreme
champion winner in animal AND fleece
classes.
Ring
Master's
dam and dam's family have produced show winners
that have held their micron throughout their
years - a testament that Ring Master's super-fine
fleece which displays pencil stapling with
a well defined high-amplitude crimp, will
keep his fineness. He is medium fawn - or
if you like, a honey colour - he will be
working for us early in 2010. Ring Master brings another range of
fabulous genetics to infuse into our herd
including Jolimont Warrior, Jolimont Conquistador,
Purrumbete Vanilla and Windsong Valley Royal
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| Congratulations
to new partners |
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We
would like to congratulate our new partners
- Coolaroo Alpaca Stud and Signature Alpacas
- for the purchase of shares in our champion
sire Regal House Mr. Darcy - proof obviously
IS in the progeny with both studs having
Darcy progeny on the ground and being so
impressed they wanted to be able to utilise
him more. I'm sure Darcy won't mind!
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Shearing
is completed and just in time! Very hot weather
for the week after shearing and they have
had time to get used to being without "clothes"
to cope with the cool snap!
We are extremely happy with the fleeces that have
come off our herd this year with the younger progeny
exhibiting some fabulous fleeces with excellent
crimp style, density and fineness. We
offer raw fleece for sale - watch our products
for sale space - details coming shortly.
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Alicia
has been extremely busy in 2009 and 2010
running steward courses around the countryside
on behalf of the AAA Ltd. She is in high
demand in all states with all regions having
very eager participants - so there should
be a lot more qualified stewards and convenors
out there now. |
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Darcy's
progeny continue their success in the show
ring during the show season in 2009. There
are far too many accolades to put in this space
- suffice to say we are very happy to see
his progeny out there and congratulate everyone
with their success. |
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| To
minimize the stress for our alpacas (and ourselves!)
we do not mate or have births throughout the
hot summer months where our temperatures can
easily reach 40°C and above. As alpacas do
not have a "season" as such and they
can be mated at any time of the year, this is
a husbandry decision for Regal House Alpacas
to ensure we have strong healthy crias with minimal
impact on their dams. |
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