Saturday, September 6, 2008

Three Babies in One Day!!

Yes, we had three, count 'em, three, babies in one two hour period today. I got home from town, looked out in the pen and yelled, "We have a baby out there! No,....wait, we have two babies!! Oh my gosh!.....we have three babies!!! All of them were still wet, two were up, one couldn't have been more than 15 minutes old and all the after births were accounted for on the ground.

So here they are! The black is a little male out of our Timothy and Zayne. The big brown one is a boy as well out of Zion and our Taliesin. The little rose gray with the white face is a female out of Miss Rose and Black Knight. The first two are out of completely home bred and home grown stock. Miss Rose and Black Knight have produced three gray females in a row now. This little one has an umbilical hernia so she's wearing a belly band.














And then there's our little Rowdy. Sadly, he lost his mama to a perforated bowel last week. She was such a sweet girl and gave us such a sweet little baby. He's our bottle baby now at the tender age of 2 months, and has just gotten over the shock of losing his mama. He's attached himself to a young maiden of ours, Zakaree, and they're quite the pair. He's an awfully good boy, very vocal and a little confused about all these babies. Today, he thinks Miss Rose is his mama, so he's been tossed into a separate pen for now. Rose's baby needs to get all the colostrum she can get and Rowdy will only deplete the supply. Rose would have taken him, too, if we hadn't interfered. She has some mental challenges and would have abandon her baby in favor of Rowdy.

We have one more female to deliver, our silver gray Eliana, and she's due any day now, if our timing is right. Oh, I just love babies!!

9 comments:

Kathleen said...

Yeay! All those babies are gorgeous! Rowdy looks fabulous, too. A bottle baby, hmm? I sense a gentle young man in the making. And WOW! A third rose gray girl for Rose and BK! Isn't that some kind of record?

Wooly Works said...

Yes, it's a record! What a great record, too. In the world of livestock, females totally rule and are worth lots more than most males. In the world of alpacas, gray and rose gray are the rarest colors, so this baby is awesome. I think I'd be a fool to breed Rose to anyone else. It's funny, though, she just hates Black Knight. It's a good thing her instincts carry the day with him, at least once a year.

toady said...

More adorable babies - just so pretty. I've taken up my knitting needles again, must be this foul weather. I've managed a couple of teddies. Just lurve that gnome.

Faith said...

Wish I was at yours today, they are all so so sweet.

Elizabethd said...

Please ship one to France, immediately!

marit said...

Oooohhh, they're so cute! I love the look on their faces. I know nothing about alpacas, so it's really fun to follow yours!

Cait O'Connor said...

Aaaah, they are lovely. I love all babies too, whatever the species (except perhaps slugs!).

Debra in France said...

Hi Wooly, congratulations!! They must be really happy alpacas to be breeding so well - not that I know a thing about them!! It is great to read about them on your blog, and see them grow up. Can you ship another one to France please?! Misty would just love it. :-)

Crazy Lady with purple fingers said...

Thanks for visiting my blog, yes it is a Patrick Green carder and I love it, all I want to do is card fibre!! So love your baby Alpaca pictures.