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Moon Dancing
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Macho

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Alpaca Marketing Myths - 2006/10/25 02:12 Myth #1
Contrary to ARI registered statistics ratios ,alpacas produce boys to girls at a ratio of approx 50/50. The newest myth is being passed using ARI ratios to market alpacas as producing 70% girls to 30% boys. The truth is more and more males are not being registered. They are still being born 50/50.

Myth # 2

Suri's are not 5% or 10% of the National Registered herd but more like 18%+.

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Gateway Farm
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Re:Alpaca Marketing Myths - 2006/11/17 17:33 Now that is one that I hadn't seen. Alpacas have more girls than boys, huh?

I am thinking that we need to move towards a system, similar to ohter registries, where the stud owner needs to submit an annual report of all breedings performed. Seems to me that this would eliminate a lot of problems. It would no longer be possible to sweep the garbage under the rug. John Merrell
Gateway Farm Alpacas
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Pannonia
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Tui

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Re:Alpaca Marketing Myths - 2007/02/21 02:05 I think it's more like that people just don't want to get the extra expenese if that particular boy does not qualify as stud.
I did suggested to ARI if we could update our own records FOR FREE if a male got castrated or an animal died for example. It would help a lot in our stud search to see what they produce.

ARI's new software update should be completed this Spring when we will see some hopefully positive changes.

Susan Szabo
Pannonia Alpacas
Grants Pass, OR
http://PannoniaAlpacas.com

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