A.L. Paca’s breeding program is well refined as the result of the experience in breeding nearly 500 females over the last 13 years. Females are hand bred with the breeding closely supervised. The female is tested for ovulation and her pregnancy is monitored on a weekly basis. Extensive notes are made of the female’s behavior so that points of receptivity and behavioral changes are well documented for future reference.
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Color Doppler Ultrasound showing blood flow within the heart of a 62 day old baby. |
Before a female leaves her breeding program, we make certain she is pregnant and the fetus is alive. We have invested in a color Doppler ultrasound machine, a very sophisticated device which images blood flowing within the fetal heart.
The Internet has even been made a unique part of our AlpacaPlus® breeding program! A customer accessible web page is created for every alpaca brought to the farm. The web pages are updated daily. Crias accompanying their mother’s to the farm are weighed daily and their weight and medical records are posted to the Internet. Owner’s can see exactly what is going on and what is planned, without being forced to pick up the phone. Many have stated it’s the next best thing to still being with their alpacas.
The cost of breeding to an A.L. Paca's herdsire has been and continues to remain most reasonable. The farm’s very popular breeding packages enable breedings to be acquired for non-restricted herdsires at extremely reasonable rates; as low as $1,000 per breeding. No board is charged for mother or cria while they are in the breeding program - no handling fees either. A 30-day live birth guarantee, which is believed to be one of the longest, tops off the A.L. Paca’s AlpacaPlus® breeding program.
