I am often asked which alpacas are the best value. The answer is simple;
very pregnant females, the more pregnant the better. My dad and I built our herd by selecting
very pregnant females beginning in 1984. Dad taught me how to "palpate" (aka balotting) females to determine how far along they were in their pregnancy. In those days no one was ultrasounding females but you could feel the body parts in a later term pregnancy. I would stand behind the dam and rub her belly, if I felt a body part we knew the female was due in less than 60 days.
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