Cria Care Articles
1: Cria – Surviving the First Few Days
Bringing a sick or weak cria through those first few days is clearly nerve-racking. Success though is something that often results from being well prepared. Haydn and Jeffry Farman from Flowerdale Estate Alpacas, in Australia, have found this out from experience.
2: Weaning
Where, I keep asking myself did this year go? A few smart Alecs in the office are bound to say that I spent half of it in Africa. I did come back though and it's now time for some of our first cria of 1999 to be weaned. I may have missed out on their births but have managed to drag myself out of a warm office to introduce myself to a few who recently parted from their mothers in a different fashion.
3: CRIA Scoring System
All breeders eagerly anticipate the birth of each alpaca cria. It is a moment in which many breeders anxiously hold their breath. Even those experienced at birthing clench their jaws in realization th
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