GIFT

In dutch GIFT means "a present". But that is not what we mean.

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In May or June 2010 the AAFT (Australian Alpaca Fibre Testing) brings the OFDA2000 alpacafibre-testmachine to the Netherlands. We will be testing alpacafibre for one or two days...
What is the advantage of testing with AAFT.

1. You can watch the testing
2. More results over the total fleece (9 testpoints in GIFT)
3. You don't have to wash the fleecesamples anymore before sending it to Australia (lot of work)
4. You can get an explanation of the result from the fleece of your animals of the expert who is working with the OFDA2000
5. It gives you much information of what went well and what did go wrong in your alpacaherd in 2009/2010

Don't miss it!!!

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Show in Namur....

All muddy and rain, rain, rain. Everything was wet, wet, wet.... The fleeces were terrible and there was almost no light in the tent / marquis.
It was not what I expected of the show. Our results were very disappointing. 4 x 3rd place and 2 x second....
Leo

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Long time ago...

Never been so long offline with the blog! I had to many things to do. We have some other cria (even today - legend Devocote Jacquinto. She looks nice... She only walked on her carpi instead of her front feet.
Other thing is that I booked a ticket to visit Australia in november this year. Just for a few days to visit some alpacafriends and their farms and see how life is going at the other end of the globe!

This picture is no trick - it is how hard the sun was shining today...!

This is the last week that people can make official complain to the plans for the new Animal Hospital we are planning to build. It will be a building made out of steel (roof, walls) and glass (walls). It very beautifull to see on a picture (hope it is the same in real). We are trying to make the building CO2-neutral. By gaining earthwarmt in the winter and cooling in the summer due to earthtemperature and this machine goes on electricity that is made by suncollectors (don't know if that is the real english word for it...).

To stand at the fair was a good trigger for other alpacabreeders as well. We have 3 people who will / have done fairs with their alpacas in the last weeks / or will do it in the next few weeks. I 'll think it is a good opportunity to promote your own alpacafarm and alpacas and alpacaproducts in common... So keep up the good work (advertisements).

Hope you all do fine, see you,

Leo
www.bata4en.nl/alpaca

Countryfair Marienwaerdt Beesd Netherlands

Just to give an impression of the alpacas at the fair

Click on the link below to watch te video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cjR9A52Xzs



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We did build the stand and did some english fencing

For more details look at photos at facebook.

After a long hard day of work. We have a superstand at the fair - Heerlijkheid Marienwaerdt (Beesd)

Crushed two vans of ours today... The first accident was with our new bus (only 2500 km on it). And secondly I bumped with my Kubota into Marieke's van... SHIT!

NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 21 YEARS. NOW 2 ACCIDENTS IN 1 DAY.

Something with the figures? Just bad luck? No less sleep and to much in a hurry...!

http://www.facebook.com/ - see here more pictures...

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Agriculture fair Marienwaerdt in Beesd

From 18 - 22 august we are present at the agriculture (farm) fair Marienwaerdt in Beesd. It is really beautifull fair. We are there with the alpacas and all possible products of them...

Marieke is doing a parcours with kids and alpacas (twice a day). So could be funny...!

See you,
Leo

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We saw a comet

A girl of Comet II of Bozedown alpacas was born today.

The mother had her first cria. And she was really protective. Nice mother. Superfather. I really liked his fleece. And he has a beautifull conformation (he was supreme champion at several shows).

We had to help the cria out, because it only showed her head (without the legs). So I had to stretch them out... Then it became easy for the mother to deliver!

She was standing and drinking within 15 minutes...

Have a nice weekend,

Leo

www.bata4en.nl/alpaca

Some pictures of exceptional studs...

These are the studs "I" like the most...!
All true champions.
click on the pictures to enlarge

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The studs we used this year... Bloodlines!

The studs
a lot of Supreme Champions...



Silverstream Flashdance (2x)

Bonnac Achillies (4x)

ATA Cambridge Centurion (1x)

Bozedown Comet II (2x)

Bozedown Chicago II (1x)

Bozedown Kazzan (1x)

Classical MileEnd Paris (1x)

MileEnd Claudius (1x)

MileEnd Leon (1x)

Classical MileEnd Lysander (2x)

Classical MileEnd Tulaco Centurion (1x)

Dovecote Jacquinto of Alpaca Stud (1x female death)


Furthermore we bought some young female offspring

Bozedown Olympus daughter (1x)

Bozedown Sun King daughter (1x)

Bozedown The Captain (1x)

Dovecote Jacquinto daughters (2x)

Classical MileEnd Tulaco Centurion (1x)

Classical Ikon (1x)

Shanbrooke Toffee Crunch of MileEnd (1x)

etc.

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Hope we have a good start with these genetics...
Happy weekend,
Leo

www.bata4en.nl/alpaca

First matings and watching monkeys do their job...

At 29th of july Veerle my eldest became 11 years... She got a "triker" bike from her mom and dad! What a lot of fun. Too bad they don't have them in an larger one... (for daddy).
My eldest brother!

All the kids on a polar (ice)-bear....

Yesterdayafternoon we had our first day off since a month....! So we went with our kids and some extra, ha, ha... to the Zoo. It is the Zoo where one of my assistants worked for 10 years before she decided to come to us (our familyhouse is also a little zoo).

The kids where more interested in the playgarden then in the animals. So a lot of time for us to sit down and rest. Stayed till closingtime in the zoo (we were late 13.00 h) there... (another client/patient) who wanted help in the morning was the cause! But no worries, we just still till the END in the zoo.

When we arrived home we had some kids (friends of my eldest daughter) for a sleepingparty ... Furthermore we did the first matings with Lysander (last evening). He did well. We had to use a experienced stud to stimulate him in the first place. But he got in... (hmmm... I think that's no good English).

No other cria yet. Thought an old lady (alpaca) would deliver this moring, because she was very restless last night. But nothing to see yet...

See you later, have a nice weekend,

Leo

www.bata4en.nl/alpaca