Hello DMAR Chane’l:
DMAR Chane’l was born at 7:12 PM on October 14th. She’s a big girl weighing in at 22 lbs (of course she had on a sweater and a cria coat at weigh in). I’m not really sure of her color yet. She will either turn into a light fawn or will be a pattern of white and light fawn. On the left side of her belly she has a very distinct brown marking. Strange as neither her dam or her sire are patterned. No matter as she is a beautiful female who is alert and strong.
DMAR Athena is the mother. I could tell all day yesterday she was acting off. I thought for sure she would have the cria mid day, but the hours kept ticking by. By dinner time I knew she really wasn’t ok when she didn’t show up to the feeder. Although she graciously ate the grain from the bin I was holding for her.
When Tommy got home I told him about the way Athena was acting. This was like a deja vu with Shasta. I told him to be prepared for another night birth. Sure enough about 15 minutes later I was calling for him. I heard Athena get up and looked at the spot she had been laying and it was wet. Her water had broken. Another half hour went by and then Athena was actively pushing. Now I know you probably have heard that alpacas have their crias while standing, but Athena decided that she wasn’t going to listen and literally had hers laying down. There was no complications and within 12 minutes of the nose appearing I announced it was a girl.
Tom went to work on drying off the cria with a hair dryer while I wiped vigorously with a towel. We weren’t going to let this cria get hypothermia like our last cria, Remington. After she was dry on went the sweater and cria coat. Chane’l was happy to be able to let loose and it took her no time to get to her feet. We got her over by mom and the nursing began. She is definitely a beauty.
This is DMAR Athena’s second cria. She is a great mom and has plenty of milk. Athena is very attentive towards her cria. Athena is a 2x blue ribbon winner and 1x reserve color champion. Athena is for sale for $14,000. She comes with a free breeding to any one of DMAR fully owned herdsires. Click Here to see more information on Athena.
Sire of Chane’l is HRAZ Lock & Load. This is Lock & Load’s fourth cria to hit the ground and I have to say that each of them is beautiful. So far he is exactly 50/50 with 2 boys and 2 girls. His first offspring, DMAR Magnum, just won Reserve Color Champion at his very first show. Lock & Load is available for breeding. Click Here to view more information on Lock & Load.
