{"id":1920,"date":"2023-11-20T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/?page_id=1920"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:31:13","slug":"alpaka-zucht-ziele","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/alpaka-beratung\/alpaka-zucht-ziele\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpaca Breeding Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alpaca Breeding Goals<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our goal is to support the development of the quality of the European alpaca industry, and therefore we select only our best studs for this Breeding<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0resale<\/a> as mating males.<\/p>

We have a targeted breeding program, whereby we specifically select the compatible studs. We invest a lot of time and effort in finding the perfect mating companion for a dam to enable a wide range of breeding goals. There are a variety of breeding criteria that we take into account to choose the perfect covering male.<\/p>

Some of our breeding goals are as follows:<\/strong><\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Improvement of body conformation<\/th>\nImprovement of wool<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
bone density<\/td>\nfineness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chest width<\/td>\ncrimp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
head form<\/td>\ndensity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
leg conformation<\/td>\nshine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
size<\/td>\ngrowth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gait<\/td>\ngrip<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0fertility<\/td>\nalignment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Conformation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Regardless of whether you want to breed high quality alpacas or just alpacas for the hobby, the criteria for choosing the right stud male are still the same in terms of his physique.<\/p>\n

When we started breeding, the very wise and experienced breeder Janie Hicks from Australia told us: \"If the coat hanger isn't right, how can it hold its clothes?\" That is, if the body structure has imperfections, the animal cannot be expected to grow healthily to produce healthy wool.<\/p>\n

That's why we put a lot of effort into not only improving the wool of our alpacas, but also improving their conformation by choosing the right stallions that will bring about the desired improvements in the offspring.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Fiber quality<\/h2>

Die Qualit\u00e4t der Alpakafaser ist eines der wichtigsten Ziele in der Alpaka-Zucht. Entscheidend sind unter anderem die Feinheit der Faser (Mikronzahl), ihre Gleichm\u00e4\u00dfigkeit sowie die L\u00e4nge und Dichte des Vlieses. Je feiner und gleichm\u00e4\u00dfiger die Fasern sind, desto weicher und hochwertiger ist das sp\u00e4tere textile Produkt.<\/p>

Alpakas kommen zudem in zwei Fleece-Typen vor: Huacaya<\/strong> mit einer gekr\u00e4uselten, volumin\u00f6sen Faserstruktur und Suri<\/strong> mit langen, glatten und seidigen Fasern. Beide Faserarten besitzen unterschiedliche Eigenschaften und werden je nach Zuchtziel unterschiedlich bewertet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Colours<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBreeding for a specific color is challenging, with white being the dominant color. Therefore, there are no guarantees when breeding for specific colors. But with our experienced stud males, all carrying colored genetics, we have had good success breeding all colors in our herd, from white, fawn, brown, fawn, black, rose grey and silver grey.\n\n\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alpaka Zucht Ziele Unser Ziel ist die Entwicklung der Qualit\u00e4t der Europ\u00e4ischen Alpaka Industrie zu unterst\u00fctzen, und somit selektionieren wir nur unsere besten Hengste f\u00fcr die Zucht\u00a0und den\u00a0Weiterverkauf als Deckhengste. Wir f\u00fchren ein gezieltes Zuchtprogramm, wobei wir die Deckhengste spezifisch einsetzen. Wir investieren viel Zeit und M\u00fche den perfekten Deckpartner f\u00fcr eine Stute zu finden, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1926,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11045,"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1920\/revisions\/11045"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpaka-appenzell.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}