Chas has been doing a preliminary analysis of our latest fibre results and they looking quite good with 30% of the animals at 18 micron or under and 40% at 20 micron or under so the males are having some effect. It is heartening to see that a lot of the older girls are staying fine too. It is a lovely afternoon but I have been stuck in the office writing things for the magazine as it is all go now with this issue due up at the printers on October 6. Jeff, the designer, has finally dug his way out of the endless tunnel that is The Blundellian, a very, very fat year book for Blundell’s School in Tiverton. It has about a million photos in it and takes a long time to produce.
The six surviving chicks are doing well and have a few proper feathers emerging from the fluff. We have to lower the heat by five degrees tomorrow as they will be a week old. I have been bidding on Ebay for some ‘pedigree’ hatching eggs as opposed to my mongrels and I have succeeded in buying six Araucana eggs but was seriously outbid on the Legbars which went for £19.50 plus postage – phew. The next lot will go into the incubator at the weekend. We can’t put them in any earlier or they will hatch when we are stood up on a UK Alpaca tradestand at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace.
Sue –
Just a tip about your eggs being sent in the post, leave them to stand in the room where your incubator is for at least 24 hours. Dont be disappointed if they dont hatch, it oftens happens.