Mullacott Alpacas

20/06/2026

Choosing which cria get to stay.

19/06/2026

How do I decide which cria will be staying?

18/06/2026

Cria, Cria and Cria!

17/06/2026

Herd wide zinc, B12 and cobalt deficiency, despite high zinc mineral feed (Camelibra) and oral mineral drench (Osmonds zinc, cobalt, B12 & selenium). We’ve tested alpacas from pregnant, males, growing, older, skin issue, no skin issue etc. all very low zinc. On 12 month old at 0.0. Not genetic, not lack of supplementation, not gut damage (eg parasite issue). We’re baffled. Any suggestions on cause?

16/06/2026

Two pregnant mums left to birth. A big smile under the belly means pregnant!

15/06/2026

The Annus Horribilis goes on. Luckily I am an optimist. Soon things will be better. By the way I mean the cria had been dead at least a few hours, probably not as much as two days.

15/06/2026

Some of my photos from the last couple of weeks.

15/06/2026

14/06/2026

BTB voluntary test results are in. We have to re-test two. I hope they test ok next time.

13/06/2026

Bullseye’s first cria is here and we had to use an umbilical cord clip (1st time in 30 years). Perdy is the mum and he’s called Spots.