They Grow So Fast
Edited to add more pictures
We weighed all the girls today. As expected, the adults are running a little heavy. We know about that and we've been working on it. Chloe isn't as much heavy as we expected – thank you Cailin for nursing so much – and the other adults are only about ten pounds heavier than where we want them to be. Ten pounds heading into winter isn't that big a deal.
Theresa wrote:
Wow! Cailin is so big already. Such a beautiful collection of ladies.
Young alpacas grow very fast. We look for ¼ to ½ pound per day weight gain, and often see almost a pound per day among young cria. Another measure of cria health is doubling birth weight in their first thirty days. Cailin was 21 pounds when she was born on June 1, 2006. This morning, she is 71.8 pounds.
Cailin at six days old on June 6, 2006 (from the June 9, 2006 entry).
Cailin from the October 1, 2006 entry.
And this picture taken today shows that Cailin is both large and small at the same time.
Morghan and Emma are also growing rapidly. Morghan weighed 18.8 pounds at birth on September 8. Today she weighed in at 36.8 pounds. Emma weighed 15.4 pounds at birth on September 11 and she's now 27.0 pounds.
I've told a lot of people that cria are never cuter than when they're three days old. By three days, they've dried out and recovered from the stress of birth. They often lose a pound in the first day after birth, so at day three, they're essentially back to birth weight and as small as they'll ever be.
Sure, month-old cria are still very cute. Some of their antics are actually cuter because of the vigor and energy. It's just that they get so big so fast.
ps. In June of 2005, this blog introduced Anna to the world at around 21 pounds.
Anna on July 2, 2005
Today Anna is 151.6 pounds.
We weighed all the girls today. As expected, the adults are running a little heavy. We know about that and we've been working on it. Chloe isn't as much heavy as we expected – thank you Cailin for nursing so much – and the other adults are only about ten pounds heavier than where we want them to be. Ten pounds heading into winter isn't that big a deal.
Theresa wrote:
Wow! Cailin is so big already. Such a beautiful collection of ladies.
Young alpacas grow very fast. We look for ¼ to ½ pound per day weight gain, and often see almost a pound per day among young cria. Another measure of cria health is doubling birth weight in their first thirty days. Cailin was 21 pounds when she was born on June 1, 2006. This morning, she is 71.8 pounds.
Cailin at six days old on June 6, 2006 (from the June 9, 2006 entry).
Cailin from the October 1, 2006 entry.
And this picture taken today shows that Cailin is both large and small at the same time.
Morghan and Emma are also growing rapidly. Morghan weighed 18.8 pounds at birth on September 8. Today she weighed in at 36.8 pounds. Emma weighed 15.4 pounds at birth on September 11 and she's now 27.0 pounds.
I've told a lot of people that cria are never cuter than when they're three days old. By three days, they've dried out and recovered from the stress of birth. They often lose a pound in the first day after birth, so at day three, they're essentially back to birth weight and as small as they'll ever be.
Sure, month-old cria are still very cute. Some of their antics are actually cuter because of the vigor and energy. It's just that they get so big so fast.
ps. In June of 2005, this blog introduced Anna to the world at around 21 pounds.
Anna on July 2, 2005
Today Anna is 151.6 pounds.
posted by Upper Alpacas | 1:14 PM
1 Comments:
How very interesting. I guess when you're normally born in the chilly Andes you need to get reasonably big and fuzzy fast.
Cailin has such a lovely face and coat. It must be a real pleasure watching her and the other girls grow up. And I can't help but believe that she's going to make something truly beautiful to spin up.
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