ʻO Alpaca Kūʻai ma ka Homestead

Ka hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻana i ka Alpacas no ko lākouʻulu nani

Ua loaʻa wikiwikiʻiaʻo Alpacas e like me ka holoholona hulu manu a ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa o keʻano o kahiʻoihana mahiʻai. Ma waena o ko lākou mau kiʻi kiʻi maka, nā momona a me keʻano haʻahaʻa, he aha ke alohaʻole i nā alpacas?

ʻOiai,ʻaʻole lākou iʻike houʻia heʻano kūpono ma nā hale noho,ʻo ka'āinaʻo Alpaca maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia i kona wā'ōpiopio wale nō i hoʻokomoʻia i ka US i ka makahiki 1984.

ʻOiaiʻo kaʻoihana pāʻani alpacaʻaʻoleʻoihana waiwai-ʻoi aku ka waiwai,ʻo kaʻoihana o kaʻoihana o ka wā e hiki mai ana a uaʻikeʻia e like me ka pupule.

ʻO ka uku o ka mahiʻai alpacaʻelua. ʻO ka mea mua e mālamaʻia ma ke kālepaʻana i ka hua o ka alpaca (cria) i nā mea mahiʻai'ē aʻe. ʻO ka lua, heʻaʻahuʻulaʻula o ka alpaca i loaʻa i nā meaʻulu huluhulu e uku ana me ka nani no ka'ōwili nani a me ka maikaʻi.

ʻO nā hana likeʻole e like me ka Alpaca Fiber Cooperative o Amerika Akau (AFCNA) ke hana ikaika nei e loaʻa i nāʻoihana laulima nui ma ka US e komo ana i loko o ka hoʻoponopono i nā i loko o kahi nui pāʻoihana. I kēia manawa,ʻo kaʻoihana kanu ka mea e hoʻomau i ka māhele mua no ka'ōpū alpaca.

Kūleʻa ka poʻe mahiʻai Alpaca i kā lākou holoholona a hikiʻole ke'ōlelo nui i keʻano o ka maʻalahi no ka mālamaʻana i kēia mau mea māmā. He palekana lākou,ʻaʻohe odorless, heʻano mahalo, he likeʻole ka nui, a he mau mea mālama maʻalahi. ʻO ia mauʻano me ka hiki iā ia ke mālama i nāʻumi i kaʻeka ke kūpono loa iā lākou no ka hale.

ʻO Alpacas kahi holoholona holoholona

ʻO Alpacas kekahiʻano maʻalahi a me nā holoholonaʻoluʻolu, e maʻalahi ana iā lākou ke mālama a me ka hauʻoli no nā keiki e noho ana. E maʻalahi a maʻaʻole lākou i nā mea a pau - pono. ʻAʻohe o ka hoʻohanaʻana i ke kuʻiʻana i nā kānaka. ʻO ka mokuahi ma waena o nā alpacas e hakakā ana i kaʻai a iʻole e hoʻokumu i ka hoʻonohonoho pipi ma waena o lākou iho.

ʻO ke keʻokeʻo nui

'Oluhi Alpaca he palupalu e like me ka cashmere (ʻoi aku ka māmā) a kiʻekiʻe i ka koiʻia e nā lima liʻiliʻi lima. ʻO ia kekahi o nā momona māmā a maikaʻi loa ma mua o ka hulu hipa. Hoʻolāʻau ka poʻe ulaʻula i kaʻikeʻole i loko o ka'ōpū alpaca i loko o ka lanolin (kahi kaomi maoli). No laila,ʻaʻole e holoiʻia ka huluhulu alpaca i nā manawa he nui no ka laweʻana i kaʻaila ma mua o ka'ō'ōʻana e like me ka hulu manu.

ʻO nā Alpaca-Raising Perks

He Alpaca a Llama paha ia?

No ka poʻe i hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻoleʻia, he paʻakikī ke haʻi aku i kēia mau kāmelo oʻAmelika Hema. Aia kekahi mau mea nui ma waena o ka 'alpacas a me ko lākou mau mākua kūpono,ʻo ka llama.

ʻO nā mea heluhelu, nā alpacas e pili ana i kahi 100-150 paona. ʻOiai ke kaumaha o ka llamas mai kēlā me kēia wahi mai 200-350 aʻoi aku paona -ʻoi pālua i ka nui o ka alpacas.

Ma mua o ka kūʻaiʻana i nā'alekika

Ma mua o ka hoʻoholoʻana he pono ia i kāuʻohana a me kouʻohana, e hele i ka Alpaca Owners Association no ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea hou e pili ana i ka mālamaʻana i nā'āpana alpacas ma kou mau home.

A laila e huli i nā mea mahi'āina alpaca ma kou wahi a hoʻonohonoho e hana i kahi mākaʻi mahi. Hiki i nā lālā hana alpacas ke kōkua iāʻoe e hōʻoia i kahi papahana hoʻopōmaikaʻi a hoʻonohonoho i kahi papa hana mua ma mua o ka leleʻana i loko o kēia huluhulu.