Alpacas Alpaca Birthing Stage One Stage One |
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Labor usually begins in the morning. There is some evidence that the chance of serious dystocias increases with late afternoon, evening or night time births.
9:30 AM - Rainsong has made several trips to the dung pile without producing anything. She looks uncomfortable and is doing a lot of standing up and laying down. These are pretty good signs that a birth is imminent! |
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"The women had turned their black alpaca and cashmere skirts inside out, tucking the edgesabout their stout hips; beneath the wide vivid circles of the drippingumbrellas these brilliantly colored under-petticoats showed a liberal revelation of scarlet hose and thick ankles sunk in the freshlypolished black sabots..." In and Out of Three Normady Inns |
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