The story of this spectacular young Herdsire has its origins in our original partnership with Don & Julie Skinner on the North American Alpaca Stud. You see part of that deal in the summer of 2002 was the acquisition of 70 +/- females, many of them older imports that Julie had selected herself in Peru….
This post was supposed to go up yesterday but I was mired in Photoshopland (making up placards for the NEAA fleece display boxes), a place to which I shall be returning shortly. Anyway… Over the years it has sometimes been a struggle to present a good range of genetic diversity for us at the Elite,…
The summer of 2010 was the birthing season when we found out what one our newest and shiniest alpaca toys was capable of producing! MFI Peruvian Precocious came to us in 2009 with all sorts of promise—not least of which was the fact that in addition to his general yumminess, he was unrelated to 95%…
So the last time we sold a male of this quality and color profile was at the National Elite in 2008 when CCNF Silver Vector went on the block. The reality is that we don’t have enough unrelated and dark colored females to make proper use of a Herdsire like Cacao within our breeding program….
Random thoughts that percolated while driving home last night from the Empire Extravaganza… 1. Many thanks to all the amazing folks who made this past weekend possible. Empire Board members, volunteer gate keepers and ring stewards, and of course one super efficient (and yes, justifiably testy) show super: Melissa Young-Crozet. We worship the ground she walks…
Some times the question of who an animal is is just as important as the “what.” We have three females left to birth out this year and one of those is Requiem’s 15 year old dam, Cangalli, who all things being equal will be rebred again before the snow flies. That just might mean something……
