KENZIE, at 10 years old, was used in our rent-a-womb program, bred to the beautiful bay black Grazing Hills Ephraim, and produced a beautiful medium fawn cria, Rosie. Thanks and congrats to David and Lauren for selecting one of our best girls! Kenzie delivered this cria in June 2016--her first baby girl and first colored cria. She has also produced Dirk and McTavish, our finest fleeced white boys.
2016 EPD RESULTS:
AFD, value —.289 meaning her cria should have a finer fleece than breed average
SDAFD, value —.307, her cria should have a more uniform fleece than breed average
Spin Fineness, value —.517, her cria should have a lower SF than breed average
%F>30, value —3.704, her cria should have less micron >30 than breed average
Mean Curvature, value 3.112, her cria should have more crimp than breed average
%Medullation, value —2.106, her cria should have less medullated fiber than breed average
Fleece Weight, value +.31, her cria should have a FW heavier than breed average
She took some dings in her staple length and birthing weight values.
Kenzie's look and fiber quality (look at her fiber stats for 2015 at TEN years!) are what we like: shorter muzzle, triangular head, great histogram and fiber qualities, nice conformation. And she has a VERY calm temperament and is easy to work with, even pregnant. She'll pick up her feet and let you look in her mouth, easily. She is a beautiful animal and about as sweet an alpaca as you'll ever find. Her kids learn that nice behavior and they are as well behaved as mama is.
First cria, Dirk, was an easy delivery; second cria McTavish delivered in 8 minutes; same with baby #3, Rosie! She's a very good mama and has plenty of milk. We love this girl because she's a beauty herself and has produced some of our best cria.
Her initial histogram as a cria was AFD 14.5 with a curve factor of 35.5. Her histogram has been holding steady with fineness and consistency even at TEN years, a GREAT quality she has passed on to her two stellar sons.
Kenzie is out of our best dam, Kupcake, and my assessment is that the daughter has now surpassed the mother. With Kenzie's sire, Onyx de Mico (bay black) and his Michaelangelo/Guellermo genetics, she is one of our top-of-the-line females.
YOU might also consider our RENT-A-WOMB plan with her for her next breeding. You choose one of the many excellent studs available locally to our farm and pay the stud fee. Or use one of our studs with her at a reduced stud fee (suggest Logan). Our girl stays here on the farm and you pay her reduced monthly "rental" fee ($80/mo) until she delivers. You get to use this beautiful female to produce the cria of your choice without the expense of buying an adult female or tending her for 11 months.