— The Openherd Team
Certificate
Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | Medium Rose Grey
Avatar has wonderful crimpy, dense, and fine fleece, but what truly separates him from the other outstanding herd sires is his phenomenal handle - due to both exceptional uniformity and bright low scale fibers.Cameron Holt, AOBA Senior Judge Trainer and world wide fiber expert, gave the following scores to Avatar's fleece:Fineness: 15 out of 15 ; Handle: 5 out of 5 ; Uniformity of micron: 7 out of 8 ; Crimp: 8.5 out of 10 ; Density: 3 out of 5 ; Brightness: 8 out of 10 ; Lack of medullation: 8 out of 10.His daughter Delphi's Lailah won Color Champion Grey Female Fleece at the 2012 Nationals. His son Delphi's Rama won a Blue Ribbon at the 2012 National Fleece Show, and brown Color Champion at the Tenessee Waltz Fleece Show. These two helped Delphi win the 2012 Classic Cup for fleece at the 2012 Nationals.Histograms:7-1-02 = AFD 18.7 / SD 3.4 / CV 18.0 / 0.7% >306-11-03 = AFD 20.9 / SD 3.4 / CV 16.3 / 1.0% >305-1-04 = AFD 21.8 / SD 4.0 / CV 18.4 / 2.2% >306-1-07 = AFD 24.5/ SD 4.4 / CV 18.0/ 8.9% >305-27-08 = AFD 22.4/ SD 4.2 / CV 18.8/ 3.4% >305-13-09 = AFD 21.9/ SD 3.9 / CV 17.8 / 2.5% > 306-9-10 = AFD 21.5 / SD 3.7 / CV17.2 / 1.7% >305
Willow Wind Farm - Westcliffe, CO
Updated 9/22/2025