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Rose's grey sire MMALP Citation has some very unique genetics and only sired two crias before he was tragically lost in the fall of 2019. We have both of them born to our herd in 2020, one male and this female Rose. Citation's sire was Libertad's Notorious, a rose grey male that was sired by Accoyo America Libertad. Libertad only sired 5 offspring before being lost in a barn fire. He was sired by NGG Accoyo Apache II. So, that means Citation's sire Notorious was a half Accoyo grey male and there just aren't many greys with that much Accoyo genetics in them. Citation's dam WLK Adriana has great grey genetics and was a banner winner. More importantly, Adriana has been a great production female and has produced a multiple number of banner winners herself. Her sire was the great grey herdsire Silver Heat and her dam was an outstanding grey female Silver Marquis' Platinum Plus. Platinum Plus is the dam of our black male herdsire BB and was sired by another great grey herdsire named Silver Marquis of Round Hill. So, we have great Accoyo genetics combined with great grey genetics on the top half of Rose's pedigree.

Rose's dam Liberty Girl has great genetics in her pedigree, too. The unique thing is that they are a lot of the same genetics as the sire Citation, only in the opposite parents. Liberty Girl has great Peruvian silver grey genetics as her sire is WLK Silver Stone out of Peruvian Silver Heat. Liberty Girl's dam is an Accoyo America Libertad daughter. Libertad is a unique part of Liberty Girl's genetics and now a doubly (dam and sire) unique part Rose's genetics that you won't find in many other herds. Liberty Girl's pedigree goes three generations back and includes some great herdsires that are the foundation of the North American Suri alpaca herd: Ramilo, Pilgrim, Silver Bullet, Apache, and MacGyver. The bottom line is Rose is somewhat line bred for a lot of the same great grey and Accoyo genetics. She's a genetic powerhouse in those regards.

It's no wonder then that Rose is such an outstanding grey alpaca. Her phenotype has it all including great fleece coverage on her legs and an exemplary Suri head style. She is loaded with fleece and she has outstanding density. That dense fleece is lustrous and it's fine. She is so nice and we feel she's a female that could improve the grey line in our herd. So, we are keeping her as a foundation female for production.

Rose had a classic silver grey female cria on 9/14/23. The girl was sired by Klondike and she has his beautiful Suri phenotype. The fleece coverage is exceptional. The fleece has an amazing staple length and exhibits very nice luster. It has a soft and cool handle. This girl has amazing potential and has been sold.