Diomedes' VANORA of Stirling Ridge12 yrs:19.8 micron, CF 97.7% ZOW Diomedes' VANORA of Stirling RidgeHuacayaFemaleWhite AOA# DOB: 9/19/200813 yrs Vanora was bred to Grazing Hills Bradford and birthed a gorgeous girl on 6/17/2020 named Kaeleigh. They both have amazing fleece with the super inherited quality of lingering fineness and we fully expect this cria to follow in their impressive steps. This is such a beautiful cria, we rebred Vanora to Bradford for a 2021 cria born 8/11/2021. It's a boy! A dandy beautiful boy!
Vanora's 2020 histogram is now posted—super nice! Click on "histogram" for the full report. She has consistently been one of our heaviest fleece weights while being one of our lowest micron. That is a combo we want to keep and reproduce! Lingering fineness.
[Remember this gal is 12 years old!] EPD report for ... |
Grazing Hills Bradford17.9 micron at 10 yrs, CF 99.6%! Grazing Hills BradfordHuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn ARI# AOA# 32173253 DOB: 6/26/201011 yrs We are EXTREMELY happy to have acquired BRADFORD from Grazing Hills Alpacas!
Bradford is the half brother of our dearly departed Dirk. Both are sons of Accoyo-America DIOMEDES who is now deceased. Diomedes has imprinted his handsome head and his amazing fleece characteristics to these sons of his and for that reason we jumped at the chance to have another Diomedes boy on the farm!
Bradford x Vanora = Kaeleigh: our first Bradford baby born on the farm June 2020. She's a beaut!
Kaeliegh turned out so pretty we rebred Vanora to Bradford . . . and Kenzie . . . and Muireall . . . and Khloë!
We are now expecting FOUR Bradford cria! That's how nice we think he is.
Bradford has a beauti... |
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Rubio's RHIANNON of Stirling Ridge Will be BRED to Bradford soon! Rubio's RHIANNON of Stirling RidgeHuacayaFemaleWhite AOA# DOB: 6/1/200912 yrs Here's one pretty, easy keeping little lady with a fleece that's SO USEABLE!
Here's what her 2020 EPD shows she is likely to give her cria:
Ranked 60% for AFD, value —.083, a lower AFD than breed average
Ranked 43% for SDAFD, value —.107, a more uniform fleece than average
Ranked 51% for Spin Fineness, value —.23, a finer SF than average
Ranked 27% for %F>30, value —3.409, a lesser micron >30 than average
Ranked 32% for Mean Curvature, value +1.083, more curve than average
SDMC, value +0.26: more uniformity to curve than average
Ranked 28.7% for %M, value —1.336, less medullation than average
Ranked 90.4% for Mean Staple Length, value -2.68, less staple length tha... |
Grazing Hills Bradford17.9 micron at 10 yrs, CF 99.6%! Grazing Hills BradfordHuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn ARI# AOA# 32173253 DOB: 6/26/201011 yrs We are EXTREMELY happy to have acquired BRADFORD from Grazing Hills Alpacas!
Bradford is the half brother of our dearly departed Dirk. Both are sons of Accoyo-America DIOMEDES who is now deceased. Diomedes has imprinted his handsome head and his amazing fleece characteristics to these sons of his and for that reason we jumped at the chance to have another Diomedes boy on the farm!
Bradford x Vanora = Kaeleigh: our first Bradford baby born on the farm June 2020. She's a beaut!
Kaeliegh turned out so pretty we rebred Vanora to Bradford . . . and Kenzie . . . and Muireall . . . and Khloë!
We are now expecting FOUR Bradford cria! That's how nice we think he is.
Bradford has a beauti... |
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Stirling Ridge KENZIE15 yrs old: 22 micron 95% CF! Stirling Ridge KENZIEHuacayaFemale (bred)White AOA# DOB: 6/2/200516 yrs We have bred Kenzie to Bradford and she is due in early Sept 2020. She has produced two of our best boys from Diomedes' breedings. Diomedes is deceased and our two Diomedes boys are also in alpaca heaven. Bradford is a Diomedes son with a 17 micron fleece at 10 years, so we are hoping for a beautiful cria, and with color.
2020 EPD RESULTS (at 15 years):
Ranked 62% for AFD, value —.043 meaning her cria should have a finer fleece than breed average
TOP 26% SDAFD, value —.217, her cria should have a more uniform fleece than breed average
Ranked 48% for Spin Fineness, value —.289, her cria should have a lower SF than breed average
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Grazing Hills Bradford17.9 micron at 10 yrs, CF 99.6%! Grazing Hills BradfordHuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn ARI# AOA# 32173253 DOB: 6/26/201011 yrs We are EXTREMELY happy to have acquired BRADFORD from Grazing Hills Alpacas!
Bradford is the half brother of our dearly departed Dirk. Both are sons of Accoyo-America DIOMEDES who is now deceased. Diomedes has imprinted his handsome head and his amazing fleece characteristics to these sons of his and for that reason we jumped at the chance to have another Diomedes boy on the farm!
Bradford x Vanora = Kaeleigh: our first Bradford baby born on the farm June 2020. She's a beaut!
Kaeliegh turned out so pretty we rebred Vanora to Bradford . . . and Kenzie . . . and Muireall . . . and Khloë!
We are now expecting FOUR Bradford cria! That's how nice we think he is.
Bradford has a beauti... |
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Stirling Ridge VALORIEHeavenly APRICOT 17 micron fleece Stirling Ridge VALORIEHuacayaFemale (bred)Beige AOA# DOB: 7/27/20165 yrs Valorie is now bred to Bradford for a May 2022 cria. Can't wait to see what this combo brings!
Valorie has our best alpaca, Vanora, as her mama and the beautiful bay black Grazing Hills Ephraim as her sire. She was bred to gorgeous Grazing Hills Hezekiah and had her first cria on 6/20/2020! We've been wanting a Hezekiah breeding for several years, to get those Running Late genetics on the farm--this has produced a gorgeous light fawn female, Joeleigh. Valorie is a very good mama, super laid back and calm.
Between her dam and sire, look at the genetics behind this female: Pperuvian Leon, Peruvian Hemingway, PPPeruvian Augusto, 4Peruvian Starr Khan, PPPeruvian Cahuide, Sunny Mesa's Tusca... |
Grazing Hills Bradford17.9 micron at 10 yrs, CF 99.6%! Grazing Hills BradfordHuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn ARI# AOA# 32173253 DOB: 6/26/201011 yrs We are EXTREMELY happy to have acquired BRADFORD from Grazing Hills Alpacas!
Bradford is the half brother of our dearly departed Dirk. Both are sons of Accoyo-America DIOMEDES who is now deceased. Diomedes has imprinted his handsome head and his amazing fleece characteristics to these sons of his and for that reason we jumped at the chance to have another Diomedes boy on the farm!
Bradford x Vanora = Kaeleigh: our first Bradford baby born on the farm June 2020. She's a beaut!
Kaeliegh turned out so pretty we rebred Vanora to Bradford . . . and Kenzie . . . and Muireall . . . and Khloë!
We are now expecting FOUR Bradford cria! That's how nice we think he is.
Bradford has a beauti... |
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KHLOË of STIRLING RIDGEOUR FIRST SNOWMASS BABY! KHLOË of STIRLING RIDGEHuacayaFemale (bred)White AOA# DOB: 6/21/20165 yrs Khloë is now bred to Bradford for a May 2021 cria, her first! We are looking forward to seeing what these two can produce: he's got fineness and she's got length. Their EPD projects very nice cria characteristics!
See her 2020 histogram! So NICE, so FINE, so LONG!
Please notice Khloë's 3rd year histogram is even better than her second year! We are EXCITED to have our first Snowmass kid and she is growing into a lovely young lady, ready to be bred! Khloë's sire is Snowmass Snow Legend who has quite a remarkable background. Khloë's dam is our own Muireall, a beautiful medium brown girl with lots of Acero Marka genetics.
Khloë is named after our first granddaughter, Chloë. We initially... |
Grazing Hills Bradford17.9 micron at 10 yrs, CF 99.6%! Grazing Hills BradfordHuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn ARI# AOA# 32173253 DOB: 6/26/201011 yrs We are EXTREMELY happy to have acquired BRADFORD from Grazing Hills Alpacas!
Bradford is the half brother of our dearly departed Dirk. Both are sons of Accoyo-America DIOMEDES who is now deceased. Diomedes has imprinted his handsome head and his amazing fleece characteristics to these sons of his and for that reason we jumped at the chance to have another Diomedes boy on the farm!
Bradford x Vanora = Kaeleigh: our first Bradford baby born on the farm June 2020. She's a beaut!
Kaeliegh turned out so pretty we rebred Vanora to Bradford . . . and Kenzie . . . and Muireall . . . and Khloë!
We are now expecting FOUR Bradford cria! That's how nice we think he is.
Bradford has a beauti... |
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FINNEANA of Stirling RidgeAt 11 YRS: 19.7 micron, CF 97.5%! FINNEANA of Stirling RidgeHuacayaFemale (bred)Light Fawn AOA# DOB: 9/5/200912 yrs Finn has been bred to Sweet Pines Midas, a true black sire, for a 2022 cria. We are waiting to see if it takes and hoping so! He may bring out the grey in her, especially with her grey patterning. And he should add to her staple length and fleece weight, where she lacks. Sounds like a great match to me!
Her 2020 histogram is in--see in sidebar. Blowing us away with her fineness at her age.
2020 histogram and EPD results are beautiful (again)!
TOP 15.02% in AFD, value —1.136: her cria will likely have a finer fleece
TOP 20% in SDAFD, value —0.263: her cria will likely have ... |
SWEET PINES MIDASEverything he touches...... SWEET PINES MIDASHuacayaHerdsire (Male)True Black ARI# AOA# 30723283 DOB: 7/7/20165 yrs
2021 Histogram
AFD: 27.7
SD: 5.2
CV: 18.7
2017 Histogram
AFD; 18.0
SD: 3.3
CV: 18.2
%>30: 0.6
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