Stirling Ridge Alpacas

13 YEARS still 22 micron

DUNCAN of Stirling Ridge

ARI# 836185   D.O.B. 5/27/2002  (16 yrs)

Huacaya, Male, Proven | Dark Fawn

1/2 Peruvian, 1/2 Bolivian

Sire: Peruvian Passport 

| ARI# 131498  | White |

Caligula son. Stamps his distinctive head on his cria.

Dam: CMR Bolivian KUPCAKE 

| ARI# 804394  | Dark Fawn |

Our dear Kupcake, first girl we bought, died May 2, 2016. She was a beautiful girl and it won't seem the same on the farm without this old matriarch. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord! She had a good life and served us very well. We will miss her.

At 16+ years at last shearing, Kupcake has a 23 micron fleece and still is one of our heaviest shearing weights! We recommend breeding her to Snowmass Snow Legend--and her price includes a breeding to your choice of selected studs of which Snow Legend is one.

Kupcake is a favored jewel on our farm. We have two particularly lovely daughters of hers, Vanora and Kenzie, and having them is the only reason we would part with Kupcake. Kupcake was the 2000 CABA Reserve Color Champion.

This is the girl we started our farm with. She's proven herself 6X for us and is an excellent dam, producing some of the best cria in our herd. Her last daughter, Vanora, currently has a 17 micron, 98% CF in her SIXTH year!

100% Bolivian, thick boned, solid conformation, pretty head with dark points, vicuna coloring on legs and underside and heavy, crimpy fleece. She's passed her hefty shearing weights and fleece character down to her cria.

Kupcake is an excellent production female: easy to get pregnant, easy births, attentive mother with lots of milk, thriving cria with excellent weight gain and high IgG scores.


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Currently being auctioned on Openherd.com

Category:	Herdsire Breedings
Current bid:	$350
Time left:	5 days, 11 hours

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Nice boy! And in very good shape for his 15 years. Still frisky, still able to breed.

Here are his 2016 EPD results:
AFD, value —.047, likely to give cria a finer fleece
SDAFD, value +.062, likely to give cria a slightly less uniform fleece
Spin Fineness, value +.024, like to add slightly to SF
%F>30, value —3.2, likely to produce cria with less micron >30
Mean Curvature, value +.023, likely to add slightly to curve
SDMC, value +.333, likely to add to uniformity of curve
%Medullation, value +1.129, likely to add some medullation
Mean Staple Length, value +1.492, likely to add to staple length
Fleece Weight, value +.935, likely to add to fleece weight
Birth Weight, value +.247, likely to add to birth weight
Not too shabby for a 15-year-old!

If you buy Duncan, we will bring him to WSU for a breeding soundness exam and an updated health check. That is included in his price. If he doesn't check out, you don't buy, and no money will be exchanged. Or you will be given a full refund if you have paid. Promise!

Click to see a copy of the CONTRACT for a herdsire breeding. If you are interested in purchasing Duncan, click to see a STUD PURCHASE CONTRACT.

Duncan has packed nearly 12 lbs. of dense fleece on his compact frame in his earlier years. Now 13 years old, he's still shearing heavy. His histogram is very decent for his age. There's no doubt about the improvement he's made on the girls he's been bred to by putting LOTS more crimpy fleece and a very pretty head on each of his babies.

We are very pleased to say that Premier Alpacas (of Absolute and Rubio fame) has used Duncan. Their website states they have "incorporated these noteworthy bloodlines in our breeding program" of which Duncan is one. That is a huge compliment. Thank you!

Duncan's qualities in a nutshell:
CALIGULA genetics in dark fawn
Handsome head: short-muzzled, triangular
Compact at 150# and 35 inches at withers
Very proud and erect
Respectful and easy to handle
Shears HEAVY fleece weights
Improves fleece character, micron, shear weight
Early maturity (heritable trait)

His DRIVE-BY stud fee is $400. For a breeding that includes 2 months boarding and 5 ultrasounds at WSU (valued at $250) and the expertise of Dr. Tibary at WSU, with travel back and forth to WSU, add $350. We provide a large quarantine pen for your female and cria. For their protection, they are not mixed with our animals or any other visiting animals.