Stirling Ridge Alpacas

13 yrs old: 22 micron 95% CF!

Stirling Ridge KENZIE

ARI# 1023398   D.O.B. 6/2/2005  (14 yrs)

Huacaya, Female, Proven | White

1/8 Peruvian, 5/8 Bolivian, 1/4 Chilean

Sire: Onyx de Mico 

| ARI# 833161  | Bay Black |

Onyx de Mico has Michaelangelo/Guellermo genetics

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.


var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21781192-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function

Service Sire: GRAZING HILLS EPHRAIM  

GRAZING HILLS EPHRAIM

A FINE DENSE stud, 16.7 on 4th shearing!

ARI# 32648096 D.O.B. 7/24/2012 Huacaya, Male, Proven Dark Brown, Bay Black 7/8 Peruvian, 1/8 Chilean

How do you say SIMPLY GORGEOUS?...we say EPHRAIM! From his incredible head to his toes, the coverage of fine, crimpy fleece will take your breath away. We had originally thought we would send a Diomedes daughter to Colorado to pair with Tuscan Gold, but somehow Athena drew that straw. The minute she delivered Ephraim we knew it had been the right choice. She has always produced dark offspring from light sires, but this shiny black cria was a beautiful surprise, and there were more to come. ...

| ARI# 32648096  | Dark Brown, Bay Black 

A free breeding to any of our herdsires is included in her price!

2018 EPD RESULTS:
AFD, value —.227 meaning her cria should have a finer fleece than breed average
SDAFD, value —.282, her cria should have a more uniform fleece than breed average Top 25% in nation
Spin Fineness, value —.437, her cria should have a lower SF than breed average
%F>30, value —4.295, her cria should have less micron >30 than breed average Top 25% in nation
Mean Curvature, value 2.664, her cria should have more crimp than breed average Top 15% in nation
%Medullation, value —1.427, her cria should have less medullated fiber than breed average Top 25% in nation
Fleece Weight, value +.282, 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 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 from her 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 13 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. David and Lauren used her and got Rosie!

Awards

2006 PNAA Fiber Odyssey Spin Off:

2nd place at 97/100 points, one point behind 1st place, with 14 white entries

2007 NW Alpaca Showcase:

Halter, 2nd place out of 5 entries. Judge Peter Kennedy commented Kenzie was true to type, conformationally correct, a little less fine than 1st place which went to a female nearly a year younger than Kenzie, and that she should make wonderful babies (and she definitely has with Dirk and McTavish!)

2008 NW Alpaca Showcase Spin-Off:

1st place, 4 entries, 94/100 points

Spinner said, "A joy to work with."