Stirling Ridge Alpacas

RESERVE FLEECE CHAMP!

Stirling Ridge MUIREALL

2016 EPD results, the good stuff:
AFD, value —.081: her cria are likely to have a finer fleece than the breed average
Spin Fineness, value —.014: her cria are like to have an SF lower than the breed average
%F>30, value —2.255: her cria are likely to have less micron >30 than breed average
Mean Staple Length, value +3.445: her cria are likely have longer staple length than average
Fleece Weight, value +.503: her cria are likely to have heavier FW than average
Birth Weight, value +.107: her cria are likely to have higher BW than average

Muireall delivered her first cria (as a 9-year-old maiden) without a hitch in June 2016! This female cria, Khloë, from Snowmass Snow Legend (Rockford Bay Ranch), was over 17 lbs. at birth. She is cute as a button, bright, lively, grew like a weed, and is now as big as her mama. Muireall has provided lots of milk even though first time older dams often don't.

Snow Legend is a Peruvian Snowmaster grandson & a Snowmass Incaaccoyo Star (I-Star) son. Snowmaster genetics are rare since he was sent to Australia, then re-imported into Peru, one of the only U.S.-born herdsires back in Peru that we know of. His son, Incaccoyo Star (I-star) is now co-owned by Cas-cad-nac Farms and Tripping Gnome on the East coast. Here's what they say: "I-Star is one of the few full-blooded ACCOYO males to come out of his amazing sire [Snowmaster]. He has all the fiber density, crimp, and fineness one would expect of his lineage."

We love Muireall's color. She had an EXCELLENT histogram considering her color for 2014 with 21.4 micron and 95.4% comfort factor and that at SEVEN years! Now she is nine years old--see her histogram which is better than 2015. She's big and pretty, with lots of presence, color, and pacovicuna genes. We find Muireall to be quite a stunning creature amongst our favorite kids. This girl never slumps but is always very erect and upright, bright and energetic. If she were a horse I'd call her "spirited."

Muireall came into the world unassisted, weighing in at 20 lbs., and a high IgG score of almost 3000. She has a very silky feel to her luscious medium brown fiber. Her first year fleece was sold to a spinner and weaver with rave reviews (www.perrytextiles.com). Getting my hands in it and working to get it ready to ship to the spinner gave me a totally new appreciation of how beautiful a fiber it was. We saved 2 oz. for the Great Western Show spin-off in Colorado and won first place! Huzzah!

Reproductive guarantee along with 14-day live birth guarantee, 2 months free board, confirmation of pregnancy ultrasound at WSU, free transport to your farm within 100 miles.

Updated 3/23/2019