Thursday, August 9, 2007

Alpamayo Genes galore

Our two most recent crias were sired from 1/2 brothers each of whom were sired by Canada's premier herdsire Jolimont 2 Peruvian Alpamayo IMPB98--our incredible male, Sun Tzu, and his 1/2 brother, MMR Laredo. Each of these gorgeous cria arrived while we were out of town--don't even want to think how many times we have changed our plans waiting for a cria to be born.

Tucker Creek's Jumpin' Jack Flash was born on Friday, August 3rd, out of our sweetheart Iomi and Sun Tzu. He is a beautiful light fawn with energy to spare. Sun Tzu's density and crimp are already demonstrated in his young fleece.


Tucker Creek's Amor was born Monday, August 6th, and is a gorgeous dark female out of true black Chilean, Mora, and MMR Laredo. Just like his brother, Laredo does a wonderful job producing color. Only time will tell if she is going to end up a bay black or true black as her ears and lower legs fade to black. Her IgG was at the top of the scale as soon as they started the process and she is a very active member of the herd.


Ten more babies to go . . . and our first baby of the year, Clapton, is almost four months old and over 60 pounds . . . time to be weaned . . . just in time to go to his new home in Georgia, Alpaca Woods Ranch. Time really goes by fast when you measure it in terms of birthing, weaning and breeding.


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