Tucker Creek's Revolution is Cria #3 for 2007

It was already after six in the evening and Amidala was acting a tad fussy—for most late term moms I would just consider it a part of being a late term alpaca. But not when it comes to Queen Amidala, AOO. She had already had a late delivery in 2005 at 8:15 in the evening. So when she started acting fussy there was enough past history to warrant preparing for the new arrival regardless of what time it was. And less than an hour later Tucker Creek’s Revolution was on the ground.

He is an energetic, curious, curly fleeced little guy weighing in at 18.6 pounds. So far his fiber appears fawn from the tips of his ears and down his back and then fades to white as it goes down his legs. Only time will tell what color he will end up--we have had others who when born appeared fawn or beige only to turn perfectly white within a few months.

Rev's dam was awarded 1st Place at the Heart of the Valley Alpaca Show & Sale - WABA 2003 and 2nd Place Western Alpaca Extravaganza – CABA 2002. She is a very beautiful rose grey with a great disposition and loves being a mom. His sire is Pacific Crest Accoyo Paul Revere. Paul Revere's parents were hand picked by Greg Mecklam with the guidance of Don Julio. His cria display incredible crimp, density and conformation. Limited breedings with Paul Revere are available for 2007.

Keep stopping back as we will update the blog with each new arrival and/or whenever a topic of general interest sparks my need to share.

Hope you are all having a wonderful and safe Memorial weekend.

The Babies Are Arriving

Winter is very slowly fading into Spring on the Oregon Coast and our first crias are on the ground.

The first arrival is Tucker Creek's Clapton, a handsome offspring of MSA Peruvian Brunello and Querida . . . he is the culmination of Hemingway, Accoyo Dracula, Accoyo Santino and Peruvian Victor . . . he is strong and already testing his male prowess on the females in his pasture . . . truly a stud at heart.

Mother's Day morning we were presented with a beautiful little girl out of Pacific Crest Accoyo Paul Revere and Faik's Destiny. In following this year's theme of naming our cria after famous musicians and groups it was only too obvious what her name would be . . . Destiny's Child . . . DC for short. She is healthy and was up and running within hours of delivery. We have been thrilled with the fiber on our Paul Revere crias . . . and Destiny's offspring from 2004 was just awarded Fawn Reserve Color Champion at the California Classic in Pleasanton. So we are very excited at what the future may hold for DC.

We will keep you posted as our babies arrive . . . come on out and see them for yourself . . . watching cria races is a great way to end the day.

Snowy River Alpacas at California Classic

Pictures certainly tell this story . . . and we are thrilled. Tucker Creek's Ranger was awarded Fawn Color Reserve Champion, Tucker Creek's Shadow was awarded Dark Brown Color Reserve Champion and Tucker Creek's El Diablo and Tucker Creek's Steele each came in third in Fawn and Grey Color Classes respectively at the California Classic in Alameda last weekend. The successes demonstrated from the first two shows in Snowy River Alpacas' show career certainly demonstrate the value in Studmaster breedings. The sires to these four males are MSA Hemingway's Tequila, MFI Peruvian Glacial Storm, Pacific Crest Accoyo Paul Revere and MFI Peruvian Glacial Storm respectively. You can schedule your breedings with Ranger, Shadow or El Diablo by contacting Hailey Parker at snowyriver1@earthlink.net or by phone 916-216-1043.