Way behind on telling you about babies!

It has been very busy on the farm and we suddenly realized the last seven cria had not yet been officially presented to the world via the blog--so here they are.




August 18 - Khani (named after Khani Cole one of our favorite female vocalists) out of Tucker Creek's Chandra and Hemingway's Bogart. She may be a light fawn or beige--only time will tell--but she is dense and crimpy and conformationally perfect.




August 19 - Lollipop (named after the late 50's hit of the same name) out of Tucker Creek's Franchesca and MFI Peruvian Glacial Storm. We realized she is, much to our dismay, our only Glacial Storm cria this year as all the other Glacial Storm bred females sold last year. Not that we are complaining! She is just as gorgeous as her cousin--Chandra and Franchesca are 1/2 sisters out of our incredibly fine Karoline (now owned by Alpaca Woods Ranch in Snellville, GA). Karoline had a male this year out of MFI Peruvian Impact--Alpaca Wood's Augustus--if you are looking for a future herdsire--he should be worthy of your time and interest.

September 9 - a mother and daughter delivery duo - Faiks' Athena and Faiks' Elana presented us with a male, Tucker Creek's Creedence (medium fawn), and a female, Tucker Creek's Clearwater (white), each sired by Hemingway's Bogart. We had been hoping for a trio for the family as Athena's other daughter, Victoria, was also due at the same time--but the R component of CCR did not appear until several days later.

September 14 - the arrival of Tucker Creek's Revival to finish off the three memorable names of the 60's group by the same names commonly referred to as CCR. He is the gorgeous result of a breeding between Tucker Creek's Victoria and EC Sun Tzu.

September 19 - Tucker Creek's Jewell out of El Bello's Eloisa and EC Sun Tzu--what a gorgeous little doll. To date Eloisa had only given us males--Tucker Creek's Spenser from last year is still on our annual watch list. Only one or two males make the list each year. So far he has not disappointed us. And we are certainly not disappointed with the results of this breeding!

And before leaving the pasture we found that Cazie's Octavia was delivering the first cria born to Rising Moon Alpacas out of Preston, NV. Another gorgeous EC Sun Tzu male named Rising Moon Eclipse. We are thrilled to add them to our group of affiliate farms and look forward to many years of mutual alpaca fun and success.

Our breeding season is almost over. Only three more cria to come--all belonging to clients--and all out of Sun Tzu. To say that we have been thrilled with the results of our first breeding season with Sun Tzu would be an incredible understatement. He is doing a magnificent job with crias on the ground ranging in color from white to black--every single one displaying his dense and crimpy fiber as well as his friendly dispostion. Many thanks to Mike Safley at Northwest Alpacas for his personal selection of this outstanding herdsire standing stud exclusively at Alpacas at Tucker Creek. Limited breedings available for 2008.

Don't forget National Alpaca Farm Days are next weekend. Take part in whatever way you can. These unique critters have afforded us a wonderful lifestyle and the industry has only scratched the surface. If you are not already involved--check them out--there is probably a farm near you!