Sweetest Beautiful Black!
Willowwind' Mystery
ARI# 36142378 D.O.B. 7/23/2021 (2 yrs)
Huacaya, Female, Unproven | True Black
Sire: RR TOUCHSTONE - 9X CC/RCC*
RR TOUCHSTONE - 9X CC/RCC*
Heerdsire par excellance
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ARI# 32661590
| DOB: 6/14/2013
Huacaya
, Herdsire (Male)
, Proven
, Medium Brown
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Touchstone is a legend.
After a brilliant show career he established himself as one of the most pre potent studs in our 16 years of breeding.
His last show was at age 4 where he Championed with a commendation as having the finest fleece in the color class juveniles included!
His crias have consistently inherited the uniformity, brightness, definition and outstanding length Touchstone maintains.
They too, with limited show exposure, have taken Championships.
His mark on our herd improvem... |
| ARI# 32661590 | Medium Brown
Dam: RR ETTA JAMES
RR ETTA JAMES
RCC "Super fine, dense and consistent!"
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ARI# 35211082
| DOB: 9/6/2015
Huacaya
, Female
, Proven
, Dark Silver Grey
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The matching of Legato Grigio and Rose Incan D'Essence has given us 3 consecutive solid grey girls, and as of this date, only 2 have been to shows and both are champions...Etta is a middle child in that bunch.
Our utilization of Arturo has proved very successful bringing roan to a third generation at a rate that is over 50%.
Not unexpectantly, as with crossing a solid black to a brown, the result is a brown-black (bay) roan...and carrying a ton of fleece!
Check out her 2021 fleece pictu... |
| ARI# 35211082 | Dark Silver Grey
When this little girl was born, she was a limp lump in the middle of the barn. And for 2 days she remained that way. If supported she would nurse. And her Mom, a gorgeous modern grey from Renaissance Ranch; Etta James was the MOST patient and agreeable momma.
It was a Mystery. Hence the name. I supplemented a bit. I continued to support her. We took all her vitals but could not figure out why she couldn't support herself AT ALL.
I had missed the birth - mom was about 2 weeks earlier than expected.
So I figured something must have happened in that process. She did look a tiny bit swollen around the eyes. I let my imagination sort of guide my next steps. A friend suggested maybe she just had a whopping headache. LOL Which was sort of funny but worth some consideration. So against all odds and against most of the recommendations I had gotten, I gave the tiny girl a small hit of banamine.
Lo and Behold - it worked. 5 minutes. She was up nursing and romping around the pen like magic.
Mysterious indeed.
She has turned into a very fine fleeced black with some decent density and ample staple length. Her bone is solid and her conformation pretty darn perfect.
Her Daddy is a very celebrated fawn; RR Touchstone and she certainly got the best of him and the best of her Mom. She has a very slight white goatee; a reference I think to her Mom's roan.
We call her Little Miss.
And Im happy to have her. Only shown once, she received a very respectable third in a pretty competitive class of blacks at GWAS.
Im excited to breed her - probably end of summer 2023.
Little Miss is a doll.
Updated pictures coming soon!
2022 Fiber Results:
18.2/4.3/23.8 with a 99.4% CF
2023:
21.2/4.1/19.1 with a 97.3% SF
I would call that improvement for year 2.
And her presence! :) Healthy as a horse. Little Miss is bred to Silver Lining for a 2024 cria. EKE!
Awards
2022 Great Western Alpaca Show Halter Full Fleece Huacaya True Black Female Juvenile
Updated 2/5/2024