Sales list 2008

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Bred Females

Our focus with all of our alpacas is on fiber genetics. This is reflected in the animals that we sell, as well as those we keep. The females and males on this page are only a selection of what we have available. Please talk to us about your specific requirements.

Open Females and Maidens

We are offering three young females at this time, although the youngest ones would have to stay on the farm until they are ready to leave their dam - about September/October 2008.  Alternatively, they can be sold with their mothers, in which case they can leave straightaway. 

Both girls are in great condition, with beautiful soft fleece.  Of course, until they are older it is impossible to predict what the finished result will be, but given their genetics, and their current quality, they should both be valuable additions to anyone's fiber herd.

Herdsires for breedings and sales

We have a small but select group of herdsires from which you can choose suitable partners for your females.

All of our alpacas have been selected for their fleece qualities. Unlike many farms, we do not focus primarily on fine micron counts, and we certainly don't focus on blue ribbons!  We are more interested in commercial fleece characteristics, particularly yield and density. There are two main reasons for this:

• Fineness is relatively easy to breed into a line.  Major gains can be achieved in one generation, as opposed to some other traits that may take up to three generations (about nine years!).
• A fine micron count is ephemeral.  It is likely to last only for the alpaca's first five or six years (less for a breeding female), as natural degeneration takes its toll.

As we progress toward a national fiber industry, fiber producing farms will have to concentrate more on the weight and less on fineness.  Although a premium is paid for the finer qualities, at the moment, fineness goes hand-in-hand with reduced shearing weight.  So there comes a point where the trade-off of lower weight eliminates the advantage of a finer micron count.

In the short to medium term, the national clip is going to be made up predominantly of adult grade fiber, and the markets we look for should reflect this.

Our boys are white or light fawn: again reflecting the most desirable traits for a commercial market.  Large scale processors do not want colored or multi-colored fleeces, and we are not going to be able to build a national herd based on those animals.  It will be difficult enough to produce sufficient white fiber to keep a commercial mill going, let alone enough, brown, black, gray, etc. Anyway - who wants to wear those colors all the time?  The fashion industry wants white fiber so that it can easily be dyed to whatever color the season dictates.

So, if your interest in alpacas is driven by the future market for alpaca fleece, we have herdsires who can contribute to the achievement of your breeding objectives.

Our herdsires

They both shear better than the national average, and have good fleece characteristics.  If I had to pick one, I would probably go for Ricco as his offspring have shown beautiful fleece with great qualities and yield.  But there again, Enrique has thrown consistently beautiful crias (Diego and Rocco) with soft, luxurious fleece as well!

Fiber males and pets

We have a few young boys available for sale.  Some of these are potentially of herdsire quality.  They are excellent males, but we are already using other herdsires with similar bloodlines, so we are prepared to sell them.  If you are interested, please contact us at Alpaca Advantage.

Photograph	Name	Status /Price
	JACKSON	Available $5,000
	DIEGO	Available (only with dam) $1,000
	MEMO	Available (only with dam) $1,000
	ROCCO	Available (only with dam) $2,500
Photo not yet available	TRICO	Available (only with dam) $1,000

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Alpaca herdsire information

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