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Majestic Peruvian Bronson (Peruvian Donovan son)
Type:
Huacaya
Status: Unproven

Birthdate: 5/14/2005
Heritage: Full Peruvian

Registration: ARI Registered
ARI #: 1275735
Color: Light Fawn

Micron Count:  2006: AFD 16.8 SD 3.1 CV 18.3 CF 100.0

Dam:   Peruvian Golden Chardonnay, Light Fawn, 838477, Peruvian, Beautiful, superior, award winning female and producer of top quality.
Sire:   MFI Peruvian Donovan, Dark Fawn, 812738, Full Peruvian,
Peruvian Donovan is the official mascot of Magical Farms. He has one of the best fawn fleeces we have ever produced and his colorful offspring share the same dense, elite fleeces. At over five years of age, Donovan's fleece won First Place and Color Champion at the 2004 AOBA National Fleece Show. He has many champion offspring such as Almerea, Ramanda, Neala, and Extraordinaire to name just a few.

Comments:    Awesome Full Peruvian male out of MFI Peruvian Donovan and Peruvian Golden Chardonnay. His fiber is wonderfully crimpy, exhibits beautiful bundling, is both soft and bright and his conformation is excellent. Everyone remarks on how dense Bronson is, while still carrying a fine, fine fleece.

He comes from great lines on both sire and dam's side and his show career to date has earned him multiple 1st place ribbons as well as a color championship. Look for Bronson to continue showing through the spring of 2007 and then he will start his real work, breeding.

Majestic Peruvian Bronson is proudly co-owned and boarded with Prairie's Edge Farm. Bronson will be breeding "in-house" for his first year. We will, however, have females bred to Bronson on our sales list in 2007.

Awards: 
2006 IOABA Show - Color Champion
2006 IOABA SHow- 1st Place Halter
2006 Southern Select Alpaca Show - 1st Place Halter
2006 Wisconsin Spring Fling - 1st Place Halter
2006 MOPACA Invitational Alpaca Show - 1st Place Halter
2006 AOBA National Conference - 2nd Place (yearling halter class)

     

Bella Serena (Presido Granddaughter)
Type:  
Female Huacaya
Status:  Bred / Proven

Birthdate:  9/18/2003
Heritage:   3/4 Chilean, 1/4 Peruvian

Registration: ARI Registered
ARI #:  1020922
Color:  True Black

Service Sire:  Our Peruvian Giorgio Armani
Due Date:
Fall 07

Micron Count:  2004: Side: AFD 24.0, SD 6.2, CV 25.7, Comfort Factor 86
Shoulder: AFD 22.5, SD 5.8, CV 22.5, Comfort Factor 90.2
Hip: AFD 23.9, SD 5.4, CV 22.5, Comfort Factor 89.0

Dam:    Serenity Lane Bella Rosa, Medium Rose Grey, 128426, Chilean, Bella Rosa is a gorgeous, tall maroon gal with very nice fiber. Look at her 2002 histogram at 8+ years of age!  2002: Avg. Fiber Diameter: 24.2 microns, Std. Deviation: 5.9, Coefficient: 24.5 < than 30 microns: 8.1%
Sire:    Aussie Colorado Dillinger, Medium Fawn, 823163, 1/2 Chilean, 1/2 Peruvian, We knew it would happen! The first cria to be entered in the Futurity received a Blue Ribbon! Dillinger is throwing black when bred to black with exceptional fleece! You will not believe your eyes. They are absolutely out of this world. No kidding! Dillinger has not let us down, he really is as perfect as he was the day he was born and his crias are now proving it. The proof is really in the pudding. Call to stop by for a visit and book a breeding today. You have to see them and put your hands on the crias to really appreciate what they are. Breedings will be limited.

Comments:     Serena comes from a great lineage: Caligula> Presidio> Aussie Colorado Dillinger. This female is just amazing. Not only is she a beautiful black alpaca with exceptional conformation, but she also has presence and a disposition that is totally endearing.

Serena has this great typey "ideal" alpaca head with full amazing topknot not often seen on a black alpaca. She is also one of our most curious and engaging alpacas- one that our visitors notice right away. Serena does great on halter and enjoys attention.

Serena carries the grey/rose grey genetics from her mother (who also has fabulous fiber for her age) and as well as her sire's dam. Her fiber is crimpy, soft and bright--wonderful characteristics of her sire Aussie Colorado Dillinger. Her 2004 histogram (grid) shows excellent consistency across her blanket as well as lovely fineness for her color.

Serena produced her first cria this Fall, a precious bay black male out of CCNF Java. Serena traveled from Kansas to Pennsylvania for that breeding and it was well worth it. We have named her little guy Java's Choco Latte "Choco". She had an easy quick birth, let us watch, and her cria was up and running around in no time.

Serena is currently bred to the champion silver grey herdsire from River Bluff Alpacas, Our Peruvian Georgio Armani! Sure to be a spectacular cria next Fall!

Awards: 
2004 - Halter, 6th place (competitive class of 12 animals), Great Western Alpaca Show
2004 - Halter, 3rd place (competitive class of 9 animals), Mid-America Alpaca Show. Judge commented on fineness of fiber, luster, overall confirmation. Placed behind older animals with larger frames and judge said he believed she would fill out nicely.
2005 - Halter, 5th place (competitive class of 10 animals), MOPACA Invitational Show

 

Service Sire:  
Our Peruvian Giorgio Armani
Heritage: Full Peruvian
ARI Number:
832325
ARI Color:
Medium Rose Grey
Awards  Received

Color Champion from Maggie Krieger at the KY Classic
Color Champion from Susan Tellez at the Madison WI Show
3rd place at AOBA Nationals 2002
Fleece: 1st place Iowa
Spinners Choice Iowa
1st place Madison WI
1st place MOPACA
2nd place AOBA Nationals others to numerous to mention.
2006 Midwest Alpaca Jamboree - Get-of-Sire

     
Serena as a Cria

     

 

 

HC Irresistible (Legacy Granddaughter)
Type:  
Female Huacaya
Status:  Open / Unproven

Birthdate:  9/14/2005
Heritage:   1/4 Chilean, 3/4 Peruvian

Registration: ARI Registered
ARI #:  30403758
Color:  Beige

Dam:    Beavercreek's Jamie, Light Fawn, 836792, Peruvian & Chilean, Jamie is a half Peruvian, one quarter Accoyo sweetheart. Her disposition is one I would love to clone! Her crimpy "light spun honey" colored fleece has a wonderful handle, and her family tree includes lots of color.
Jamie had an easy birth and has lots of milk.
Sire:   Snowmass Gold Coin,  Dark Fawn, 807341, Full Peruvian, This proven son of 4Peruvian Legacy is following in his legendary father's footsteps with ribbon-winning offspring. Gold Coin passes on his Accoyo breeding in a package including solid bone structure, density, and crimp. His offspring include a multiple blue-ribbon winning rose grey, a chocolate brown, a true black, two fawn duplicates of himself, and a gorgeous white ribbon-winning daughter whom everyone wants to steal away! Gold Coin is a complete gentleman who gets the job done quickly. Contact us to arrange a date for your darling.  Snowmass Gold Coin's medium rose gray son, RK Gray Cloud, garnered a Blue Ribbon at the Florida Expo and recently won the blue in South Carolina.

Comments:     "Rista" is a curious, engaging young female with beautiful crimp and structure; not surprising since three of her grandfathers are accoyo, the most notable being the infamous 4Peruvian Legacy. Her coverage is amazing... before shearing she looked like a little polar bear. The first thing you notice is her adorable face, with it's thick cheek coverage and top knot.

Rista is the one to greet us and follow us around the barn, welcoming a neck rub now and then, tolerating our frequent gushing about how incredibly cute she is. She is very easy to handle and was a dream to halter train.

We showed Rista at the Mid America Alpaca Show in Topeka, Ks in October 2006. She placed third next to the 2 beige alpacas that went on to win the Color Champion and Reserve Champion. This was our first show experience and our teenage daughter, Kaylee, handled Rista very well in the showring. We were proud of them both! Rista will be bred this Spring.

 

Awards:
2006- 3rd place Halter class Mid-America Alpaca show

  
Rista with Dam

     

 

 

Prairie's Tawny-Edged Skipper (Caligula line)
Type:  
Female Huacaya
Status:  Open / Proven

Birthdate:  9/22/2004
Heritage:   1/4 Chilean, 5/8 Peruvian, 1/8 Other/Unknown

Registration: ARI Registered
ARI #:  1165494
Color:  Medium Fawn

Micron Count:  2005: FD 23.0 SD 5.2 CV 22.8

Dam:    Ginger Quill, Dark Fawn, 839575, Peruvian & Chilean, Ginger is a Caligula granddaughter. She has very good conformation, stands proudly and has a wonderful disposition. She is spunky and friendly! She has nice fleece with good crimp and coverage and very good staple length. She has some dark points and shows a little hint of grey in her muzzle and on the tips of her ears. 
Sire:    Lanark's Lexus, Beige, 157547, Peruvian, Lexus is a full Peruvian alpaca born on American soil. His sire is Peruvian Pizarro G208. He is a typical Peruvian male with dense crimpy fiber, large bone, large testicles and a beautiful head. He shears at least 10 pounds of fiber each year. He is correct in every way.

Comments:    Tawny is an endearing alpaca who can be credited with helping to get our family into the alpaca business... our daughters fell in love with her and that was it. She was a yearling who was the true "PR" alpaca, greeting farm visitors with her adorable face, soft fleece, and wonderful temperment, allowing us to pet her and following us around. Although it was first Tawny's sweet disposition that interested us, we also came to appreciate her other valuable qualities... beautiful rich color, correct conformation, and very nice dense fleece. She was fittingly named Tawny Edged Skipper after a butterfly native to Kansas because of her long, long eyelashes.

This alpaca is just a joy to have on our farm. She is full of spunk and personality! At feeding time Tawny runs and pronks (all 4 feet off the ground- serious AIR!) through the barn with such enthusiasm~ it is quite hilarious. She also thrives on attention, clucking and talking to us as we work. Now that she is pregnant she is an entertaining mixture of "Please look at me... touch my neck... just kidding... ha ha can't catch ME (nose in the air)...no, wait a minute come back!" Tawny prances and struts and postures... she makes us laugh.

Tawny has Peruvian Pizzaro on her sire's side and Peruvian Caligula on her dams side.

Tawny recently had a picture perfect first birthing experience, which she kindly let us witness. Her male cria out of dark silver grey Ross' Backdraft is simply adorable. He is a gorgeous deep red-brown color. We look forward to watching him grow up! Tawny has turned out to be the attentive mother that we thought she would be and this cria is growing by leaps and bounds.

 

    
Tawny as a Cria ~ 2 Days Old

2007 Cria "Flash

     

 

 

WAA Lady Blossom (Bred to Avatar)
Type:  
Female Huacaya
Status:  Bred / Unproven

Birthdate:  6/18/2004
Heritage:   1/2 Chilean, 1/2 Peruvian

Registration: ARI Registered
ARI #:  1442328
Color:  Light Rose Grey

Service Sire:  Avatar
Due Date: May  2007

Micron Count:  2005: AFD 21.2, SD 5.4, CV 25.6, CF 93.4

 

Dam:    Chilean Rasberry Ramble, Medium Rose Grey, 151865, Chilean, Raspberry has great fiber for her color and she carries grey, rose and white to pass to her crias. She is a fabulous mother and the matriarch of the herd. Her daughters Silver Belle and Misty Belle are wonderful animals with gorgeous color, lots of crinkle and super soft fiber. Raspberry has held her fiber characteristics as she ages--take a look at her 2004 histogram at age 8+ years for a rose grey!
Sire:    Elever's Balle, White, 827395, 1/8 Bolivian, 7/8 Peruvian, This guy has a lineage that can't be beat. His father was Get of Sire at AOBA in 1998, and his maternal grandfather was one of the most sought after Peruvian imports who sold for $105,000 back in 1994 and now lives in Australia. That bloodline is extremely limited here in the states.  "Buddy" is so dense and his coverage is so complete that he looks like a polar bear. He has a uniform crimp and very nice handle to his fleece. His great conformation and personality make him a herdsire with everything. When it comes to herdsires, we believe that "the proof is in the progeny". His first 9 crias are on the ground,6 females and 3 males, and they are gorgeous colors, including black, with lots of crimpy fleece, perfect conformation and beautiful typey heads. He has 4 more on the way and we can't wait. He's throwing 100% color when bred to color!

Comments:     Blossom is a friendly, gorgeous girl with very straight conformation, a lovely stance, and crimpy soft fiber. She is an unusual color in that she is reddish rose brown/grey/ with the white/grey tuxedo markings on her face,neck, feet, and ears.

Blossom's sire is Elever's Balle, an awesome super dense herdsire out of PPeruvian Elever who was Get of Sire at AOBA in 1998, and his maternal grandfather was one of the most sought after Peruvian imports who sold for $105,000 back in 1994 and now lives in Australia. That bloodline is extremely limited here in the states. Those genetics coupled with her highly sought after rose grey color, make Blossom a valuable asset to our breeding program.

Blossom is bred to Avatar of Delphi Alpacas for a 2007 cria. He is a color champion many times over, and we are excited to be on his limited outside breeding list!

Awards: 
1st Halter, 2005 MOPACA Invitational, Wade Geese judge: They placed Blossom as a roan in the multi class so she had no competition. However, Wade stated he did not give ribbons unless earned and that she had "exquisite confirmation, a lovely smile and crimpy, dense fiber

 

Service Sire:  
Avatar
Heritage: 3/4 Chilean, 1/4 Peruvian
ARI Number: 829619
ARI Color: Light Rose Grey
Service Sire Awards Received:
Service Sire: Awards Received
2002 - Santa Fe Show - Amanda Vandenbosch - Blue Ribbon & Reserve Champion, out of 27 gray males.
2002 - Estes Park - Mike Safley - Blue Ribbon & Color Champion, out of 27 gray males.
2002 - Canadian International Fleece Show - Jill MacLeod - First Place - class of 6.
2003 - Utah Wild West Show - 2nd place and Reserve Champion - Diana Timmerman.
2003 - Great Western Denver Show - Blue Ribbon & Color Champion - Maggie Krieger, out of 40 gray males.
2003 - AOBA National fleece show - blue ribbon.
2005 - AOBA National Spin-Off - blue ribbon and High Scoring Gray Huacaya Champion.

  
Blossom giving kisses!

     

 






 





 

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