June's Bug

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | True Black

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Description

June's Bug is the most recent addition to our select herd. After seeing that both of our herdsires were capable of throwing black offspring we've been in search of the right true black female to deepen our herd's genetic color pool. The Bug was the answer. We first saw her at Chase Tavern last year but purchased our Evander daughter instead. When we saw the Bug again at AOBA Nationals we knew we had to have her. June's Bug is the epitome of black genetics. Her sire is MFI Peruvian Black Mesquite, a male who is earning his reputation as one of the best black studs in North America. His offspring are commanding top dollar at auction and are dominating the black classes in the showring and in fleece shows. Black Mesquite is a son of the legendary black stud Peruvian Matador and a top producing dam at Magical Farms. Bug's dam is the true black Lady June Woldbrook. Every alpaca in Lady June's pedigree is true black. She is descended from rare New Zealand bloodlines. According to Cindy Lavan, Lady June's New Zealand roots are from a ranch that specialized in breeding black alpacas. Even though her pedigree already shows nothing but black, her black genetics run deeply past ARI records to her New Zealand past. Not surprisingly, pairing a top black stud like Black Mesquite with a dam like Lady June produced a very fine fleeced true black daughter. In addition to her fineness June Bug also demonstrates very nice fleece character and crimp. We are excited about breeding her. June Bug is now breeding to our Ultimate stud Snowmass Porteus. Pairing the Porteus (Snowmass Casanova and Snowmass XXXtreme) with the Black Mesquite line is a no brainer. This will be a great cria. UPDATE: June Bug delivered a handsome black male cria. Time will tell on his color. For now, he is growing like a weed and making a total pest of himself with the other alpacas in his pasture. We just love little Blue Gate Ascot. Ascot has been to two show and has come home with two blue ribbons!

Awards

Updated 4/30/2013