Victor, Hemingway, Ghengis Khan
Hummingherd's Sunflower
Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Medium Fawn
AOA #850939 | DOB: 7/13/2003 (21 yrs)
Sire: MSA Peruvian VanGogh
850939<--ari-->White<--color-->Van Gogh, named after the artist because the tips of his ears were frozen off as a cria, is a stocky, big-boned, broad- chested male. Not only is he a Victor son, but his dam is Sorpresa, the producer of show winners, including Cannonero, now in the Studmasters program at Northwest Alpacas. Van Gogh is very dense, cutting over 13 pounds at three years of age. He combines fineness with that incredible density, with a micron count of 20 his first year and 23 at 6 1/2 years. Van Gogh is a great male to add density to your fine-fibered females without sacrificing fineness.
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Dam: Miss Mandy
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Service Sire: I-Star's Tupac
850939<--ari-->White<--color-->When we bought Tupac's dam from Cas-Cad-Nac, we decided to breed her to Snowmass Incaaccoyo Star. We felt the combination of Snowmaster (top side) with Legacy Gold and Accoyocusani (bottom side) would be a great combination. Tupac has not disappointed us. We held him here at the farm as we watched him develop.
This boy has developed into the complete package- highly retained fineness, long staple, excellent coverage, stout frame. Overall fleece weight was in the top 5% of our 2012 shearing. <--description-->
Description
Sunflower has demonstrated the ability to produce high quality offspring. For proof of that just look to her 2010 son Halo- he is impressively dense and fine, with a very pleasing frame. His 2 year AFD was an eye-catching 14.9 micron. Halo placed 2nd in a very competitive white class at the 2011 AOBA National Show. Mike Safley commented on "the complete package".
Sunflower combines good density, solid conformation, a deep pedigree along with being a very attentive mother who produces an abundance of milk. She would be a great dam for anyone looking to add color to their herd.
Sunflower has been bred to I-Star's Tupac. We have kept this boy a secret until now. An amazingly soft fleece with superb length, we are anxious to see the result of this breeding!
Updated 12/1/2013
Offspring
2nd at AOBA Nationals 2011
Gem State's Halo
Male14 yrsWhite
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