An impressive pure Alianza Peruvian, Bravado is our foundation herdsire - in the true sense of the word: the male we built our breeding program on. This guy is fineness personified, with flawless conformation. Just look at the beautiful bundling in his fleece. His micron count at his ninth shearing was 21.8! That's LASTING fineness. Bravado is the result of combining the finest and most proven Peruvian alpaca genetics in North America: Bueno and Hemingway. Bueno is owned by Mike & Robin Tierney of MapleBrook Farm. His stud fee was $10,000, until he stopped breeding about a year ago. Bueno has sired over 100 winning offspring, and we believe Bravado is one of his best. Bravado's dam, NWA,Ltd Marcie contributes another line of proven superior genetics: the world famous Hemingway. Marcie's dam is Macarena, making her a full sister to well known sires Predictor, Hektor and Handsome. Bravado's crias have fantastic fleeces! Don't take my word for it, come see for yourself. Bravado is proudly co-owned with Ben and Gina Morgan of Morgan's Fortunato Farm. Breedings can be arranged at either farm. Call or email today to reserve yours. Bravado had skin biopsies evaluated by both Dr. Norm Evans and Dr. Jim Watts; call to see a copy! Siring CHAMPIONS, including: AlpacaPalace Houdini OutbackAlpacas Ezekiel - brown! FPA Scarlet Bravado's Alianza Sailor For more information about our full herd of outstanding alpacas please visit us at: www.sixthdayfarm.com

Did you see her fiber test results? 2009: FD-22.9 SD-7.1 CV-30.8 %>30-10.1 Curve-30.7 Max-67. Age 16 years!! 'Max' here means the largest diameter fiber that was recorded. Look closely at a lot of histograms and you will see just how impressive this one is - and she was 16 years old. Yes, the SD and CV are higher than ideal, but the Max is impressively low, and did I mention she was 16?! Alpacas like Espirit are good examples of why using techniques like Artifical Insemination and Embryo Transfer are such valuable tools. Now deceased, these tools could have helped preserve the precious genetic material of this outstanding female. "A.I. and E.T. are pretty basic tools. They are NOTHING like Genetic Modification (sometimes inaccurately called 'genetic engineering'). These tools simply allow us to be 'middle men' in the natural reproductive process. They can reduce the costs and risks of transportation, exposure between herds, and can allow more flexibility in a breeding program. If semen and embryo freezing techniques are employed, the use of great sires and dams can be saved for future use. Aside from the emotional investment we tend to make in our animals, we all know there are some animals that no amount of money can replace. Their genetic value may be unique. The ability to use frozen semen and/or embyos is the ONLY true insurance against the loss these outstanding animals in our herds." (c) 2005 Linda Marie McWilliams, Inti Alpacas, LLC Progeny - Espirit produced 10 ARI registered crias. Two of her daughters, Satin Slippers and Miss Estelle, are currently in our foundation herd. Her son, Sultan, is reluctantly offered.