Scientific Data
1/1/2010 | Micron Count: 16.2/ 3.4/ 20.9/ CF 100% | |
1/1/2011 | Micron Count: 17.2/ 3.3/ 19.2/ CF 100% | |
1/1/2012 | Micron Count: 19.9/ 3.6/ 18.4/ CF 98.7% | |
1/1/2013 | Micron Count: 19.3/ 3.7/ 19.0/ 98.9% | |
1/1/2014 | Micron Count: 18.86/ 3.82/ 20.26/ 98.99 | |
1/1/2015 | Micron Count: 20.24/4.13/20.42/97.73/60.0 | |
RR ROSE LA REINA
Alpaca, Huacaya, Bred (Female) | Medium Fawn
AOA #30669031 | DOB: 10/10/2009 (15 yrs)
Sire: Aussie Guns-n-Roses
30669031<--ari-->Medium Rose Grey<--color-->GnR is now owned by Fun in the Country Alpacas in Michigan. He remains on our "Hall of Fame" as herdsire emeritus, for all that he has contributed!
Deciding which herdsire to use in your breeding program? Here's what we do..
Pedigree: An excellent indicator of a male's EBV (estimated breeding value). We want lines with established pre-potency that have demonstrated sustained fineness through at least 4-5 years. Click on GnR's ARI cert icon above.
Conformation: It has to be a given, if it's not, the search stops here. We like a male that is well proportioned, but compact. We want good bite and head. Solid bone and strong fore and hindquarters. We prefer good sized testicles and want to see him breeding before age 2 and maintaining a vigorous libido thereafter...but an even non aggressive temperament. GnR is our poster boy for all of the above.
Fiber: Hand and uniformity: That's easy! Just put it against your cheek.A grid sample can be found by going to our website...he's consistant across a broad blanket top to belly, brisket to tail.
Fineness: It's not about 1st shear micron. What's the 4th shear like? Don't hide the SD and % over 30 micron...that's what the industry is crying for. And while your at it, check out the difference between the micron in primary and secondary fibers and their respective SDs (on skin biopsy stats).
Brightness: GnR's fiber glows...a quality not lost on every one of his offspring.
Density: Fiber doesn't have to "feel" dense...more often than not that's a sign of coarseness. Quite simply, GnR is the densest grey biopsied through Jim Watt's lab in Australia, and they've been doing it for over 20 years.If you click on the histogram icon, you will see his biopsy results. An explanation of those numbers can be found on our website.
Length: His fiber is ridiculously long. His 4th shear (at right) is only 315 days.
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Dam: Snowmass Gold Starz
30669031<--ari-->Dark Fawn<--color-->Full Peruvian - Here are lines that represent Snowmaster and 4P Legacy. Starz has produced three cria with 17 micron density. She is fine, dense, uniform with outstanding definition in her fiber at age 5, and put into a conformationally perfect package. Her sire, Legacy Gold, sold for $500K at the Snowmass 2006 auction and when we came across her as lot #18 in 2007, we knew that we had to have her.
Her 2007 cria, out of Snowmass Royal Rose, i.e. Snowmass RRoyal Stars, is on our herdsire row and has been tested by Ian Watt:
His follicle density of 79.51 and S/P of 13.0/1 place him as the 4th densest alpaca they've tested in the US, 5th in the world.
Of course, that's only a small part of the biopsy data, histogram and expert show ring evaluation against the best that we feel, have placed him in the superstar category. See his listing for more detail on acquiring these superlative genetics.
Her 2008 breeding to our own Guns n Roses gave us a gor
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Description
When you have a winning combination, it's hard not to stick with it. Snowmass Gold Starz is one of our very best females and mom to our outstanding herdsire Snowmass RRoyal Stars, who must be seen to be believed.
We bred her to our own Guns n Roses for 2008 and manufactured RR Rose Fiona, one of our champion "starlets".
Could we possibly improve on this outcome? We just might have...La Reina will attend the coronation ball. We are getting used to seeing some outstanding cria fleeces in the two years that GnR has been breeding, but this little princess has us slack jawed.
We know where she'll be this spring!
For Snowmass Gold Starz:
2003: 19.3 4.1 21.4 2.2%
2005: 19.4 4.2 21.5 2.8% curv 50.7
2006:21.9 5.1 23.1 6.0% curv 44.8
2007:23.5 4.7 20.0 91% curv 40
2008:24.4 4.9 20.1 88.3
2009 (age 7): 23.9/5.1/21.5/ CF 88.4%/ curv 45
Watt Biopsy: Density 46.3, S/P 11.8/1
For Aussie Guns n Roses:
2006: 18.4/3.5/19.2/CF 99.5%/37.3 curve
2007: 20.1/4.4/22.0/CF97.7/42.0 curv.
2008: 21.8/4.3/19.7/2.3% (YM)
2009: 23.0/4.5/19.4/CF 93.6%/ 39 curve
Watt Biopsy: Density 55.9, S/P 10.2/1 Still the densest grey in the world as tested by Jim Watt as of 12/19/09
Follicle testing for La Reina
Density: 64.6/ mm3
Secondary: Primary fiber ratio: 12.3:1
In-skin primary fiber diameter: 20.2 micron (SD 2.9)
In-skin seconadary " " : 14.0 " (SD 2.1)
Commments:
"The very good S:P ratio along with the elite density and good fiber population differential of just over 6 microns, are, without doubt, the genetic-indicator that elite gene suppliers are looking for-this is an exceptional animal"...Ian Watts
2014
Micron Count: 18.86/ 3.82/ 20.26/ 98.99
2013
Micron Count: 19.3/ 3.7/ 19.0/ 98.9%
2012
Micron Count: 19.9/ 3.6/ 18.4/ CF 98.7%
2011
Micron Count: 17.2/ 3.3/ 19.2/ CF 100%
2010
Micron Count: 16.2/ 3.4/ 20.9/ CF 100%
Awards
[1st] [RC] Minnesota Alpaca Expo, (fleece), 2012: Reserve Color Champion, L Shouvlin
[1st] [RC] Spring Bling (fleece), 2012: Reserve Color Champion, Judge Jude Anderson
[1st] [CC] GMAF, 2012 (fleece): Color Champion, BEST Hand, Judge P Kennedy
[1st] [CC] CABA, 2011: Color Champion, Judge Diana Timmerman
[1st] [CC] Califonia Classic, 2011: First Place, Color Champion Judge Helen Humphries
[1st] [CC] MOPACA, 2011: Color Champion, Judge Kristin Buhrmann
[1st] 2011 TXOLAN Breeders Best Three
[1st] 2011 TXOLAN Bred and Owned Yearling Female
[RC] TxOLAN, 2011: Reserve Color Champion, Judge Jill McLeod
[RC] [1st] ABR Fall Festival, 2010: First place, Reserve Color Champion Judge Ken Hibbits
[CC] [1st] Gold Country Gathering 2010: First place, Color Champion Judge Diana Timmerman
[1st] GWAS, 2010; First place. Judge Jude Anderson
Updated 1/11/2020
Offspring
RR ABIGAIL ADAMS
Open (Female)11 yrsWhite, Medium Fawn
Sold
RR BLONDIE
Yearling Female5 yrsWhite
Sold
RR BLONDIE
Open (Female)5 yrsWhite
Not for Sale
RR ELLA FITZGERALD *
Open (Female)9 yrsMedium Brown
Sold
RR VALENTINA - DENSITY STATS TO AMAZE
Open (Female)12 yrsMedium Fawn
Not for Sale