19 yrs old & a TOTAL SWEETIE PIE!

Stirling Ridge KENZIE

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | White

Service Sire: Grazing Hills BRADFORD

21.5 micron at 13 yrs, CF 95%!

Grazing Hills BRADFORD

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Fawn

AOA# 32173253DOB: 6/26/201014 yrs

We are EXTREMELY happy to have acquired BRADFORD from Grazing Hills Alpacas! We have NEVER offered him for sale before because we like his genetics so well. This is your chance! Bradford is the half brother of our dearly departed Dirk. Both are sons of Accoyo-America DIOMEDES, who is now deceased. Diomedes imprinted his handsome head and his amazing fleece characteristics to these sons of his and for that reason we jumped at the chance to have another Diomedes boy on the farm! WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE DIOMEDES BLOODLINE HAS ABSOLUTELY CHANGED THE QUALITY OF OUR HERD. Bradford x Vanora = Kaeleigh: our first Bradford baby born on the farm June 2020. She's a beaut! Kaeleigh is so pretty we rebred Vanora to Bradford . . . and Kenzie . . . and Muireall . . . and Khloë! Three of those four have had their cria and they have GORGEOUS fleece! Many of our breedings will be to Bradford again. That's just how nice we think he is! Bradford has a beautiful head, nice bite, boxy conformation, wonderfully straight topline, super fleece characteristics. Handsome on all counts! He is an eager breeder, ready for action, and we are offering his drive-by breedings at $600. 2023 Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) results were ranked out of 30,965 males: TOP 5% for AFD, —1.947: likely to decrease fiber diameter in offspring TOP 17% SDAFD, —0.367: likely to decrease standard deviation in offspring TOP 5.4% SF, —1.92 likely to decrease spin fineness in offspring TOP 7.6% %F>30, —6.271: likely to decrease fibers over 30 micron in offspring TOP 17% MC, 2.974: likely to increase mean curvature in offspring Ranked 66% for %M, -0.049, likely to decrease medullation in offspring Ranked 49% for MSL, -.276, likely to decrease staple length in offspring Ranked 75% for FW, 0.02, likely to increase fleece weight slightly in offspring With results like this at 13 years old—that's what we call LINGERING FINENESS! You will see that we have used him with our girls A LOT: he has much to offer and he passes it down to the next generation! Is it fineness you need? Then bring your girls over, especially your coarser girls with longer staple. With this guy, it's hard to imagine you won't get a better-fleeced cria from a breeding to Bradford! Discounts for multiple breedings.

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 AOA# 32173253 Medium Fawn

Description

Kenzie was bred to Bradford and she produced a beautiful dark fawn girl, Rosheen (little Rose) with dark points in Sept 2021. She has produced two of our best boys from Diomedes' breedings. Diomedes is deceased and our two Diomedes boys are also in alpaca heaven. We liked Diomedes so well, we bought Bradford, a Diomedes son, with a 17 micron fleece at 10 years. Kenzie is now 19 years old and retired from breeding but would make a wonderful pet, fiber animal, companion, or pasture ornament! She is still producing a Grade 3 fine fleece, one of the most useable grades for socks, hats, and mittens! Soft and sturdy. 2022 EPD RESULTS (at 17 years): Ranked 76% for AFD, value —.051 meaning her cria should have a finer fleece than breed average Ranked 37% SDAFD, value —.177, her cria should have a more uniform fleece than breed average Ranked 60% for Spin Fineness, value —.101, her cria should have a lower SF than breed average Ranked 27% for %F>30, value —3.732, her cria should have less micron >30 than breed average Top 18% for Mean Curvature, value 2.326, her cria should have more crimp than breed average Ranked 43% for %Medullation, value —.755, her cria should have less medullated fiber than breed average Ranked 91% for Mean Staple Length, value -2.899, her cria likely to have a shorter staple length Top 12% for Fleece Weight, value +.532, her cria should have a FW heavier than breed average Birth Weight, value -.17, her cria will likely have a lower birth weight Kenzie's look and fiber quality are what we like: shorter muzzle, triangular head, great histogram and fiber qualities, nice conformation. And she has a VERY calm temperament and is easy to work with, even pregnant. She'll pick up her feet and let you look in her mouth, easily. She is a beautiful animal and about as sweet an alpaca as you'll ever find. Her kids learn that nice behavior from her and they are as well behaved as mama is. First cria, Dirk, was an easy delivery; second cria McTavish delivered in 8 minutes; same with baby #3, Rosie! She's a very good mama and has plenty of milk. We love this girl because she's a beauty herself and has produced some of our best cria. Her initial histogram as a cria was AFD 14.5 with a curve factor of 35.5. Her histogram has been holding steady with fineness and consistency even when she was 13 years, a GREAT quality she passed on to her two stellar sons. Kenzie is out of our best dam, Kupcake (now long departed), and my assessment is that the daughter has surpassed the mother. With Kenzie's sire, Onyx de Mico (bay black) and his Michaelangelo/Guellermo genetics, she has been one of our top-of-the-line females.

Awards

Spinner said, "A joy to work with."

1st place, 4 entries, 94/100 points

2008 NW Alpaca Showcase Spin-Off:

Halter, 2nd place out of 5 entries. Judge Peter Kennedy commented Kenzie was true to type, conformationally correct, a little less fine than 1st place which went to a female nearly a year younger than Kenzie, and that she should make wonderful babies (and she definitely has with Dirk and McTavish!)

2007 NW Alpaca Showcase:

2nd place at 97/100 points, one point behind 1st place, with 14 white entries

2006 PNAA Fiber Odyssey Spin Off:

Updated 12/13/2024

Offspring

Our PR girl!

STIRLING RIDGE ROSHEEN

Open (Female)3 yrsMedium Brown, Medium Rose Grey 

Not for Sale

USE OUR RENT-A-WOMB PLAN!

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Open (Female)10 yrsMedium Fawn

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