Luciano is available for the 2011 breeding season for outside breedings!!! Luciano is the culmination of 20 years of breeding toward outstanding fiber, unique color and strong, heavy bone. Luciano is one of the last offspring of gray in utero import, Peruvian Platinum. He is FULL ALIANZA!! He is a beautiful Rose Grey who now has over 100 offspring on the ground. Only 150 or so sires in the ARI database, out of over 4000, have over a 100 cria on the ground. This gives Luciano an incredible connectedness that will prove very valuable when we start collecting EPD data! His cria all exhibit the proud stance, lovely staple length, soft hand and wow what colors!. Luciano’s cria are winning in the show ring! 17 Color and Reserve Championship in his Progeny! And an incredibly impressive 39 First Place Ribbons!! Derwydd's Chilchu, a Luciano daughter sold at the 2006 Futurity for $100,000!! Come get some color! Great fiber! and marketability for your crias!! For full performance data on his crias including fiber stats, winnings, birth weights, dam color/cria color give us a call or email! We'd be happy to send it. Co-owned with El Ranchito Llamas & Alpacas!

Zeppelin is “Going to California!” He'll be standing stud at Epic Alpacas from November through April so reserve your breedings now! Epic Alpacas proudly co-owns this fantastic male with Delphi Alpacas and Prairie Moon Alpacas. Zeppelin is the 2013 AOBA National Black Male Fleece Champion and sire to multiple champion offspring. With his fourth fleece, Zeppelin won the 2013 AOBA National Black Male Fleece Color Championship. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg on his accomplishments! Here are some of his fleece statistics - Zep’s Histograms: 2009: AFD 15.7 / SD 2.8 / CV 18.0 / 0.2 % >30 2010: AFD 16.9 / SD 2.9 / CV 16.9 / 0.4% >30 2011: AFD 17.7 / SD 3.3 / CV 18.4 / 0.8 % >30 2012: AFD 19.8 / SD 3.9 / CV 19.7 / 2.1% >30 2013: AFD 20.4 / SD 4.1 / CV 19.9 / 3.0% >30 Zep’s Shearing Weight: 2009: 6 pounds total = 7.2 pounds annualized 2010: 9.5 pounds total = 8.75 pounds annualized 2011: 10.1 pounds annualized 2012: 10.8 pounds annualized His Cria: – His first cria to ever show, fawn Zeppelin’s Rainsong, purchased by The Alpaca Group, won a color championship at her first show! – We are honored that Zeppelin’s genetics have also been chosen by Pacific Crest Alpacas / Accoyo America. – Snowmass Alpacas purchased from Delphi Alpacas (our co-owners of Zep), one black Zeppelin daughter and 3 black females bred to Zeppelin; as well as a female bred to him from another farm. Watch for those kids in their show string in 2014/2015. Zeppelin has over 45 cria on the ground so far, and he is throwing a lot of black. His get from black based dams includes: – From 9 TB dams he has thrown 4 TB, 1 DSG, 3 BB, and 1 DF cria. – From 2 BB dams he threw 1 BB and 1 LF cria. – From 4 Silver greys (black base) he threw 3 TB and 1 MB. From light colors he often darkens the dam. – From 8 whites, he has yet to throw a white, with some beiges and even a TB – From 6 fawns, he has thrown a variety of colors, including DRG But regardless of color, with Zeppelin it’s ALL about the fleece quality – for example look at his daughter Tessla’s fleece at right – she sold for $18,000 at auction in 2012, shortly after winning Color Champ, Best Brightness and Best Hand at the Alpacamania Fleece Show (Tessla’s yearling histogram: AFD 12.7, SD 2.0, CV 15.6, %>30 0.0)! The pick of the litter in 2012 at Delphi was Deltana – a fawn with the kind of fleece you dream of. She’s off to the great breeding program at A Paca Fun Farm! His Lineage: Zeppelin is prepotent for that fine fleece with gorgeous character. His dad, PHA Peruvian Taos, a stunning Legacy son, had a 22.9 AFD at 7 yrs. Zeppelin’s mom tested at 21.3 AFD at 7 years as well. Zeppelin also offers correct conformation, impressive presence, size, coverage, and substance of bone. Zeppelin is full Peruvian and 3/8 Accoyo.