UPDATE: sometime in the summer of 2018, Manchu quit producing sperm. We finally tested and confirmed in spring of 2019. He had a long run and produced many outstanding cria. We are thrilled to still have daughters, sons and grandlkids still in the herd. He is retired to live out his time in the old guys pasture. Thanks Manchu!! 2015 Histogram just in AFD 24.3 SD 4.4 CF 92.2 Medulation 5.2 AT 11 YEARS OLD!! 9 Time Champion/Reserve ~ 12 First Place Awards! FULL ACCOYO! Here is what Amanda VandenBosch had to say when she evaluated him for us this February 2006…… “Overall this male is excellent! He is a strong male with excellent substance of bone. He has a triangular head shape with a broad muzzle and good distance from eye to lower face. He is true to type thru his head and overall proportions, exhibiting fineness, uniformity of character throughout the blanket and excellent density for fineness. True Herdsire prospect! As you can see from his histograms over the years he is VERY consistent. He sheared 13.9 POUNDS in his 2008 annual shearing. 14.2 lbs in his 2009 annual shearing, 14.8 lbs in his 2010 shearing. WOW. DENSE. 2007 Skin biopsy - Follicular Density of 61; S/P Ratio 11/1 Age 15 mo. (Watts 2006) His 2008 Fleece (4 years old – D age category) Scored 80.5 points at AOBA Nationals 08; Fineness/Handle 18/20!; Crimp 8/10! Manchu was still winning Fleece Championships at 5 years of age. His 2009 Fleece took Reserve Color Champion!! At 10 years of age - 2014 IAO Reserve Longevity of Fineness Champion!! Manchu’s progeny exhibit all the qualities of their sire. Of the 98 progeny on the ground, 50 have been shown, 21 of those have bannered!!! Almost 1/2 that show, WIN!! Outstanding female crias swept 4 SHOWS. 3 Shows in A ROW fall of 2010 winning Reserve and Color Champion at EACH SHOW! AlpacaMania 2010; Gold Country Gathering 2010; National Elite 2010 and in 2011 the California Classic. Excellent males sweep white in 2012 California Classic; 2013 IAO Cottage and 2014 Gold Country - WOW! 2017 EPDs TOP ONE PERCENT in TWO TRAITS! AFD -1.836 Rank 3.15% Top 5% SDAFD -0.351 Rank 12.79% Top 15% SF -1.756 Rank 4.31% Top 5% %F>30 -6.554 Rank 3.31% Top 5% MC 4.282 Rank 5.26% Top 10% %M -6.715 Rank 0.27% Top 1% MSL -0.168 Rank 53.5% FW 1.514 Rank 0.08% Top 1%

Arica has grown up to be a lovely girl with fine, consistent fleece characteristics that the judges have admired. Check out her EPDs! She brings good potential for color genetics from her fawn sire, an Alpamayo Studmaster son, and from her brown dam from the Studmaster program. She comes with a breeding to any of our males, or you can use the breeding for another female. For her first breeding we took advantage of her excellent consistency of fleece and bred her to our outstanding herdsire, Accoyo America Hawkeye. This daughter. Lauca, is now one of our foundation females and she is fantastic! A white female with outstanding fine bundling, brightness, and her conformation is perfect. We followed up with a breeding to Derwydd El Nino's Accoyo Manchu, and she produced a Knock-Out champion beige male, Sun Tzu (named for his maternal grandfather). Next bred to Snowmass Best N Grace, a large male with long, draping staples and perfect conformation, and produced our MRN El Maximo (sold). Arica's 2018 cria by multi-champ MRN Prime Starrr arrived Dec. 5. This boy has show ring possibilities--medium fawn with popcorn fleece, excellent crimp and brightness! One of the things I love about Prime Starrr is his long staple length--I think he has passed this on to his son. Until the cria is weaned in the spring, Arica will sell with her cria. For her next breeding, we'd suggest our Snowmass Matrix son, MRN Matrix Lord of Sipan. He is a compact fawn male with loads of long, crimpy, fine staples. This year he sheared nearly 12% of his body weight! Arica has a pleasing personality and she is a dedicated mother with lots of milk. She is a perfect foundation female. We always said that she was the prettiest cria on the farm where she was born, and even after 4 crias she looks like a lovely young maiden. Arica has made the move to Alpacas of Marin, in the north San Francisco Bay area.