UPDATE: Rio's first crias are here and look great! The genetic potential of this full Peruvian male is awesome! He brings together the strengths of the Accoyo(Caligula and Leon) and Cconchatanca bloodlines. Both his dam and his sire have elite white fiber that has retained fineness as they have matured. At the fourth shearing his sire's histogam was AFD=18.3 SD=3.6 CV=19.7% CF=99.7% >30=0.3%!!!! As if that wasn't enough, Rio has a terrific dam, too. Phyllis is one of our outstanding foundation females, representing the awesome result of an Accoyo/Cconchatanca match. She has given us two exceptional crias: Taffeta (now one of our foundation females) and Rio...2 for 2! Phyllis's histogram for her 8th shearing was an outstanding AFD=20.4 SD=4.2 CV=20.3% CF=97.3% >30=2.7%!!!! Talk about maintaining fiber excellence! And, like Montezuma, she offers fineness without sacrificing density. How can Rio not be great? Rio has grown into the phenotypically ideal male that his sire represents (see photo). Rio has his sire's excellent conformation and balance, complete fiber coverage, and handsome head. His dense fiber is bright, crimpy, fine, and consistent with excellent staple length. And, the good news is that he just continues to get better every day, exhibiting the "type", presence, and style we want in a herdsire. At the IAOBA Show, Diane Timmerman called him "The complete package!" WOW! Co-owned with Crystal Lake Alpacas (MI) Ask about Avalon Farm's Special Program of DISCOUNTED "CUSTOMER" AND "PRIORITY" STUD FEES!. 60 DAYS FREE BOARD for dam and the cria by her side AND a 30 DAY LIVE CRIA GUARANTEE. "Drive-By" and Mobile breedings by arrangement. Awards (cont) 2007 MIAF-Judge: Inglefield 1st Shorn White Adult Males 2007 MI Breeder's Show 1st Adult

Autumn is a lovely, typey female with light fawn fiber, good conformation, and a sweet disposition. She is an attentive, trouble-free mother who has always had an abundant supply of milk for her crias. Autumn was imported in utero and was born on Thanksgiving day, the day after we purchased her dark fawn dam...what a blessing...and hence, her name "Autumn Blessing"! Autumn was our very first female cria (preceeded by 5 male crias...Yikes!) and she has always been a favorite. Unfortunately we didn't get a cria from Autumn in 2003 due to an undiagnosed cystic follicle that kept her perpetually receptive. Once the problem was properly diagnosed and treated, she got pregnant right away, just as she's done in the past. Again, in 2005, Autumn was left unbred by our customers and, therefore, did not have a 2006 cria through no fault of her own. Ultimately we repurchased Autumn to return to our herd and bred her to our black Color Champion, Lace's Peruvian Black Lance. We got a nice, true black son (Avalon's Peruvian Trail Blazer) from this match...her darkest cria to date. Given Autumn's ability to produce dark color, we were tempted to rebreed her to one of our dark herdsires. However, we chose, instead, to breed her to one of our white Color Champions, Avalon's Peruvian Impresario, whose fiber genetics we believed would further enhance the fiber qualities in Autumn's next cria. In particular, we chose "Rio" for his fiber's strong crimp and fineness. He also brought to this match density and excellent fiber coverage. We were right. The result of this breeding was a handsome white male cria, Avalon's Peruvian Levi. With a rebreeding to Rio, Autumn is a nice choice as an inexpensive starter female. EVERY FEMALE purchased from Avalon Farm is eligible for reduced price breedings to any solely owned AFA herdsire FOR HER BREEDING LIFE, regardless of owner.