AJ is a predictable color breeder - no exceptions. AJ has over 85 crias on the ground, 67% are black, 32% are brown, and 1% is gray– from dams from white to black. When bred to black, 100% are black. Color is no problem for this boy. AJ is a tried and true, Full Peruvian, non-fading black macho. His fleece is soft (2000 micron of 18, 2007 22.0 AT 8 YEARS OLD!), crimpy, and virtually free of guard hair. He is full Alianza, alpacas noted for maintaining fineness as they age. AJ has proven himself in the show and with his progeny. A four-time Reserve Champion, AJ has also won more than 20 blue ribbons for halter, composite, and fleece including a blue ribbon fleece award at AOBA. Most recently AJ won the coveted Get of Sire against two white, highly competitive males - very rare for a black. Many of his crias are already in the winners circle garnering first and second places as well as champion and reserve champion awards for halter, fleece, shorn, and composite. Our partners in AJ, Kings Ranch Alpacas, are selling their half interest. If you are interested, please contact them directly. Their email is: [email protected]

We were looking for an alpaca just like Maple Sugar to add to our foundation herd. Sugar brings the rare Canadian genes of SUPER SAM, Ravero, Amadeus, Javier, and also the AOBA champion, White Lightening. She also is carrying some of the NEWEST genetics in North America from the Australian Jolimont herd - one of the best in Australia. With her fabulous look, soft, crimpy, LONG fleece, and stunning head we can't say enough about this girl. Add to that, her black lineage and she is a perfect match for our champion true black, Axtion Jaxon. And were we right! Her first cria, Daphne, is true black, with the look we were after, and soft, dense fleece. Sugar's 08 cria, Ladysgotthelooks, is a carbon copy of Daphne. From white to black - a great way to improve blacks. On September 28th, 2009, Sugar had her cria - another black girl - Jenny May - a spitting image of Daphne and Lady. THAT'S THREE BLACK FEMALES !What a great mom Sugar is and a great producer! So - we will breed her to The Lad, which should be AMAZING! We have her on our list because we will keep one of her daughters. If she stays with us, that's fine too. For the serious black breeder, Sugar is a steal - a white who produces black - and that BEAUTIFUL Super Sam head - plus Australian Jolimont genetics. What could be better?

NOW STANDING AT ALPACA PALACE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNTIL LATE FALL 2016. The Lad will catch your eye in a heartbeat. LAD'S FLEECE TESTED AT 18.7 MICRONS WITH A 4.5 SD AT AGE 2!! AGE 8: HOLDING AT 20.2 with a 4.6 SD!! As the youngest in his class of 13, he placed third at the Great Western (06) and then went on to 1st and Color Champion at the ABR Fall Festival (2006). In March 2007, The Lad placed 1st at the Southwest Regional Show and at Texolan he took first and Reserve Color Champion. At Mopaca In January 2008, he was awarded first and Reserve Color Champion. His pen was crowded with admirers and he remains one of the main attractions for visitors to Dundee Farm. At his final show at GWAS, he placed first over a stunning true black Legacy grandson. The Lad's cria micron came it at 18.2 with a comfort factor of 99. By two years of age, it had risen to 18.7. The Lad's 2012 report (age 8) came in at: AFD: 20.2, SD: 4.6, CV: 22.8, >30: 3.1... amazing considering his age and color. His crias first fleeces are coming in from 14.8 to 18.0. He is dense, covered from head to toe to tail with curly, bright, fiber, and has extreme coverage on his remarkable head. He has the classic square bodied conformation and turns heads wherever he goes. The Lad's crias are ALL true black or dark brown. And...now a ROSE GREY out of a rose grey dam. They are winning in the show ring. Harris, owned by Annie's Alpaca Ranch, took a first at both GWAS and AOBA Nationals. Other standouts include Raine and Soldier (a Reserve Champion at 3 years old...MOPACA show, Reserve Champion at Oklahoma, and Champion at Ozarks Show) from Flatland Ranch, and Bonnie and from Manna Meadows.