We simply cannot sing the praises of El Segundo de Royal Fawn enough, but we are content to not overly hype him. His kids provide enough hype all on their own to satisfy us. Moreover, at thirteen years of age, Segundo has as of this writing our single best breeding record for 2009. All his drive-by and in-house breedings have settled in one breeding only, which is amazing for any male over the age of ten! We are thrilled as well that the two females that have produced the winning-est of all of Segundo's offspring, Mulowe of SilverCloud Farm and Kilblaan Satine of Glacier Rock Alpacas, have been bred back to Segundo this year. For Mulowe, this is her third time to be bred to Segundo, and her prior two are both well-known champions that are producing champions. Segundo is co-owned with our friend, Carol Karsten of Hidden Hill Farm, in Antrim, NH.

Smokey is a very dark silver grey full Peruvian male. He is compact and has large bones in a smaller frame. He has wonderful density and fiber coverage from his nose to his toes. At 6 years of age, Smokey possesses a 22.6 fiber micron count. Smokey was sired by Maplewood Farm's blue ribbon fleece winner, Peruvian Pewter who is grey and has a micron of 16. Smokey's grandsire is CPeruvian Silvino and his great grandsire is PPeruvian Felix making him 1/8 Accoyo. Smokey's granddam PPeruvian Pandora was a Alianza import making him 1/4 Alianza as well. His first cria hit the ground in 2007 and we are happy with the results. To date, he has produced approximately 20 cria ranging in color from medium fawn to true black. He consistently throws cria with awesome coverage and very fine, bright fiber. At least half of his offspring have been grey or true black. When bred to a pattern female, he has always produced a cria with patterns. Smokey would be a great match for your females who are dense, but lack fineness. If you are looking for an awesome grey full Peruvian herdsire to add black and grey to your herd, look no further.... For more information and the schedule a breeding, contact Justin and Cara Stray at [email protected]. UPDATE: Smokey took 3rd for Get of Sire at the 2010 Best of the US Show in Columbus with his offspring Jolie Rouge (1st place in halter), d'Artagnan (6th place in halter) and Miss Rosco (5th place in halter). The judge commented on how all 3 offspring had similar fineness, staple length and brightness in their fiber.