Solid harlequin - Luciano line!

Silver Maple Whisper

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Medium Silver Grey

Sire: DERWYDD FORTUNATO LUCIANO

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DERWYDD FORTUNATO LUCIANO

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Light Silver Grey

AOA# 30649965DOB: 2/2/200717 yrs

Fortunato Luciano is a beautifully soft and dense Light Silver Grey male with a uniform fleece, great handle and a regal show ring presence. His staple length growth at 15 months was .36 mm/day and the length was 125 mm. This boy fills out! His first sheering histogram MFD was 19.7. He started his show career with a Blue Ribbon at the 2007 Northern Illinois Alpaca Extravaganza LSG Halter Class at only 8 Months old and another Blue at the Great Midwest Alpaca Festival in Madison WI. in 2008. His sire is EL R Peruvian Luciano, a Medium Silver Grey 2006 Get-Of-Sire Champion on the West Coast. His dam is a 1/2 Accoyo Vicuna-colored girl out of Accoyo Grand Master. This makes Fortunato Luciano a Full Alianza-Accoyo Peruvian. If you're looking for elite greys then these are the grey genetics you want in your herd.

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 AOA# 30649965 Light Silver Grey

Description

Whisper is a beautiful example of that very rare coloring that stands as one of my absolute favorite alpaca colors of all: the solid silver harlequin. The source of Whisper's harlequin gene will be no mystery to any harlequin appaloosa breeder to review her pedigree. Her grandsire is none other than EL R Peruvian Luciano, one of the greatest sons of Peruvian Platinum and well-known harlequin appaloosa producer. The rest of Whisper's pedigree is an interesting blend of renowned light and grey alpaca genetics. Her sire's dam is sired by Accoyo Grand Master and out of Peruvian Heidi, the dam of well-known herdsire Peruvian Challenger. Her dam line goes back to Peruvian Felix -- a full Accoyo import sire whose name appears not infrequently in harlequin pedigrees -- and Loganberry Von TR, ancestor of Silver Legend and Legend's Challenger of KPR. Whisper was originally brought into our program for two reasons. The first is her very unique, and very rare, coloration. Having started life light fawn, Whisper sheared out silver grey at her first shearing, making her a solid harlequin. This solid harlequin coloring is one of the most unusual manifestations of the harlequin appaloosa gene, as well as one of the only genetic pathways to completely solid grey alpacas. (Whisper does have a couple of small spots on her face, a trademark of the harlequin gene.) The other reason that I wanted to bring Whisper here was her incredible staple length. Her cria fleece had a staple of >7", while her second year staple was 5.5". As breeders select for extreme fineness and uniformity -- as our program does -- staple lengths often tend to shorten, making those animals with the genetics for long staple length valuable additions. Although Whisper's fleece is not extreme in fineness, she has a soft handle, and her fleece should make stunning yarn. In addition to her color and fleece traits, Whisper is an excellent foundation female in her physical traits as well. Her conformation is flawless. She has a beautiful head with a shapely muzzle and full topknot, and her coverage is very good. She has very good substance of bone and nice proportions. With her excellent phenotypic traits and valued Peruvian Platinum genetics, Whisper is an exciting addition to our foundation.

Updated 9/11/2017

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