We selected Sweet 16 as a foundation female to add to our herd specifically for her outstanding lingering fineness and uniformity. Her dam, Supersuris Blondie has retained her fineness in the low 20s even as a 16 year old and Sweet 16 is following in her dam's footsteps. Sweet 16's SHIP classification scores are outstanding with perfect 5 scores for fleece fineness and uniformity of color and micron and a 4.5 score for luster. The 2019 EPD trait data puts her in the Top 1% in 5 of 7 traits for all suri females: AFD Top 1% SD Top 1% SF Top 1% %>30. Top 1% %M Top 1% This girl has it all, fabulous fleece and great conformation with great genetic bloodlines to make any suri breeder happy. She is a great mother providing lots of milk and TLC to her crias. Her first cria, Sweet 16's Romeo, won first place at the Northwest Alpaca Show in 2013 and won second place in halter and fleece at the 2013 AOBA National show. Romeo's fiber density is 75.5 follicles SQ MM of skin which is extremely dense. Secondary fibers measured 17.5 microns with a variation between primaries of 9.9. only 25% secondary fibers are medullated. He has 4 of 4 gland presence. Very few males have these kinds of numbers for density. Dr. Norm Evans stated, "THIS MALE IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE TO PASS ON SUPERIOR GENETIC TRAITS!". Sweet 16 had a Kahuna Bahati daughter, Big Timber's Malika, in October 2014. This female is gorgeous and combines the great Kahuna genetics with the superfine Blondie bloodlines. Her fleece is super fine royal alpaca with the brightest luster and high level of density in her lock structure. Malika's 2017 density measured 69.50, one of the best for all suri females. She is producing champion offspring. Sweet 16 had aother gorgeous white female out of Kahuna's Josef in August 2017 named Sweet Mimosa. This little one is full of lusterous, curly fleece from head to toe. This genetic combo knocked it out of the park. We bred Jeremiah and Sweet 16 in 2017 and had a stunning male cria in August 2018, Jeremiah's Jacob. This boy is drop dead gorgous and has the fiber stats to prove it. In 2019 we repeated the breeding of Sweetie and Jeremiah for a 2020 cria. She gave birth to a strong, beautiful male cria on July 5, 2020. Take a look at all of Sweet 16's offspring.. She clearly is passing on all her positive traits to produce top seed stock Suris.

Big Timber is honored to co-own HFS Jeremiah with Tim and Beth Sheets of Heritage Farm Suri Alpacas. Our first five offspring from Jeremiah were born in August 2018: three gorgeous males and two stunning females out of our stud females, Malika,Tahiti White Pearl, Kerolyn, Sweet 16 and Aphrodite. His 2018 offspring won Jeremiah his first Get of Sire awards in major competitions. Jeremiah is a 7X Champion and a 2X Judges Choice winner. Although his conformation is perfect, Jeremiah's fiber is his greatest asset. His highly aligned and organized wave and twist locks equate to density, fineness and luster. His follicles are tightly packed clusters that "shingle" over each other. Jeremiah has top suri male genetics including Rockstar, Torbio, Baron Lafite and Ramilo. His maternal genetics are just as awesome with Accoyo Lafite's Mucha Bella as his dam, an award winning, top ranked EPD female that has produced champion offspring, along with Accoyo Luna, who produced multiple champion offspring. Jeremiah ranked in the top of the 2023 EPDS: AFD: top 5% SF: top 5% His 2014 skin biopsy showed a density of 52.25 and a secondary to primary ratio of 8:1. His primary to secondary spread was 7 with a secondary micron of 15.9 and a primary micron of 22.9. He has 3 out of 4 gland presence and his secondary medullation was under 30%. Dr. Norm Evans commented: "The variation in fiber diameter of primary to secondary fibers is only 7 microns which is exceptional. This male should exhibit superior handle since he is not only very fine but unique in that <30% of his secondary fibers show medullation. He certainly exhibits exceptional fleece traits that should be passed on to his offspring." In the SHIPS classification, Jeremiah scored perfect 5's for all the conformation categories. In fleece characteristics, he scored a perfect 5 for uniformity of color and fleece phenotype. He scored 4.5s for luster and uniform lock and 4's for fineness and handle. He also scored 3s for uniformity of micron and density. Jeremiah won the Futurity 2024 Herdsire of the Year Award for the Small Farm Division. An honor well deserved based on his mutliple champion offspring! Overall, Jeremiah's quantitative data supports his superior suri genetics and prepotence. His multiple champion offspring prove his worth.