At Autumn Sun Alpacas, we know that is no secret that this true black herdsire is an all-around package that you will want to cover any dam, light or dark colored! Secret is a black that had no fading at his tips or interspersed white fibers when he was showing (he's getting a few 'old man' white hairs now). This isn't surprising with a lineage that includes notable black sires like Othello, recently deceased, and Snowmass Nova's Dark Quest. With his distinctive head and leg coverage, along with his inky black fiber, many stopped and stared at Secret the ring. And worthy of that attention, his fiber has extreme density, bright shine, bundled crimp, and soft handle. These are traits that you want to add or amplify in your breeding program! This is obvious in the 10x champion true black son, AutumnSun's Black Maelstrom. We were fortunate to have had our program benefit from such an exceptional offspring, especially as he was just one of only a few we have performed to Secret! We have the fortune of several excellent herdsires, including grey and black, so Secret has had to be patient. And, Maelstrom is just as a precocious stud just as his sire, as both started breeding under 2 years old. Father and son both breed black well into our program. As our Secret is getting up there in years and we we don't want to overtax him (he is still breeding for us), we are closing him to outside breedings.

We will include AutumnSun's Anvil with the purchase of Silver Peruvian Master Piece. Anvil just took a second place ribbon at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and has great black and grey genetics. It is with great pleasure that we introduce Silver Peruvian Master Piece into our herd. It was to our surprise and fortune that we were able to acquire this spectacular male with an impressive ancestry. He is a son of the acclaimed Peruvian Silvio from Magical Farms, Inc., a renowned grey herdsire. He also has Peruvian Silvino on his dam's side. Silver pulls all that superior grey lineage together to form an incredible package. His farm, ALPACAS of Tualatin Valley, LLC praised Silver by saying: "Silver Peruvian Master Piece is a stunning gray male! He's got it all; a fleece that is fine with good density and excellent coverage, a beautiful head, correct conformation and a compact body style with heavy bone... This gentle male exemplifies everything we desire in a superior herdsire... Most importantly, Master Piece is displaying his strong ability to pass on his sought after genetic material in the offspring he is producing...." Silver is a friendly boy who, even at the age of 11-years-old carries his elite fineness and density. He gets the job done and one breeding is usually all it takes with him. He has a consistent track record of throwing black or grey crias at a rate of 75% and we look forward to seeing what he can produce for us. Let's see what he can do for you, too!