beautiful dark silver grey guy

Soldier Keep Walking

Alpaca, Huacaya, Male | Dark Silver Grey

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Alpaca Knolls Caleb

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Medium Silver Grey

AOA# 31616133DOB: 3/19/201014 yrs

This is a nice grey guy! Besides his cute factor, he is so nice to handle that he was used to film a Bud light commercial and we have taken him to public events. He was also just featured on live TV in San Diego & he hasn't kicked or spit - how's that for bragging rights lol. Not sure on permissions to use their photos so check it out yourself on Tonight in San Diego facebook or website. This guy throws grey even when bred to beige! He has had both a medium silver grey & a dark silver grey offspring. Very slim chances of producing grey out of a beige dam with no grey in her background but, were we glad we took the chance. Low and behold a stunning medium grey female that still looks like a walking doll! He has had 3 girls and one boy, a very dark silver tuxedo -just beautiful too! When we got Caleb at about 4-years-old, the shearer remarked how nice and fine he was and was pleasantly surprised at his age. He looked like he was shearing through a beautiful light cloud and we never have to worry about making the minimum weight when sending his fleece for processing. We should have sent his histogram in then, but at just over 5-years of age for a grey breeding male, his histogram is 23.7 microns with nice uniformity! We have had his fleece processed to yarn and all 7 skeins of 3-ply turned out nice and sold out. Grey being rare, tends to sell fast! His prior owner had shown him and he took a 3rd in his class and I realized it was against the top contenders like Amber Autumn and Renaissance Ridge. Also check out his sire, Silvercloud Farm's Spinx over at Alpacas of Anza Valley. He and his progeny are still winning awards. We truly like this guy a lot but since he is returned from breeding to girls in San Diego, and we won't be breeding him any more we are offering him for sale. He would love to have some more dates or just be a companion or take over his board and keep him here at Alpacas of Windy Hill. Contact us for more info.

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We had a birthing season run of 5 boys born in a row. The birth just before this guy was about as traumatic as could be. Our show string, full Accoyo dam that had been bred to full Accoyo male from another state had an extremely complicated delivery. Despite an amazing team of vet and nurses and a truly heroic effort, the baby didn't make it and we lost our valiant dam the next day - on what would have been my mother in heaven's birthday. Not that losing a life is ever easy, but this has been a particularly hard ranching year with losses and other setbacks to make us start questioning what we are doing and why. The best I could come to peace with is just keep walking, even if it looks like everything is working against you, sometimes you have to hold on to your dream and do your best to just keep on keeping on. Our very next birth, along came this handsome guy! He was the result of a lease on a nice dam out of two champion parents. His name somewhat inspired by a Toby Mac song, Move (keep walking) Soldier keep walking.... "Walker" is cute as can be and has a great color & a nice solid dark grey blanket! At an event hosted by Socalpaca, Dale Davis gave him comments of excellent uniform crimp expression in micron under 25 especially noting his excellent brightness! This guy in the very least, should make some fabulous products for years to come. We have sold out of his dad's fleece and/or products and the fact that Walker is darker in color and solid in blanket color, already sets him to be a notch above his dad. This boy continues to catch people's eye and we have had numerous inquiries regarding his purchase. He is weaning age so if you would be interested in him AND would consider continuing to board him at Alpacas of Windy Hill or giving us breedings to him in the future, talk to us we may accept a lower offer. Oh and as a side note, the tide shifted, after leasing 7 females and having all boys 2 years in a row, we finally had a girl on our last lease! A birthing season of 6 boys in a row ended with 4 seemingly beautiful, healthy girls. Our continued walk has us jumping for joy! Come out and see this guy. He is about as cute as they come!

Updated 2/15/2017