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Gray Alpaca Co's Nomad

Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Medium Rose Grey

Sire: Rainier's Exodus

Producer of Champions

Rainier's Exodus

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Light Rose Grey

AOA# 30371064DOB: 1/25/200619 yrs

Producing top award winning crias! Here is a jewel in our herd. He is a consistent, high quality producer of silver grays and rose grays. He is the sire of Alpine's Carderock, 2x AOBA Nationals Gray Fleece Champion. Exodus has been a successful addition to Alpine Alpacas, and now Gray Alpaca Company, and he continues to pass along his incredible density, fineness, compact structure and big bone. He has excellent crimp and density. See his early histogram at left. He is compact with excellent bone and proportions. We took him to OABA where he was the smallest and one of the youngest in his class. He proudly accepted top honors with the BLUE RIBBON in his first show. He is now a big boned, compact, 165 lbs. His offspring are now winning Championships and Blues in the show ring, too.

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 AOA# 30371064 Light Rose Grey

Dam: Eastwind's Silver Aria

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Eastwind's Silver Aria

HuacayaBred (Female)Light Silver Grey

AOA# 30703070DOB: 8/16/200717 yrs

Pedigree includes Orlando Cloud, Danko, PPeruvian Victor, and McGwire. With these genetics it is no surprise this lovely female has fleece and conformation that are exceptional. She is another no nonsense alpaca, easy breeder, birther, milker. Her personality is tops, and she is a breeze to handle.

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 AOA# 30703070 Light Silver Grey

Description

Nomad! What wonderful luck that I stumbled across this guy. I found him because I was interested in his best friend for life, Alpine's Catoctin. He looked great, though, and his pedigree was pretty cool, and he was very bonded to Catoctin, so I took a chance and brought him here as well. Oh, what a great decision that was! Nomad has quickly become a farm favorite here, and has become one of my top males in breeding rotation. He has so many things that I was looking for in a grey male. Pedigree-wise, Nomad boasts a tidy stack of "impact" greys -- minus Inca Legend, making him an excellent outcross for that line -- with Orlando Cloud his grandsire, and Lanark's Silver Charm and Danko his great-grandsires. His sire, Rainer's Exodus, is an under-used male who counts multiple-champion Alpine's Carderock among his 24 (mostly grey) registered offspring. Also among these are two of Nomad's full siblings -- Alpine's Calais Cloud, a 16.6-AFD / 3.9-SD blue ribbon winner, and Alpine's Volt, an absolutely stunning male, likewise with multiple blues. Volt was, in fact, a male that I had strongly considered buying. I am so glad I waited, because his full brother Nomad has everything that Volt has -- and then some. Nomad is ideal in size and stature. He is perfectly compact -- the exact size we are breeding for -- with excellent substance of bone. He is very square and arrow-straight, with a level topline. His neck displays the beautiful, graceful curvature that seems strongly associated with the Orlando Cloud line; his head, likewise, is a beautiful example of Orlando "type." Nomad's fiber coverage is massive, with perfect, thick, "bell-bottom" legs. Then, there is his fleece. Nomad offers a grey fleece that is not only outstanding, but compliments our herd beautifully in what it has to offer. For one thing, he is dense ... Really, really dense. He has an outstanding staple length -- 4.5" at his 3rd shearing -- and a superb, tight, high-frequency crimp. He has very good fineness and uniformity as well, with a 19.4 AFD and 4.3 SD on his first shearing. He has not had a histogram run since, but his current fleece still looks to be in the low 20's. All of these traits should be an excellent compliment to many of our dams. Last but not least, though, is the real reason that Nomad has so quickly become a favorite: his personality. This is the sweetest, friendliest, gentlest male we have ever encountered. He loves neck rubs and attention, yet allows himself to be haltered and led like a gentleman. His disposition -- like so much else about him -- is truly ideal. After a couple of confused days, Nomad has enthusiastically begun his breeding career. I am confident that this male will have a tremendous impact on our herd. Well, Nomad didn't wind up getting much work in 2017 -- until now. His first cria was just born on our farm, and OH MY GOODNESS she is better than I ever imagined.

Updated 5/20/2021

Offspring

Leonidas 0f 300

Male7 yrsLight Brown, Light Silver Grey

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