Mr. Butterscotch (AKA Scottie, or “Mister Scot” for the serious Star Trek fan) was one of those alpacas whose photo I had seen and gone, “WOW.” Well, sometimes the stars align, and now, months later, we are proud to have Scottie join our stud row. Scottie is a very light silver harlequin appaloosa. His sire was a dark harlequin son of the renowned DPA Quetzal, son of Timoteo. His dam, My Peruvian Zuleika, was a powerful producer for Magical Farms. She is also the dam of multiple-champion grey Zoolander, as well as several harlequin daughters who were all exceptional. With a name like Mr. Butterscotch, and covered in spots, one might expect Scotty to be a bit of a goof – but this is one serious macho. Scottie is a very dominant male, though he is outgoing towards humans and very good on a halter. He gets along very well with the other large, macho studs that he lives with. Scottie's dominant nature isn't surprising, as he has the largest testicles that I have ever seen on an alpaca. This is a very desirable trait, as it has been found to positively correlate with high offspring fertility in other livestock. Coming up on his tenth birthday, Scottie still looks stunning. He is ideally conformed, with a square build and good bone. He is extremely well-muscled and has a wide chest and excellent spring of rib. His type is excellent, with a handsome head, coverage to his toes and a topknot that keeps on growing. Scottie did extremely well in the showring, taking blue ribbons at highly competitive shows. More importantly, he has retained many of those competitive fiber traits even on his tenth fleece. Scottie's current fleece is still endowed with a distinct, consistent crimp that is medium to high in frequency. His brightness is terrific for his age, and his fleece is still quite uniform with a soft handle. He is very dense, and working on a great staple length for his age. Before arriving at Howling Hill, Scottie had one harlequin, Tia, to his credit. She has solid bone, excellent coverage, beautiful type, and consistent crimp. His first cria here was an appaloosa ... His second, a harlequin ... His third, a minimally-spotted appy. Scottie can throw harlequin, alright. As Scottie is getting up in age, I have decided to close his studbook. Look for his offspring on our farm, as well as females bred to him.

Trinity!! Trinity has a fairly short, neat Accoyo pedigree. Her sire is Accoyo Versache, who is a grandson of the great import sires, Yupanqui and Victor. Her dam is an own daughter of Royal Fawn and granddaughter of White Lightning, who is the sire of Rensselaer. I originally chose Trinity for my foundation herd because of her compact, square structure, full coverage, and soft, bright fleece. Trinity tested out with an AFD of 18.7 and comfort factor of 99.2% at 19 months of age. Her fleece is extremely bright, with a bold crimp style, and she has very good density. She has perfect alpaca type with a lovely, pleasing head, sweet expression, and curly fiber on her cheeks. Trinity has a gentle, inquisitive disposition. It took me a few weeks to get these few good pictures of her, because she's always coming over to sniff the camera! Trinity's first cria was a fawn, by a black sire. He was very cute and compact, with a beautiful head and ultra-bright fleece. For whatever reason, he kind of "stalled out" in growth, and was sold to a pet home. Trinity's second cria is an appaloosa ... WOW. This was a much, much better pairing. This boy looks really, really nice. Trinity will be for sale .... Probably only once her cria is weaned.