Johnny Bravo is that dark silver grey male that I had been looking for all along. It took me awhile to find him, but boy, better late than never! Purchased in-utero by his original owner, Johnny is the product of Crescent Moon's elite breeding program. His sire, Crescent Moon's Donato, is a 10x champion, including the futurity, and Johnny is his first offspring. As a son of the great ATV Adonnis, and out of a maroon daughter of Camilio, Donato's excellence is no fluke. He is passing it, along with his grey coloring, on to his offspring with great reliability. Johnny's dam, Crescent Moon's Morning Glory, represents a unique blend of elite genetics. Her dam is Nasahuento's Poppy, making her maternal half-sister to the legendary Rayo Del Sol. Her sire, Crescent Moon's Kryptonite, is a rare true black son of Legacy, who has proven his ability to produce the extreme fineness that made his sire a legend -- only in black and grey. Johnny carries the awesome type, total coverage, and beautiful headstyle that I want to see in an alpaca. He is an ideal size -- not too tall, but very stocky, with an excellent spring of rib to accompany his fantastic bone. His conformation is excellent. I already mentioned the head, but it's so great that I need to mention it again -- his head rocks. Excellent density, brightness, and a beautiful crimp style characterize this guy's fleece. He is not lacking in the area of fineness, either, as his first fleece carried an AFD of 17.7; his second had an AFD of 18.8 and a comfort factor of 95.9%. His coloring is one of my absolute favorites -- a dramatic, extremely dark silver grey with swirls and spots of light. Well, Johnny's first six cria have arrived, and while they are all gorgeous -- beautiful heads, great coverage, big bone and bright, bright fleeces -- not one of them is grey. We are aiming for quality, to be sure, but we are exclusively grey breeders here, so sadly, Johnny isn't going to get much work here the way our program is structured. He's never been bred to grey, so a grey breeder who is willing to take a chance on him might get a killer deal. Otherwise, I'm happy to have him hang out -- he is some serious eye candy.

Pepper is an alpha female who has more than earned her status. She is our eldest foundation female -- acquired at age nine (two years older than my cutoff for foundation), she was a girl that I was willing to bend the rules for because of the harlequin cria at her side. So far, so thrilled with that snap decision! Pepper's lineage is pretty unique. She is a granddaughter of renowned import grey The Silversmith on her sire's side, and of NWD, Ltd. Abraham (son of Accoyo Felix) on her dam's side. This combination of Chilean color and Accoyo genetics resulted in a solidly built, squarely framed female with full fiber coverage -- even at age nine. She has an excellent spring of rib and great heartgirth, and great circumference of bone. Although clearly black, Pepper has the most excellent propensity to produce grey. This may simply be due to good luck (all of the sires have been grey, naturally), but two things intrigue me. One is that her latest cria, 2014 son Logan, is a harlequin grey, a particularly rare color that is not often associated with blacks (his sire is a "modern" who has produced no other harlequins or appaloosas). Two, Pepper's eyes are a beautiful shade of slate blue. I had yet to see a blue-eyed black of any species before bringing Pepper home, let alone a blue-eyed black alpaca! Pepper's production record of grey goes beyond color, however. Her first son, Pronto, is pictured -- solid and gorgeous. Her 2009 son, Prometheus, won multiple blue ribbons and two championships at Ohio alpaca shows, and is now standing stud (check out his daughter, Stone Mountain's Eos! Wow!). Her 2014 son, Logan, is a harlequin grey knockout who is looking as though he, too, will be herdsire material. Pepper is a knockout dam, with an abundant supply of milk and fantastic mothering abilities. Her crias grow ridiculously fast. She is wonderful with humans -- the best behaved alpaca I have ever encountered on a halter, hands down -- and understands that they mean only good for her cria, while continuing to nurture and protect him. She is the alpha of alphas, but she has most assuredly earned that right. In 2016, Pepper finally broke her 5-cria boy streak with a stunning, truly-true black GIRL. She has matured into a GORGEOUS yearling with massive bone substance and perfect conformation. Unfortunately, Pepper went back to boys in 2017 with a white (how did that happen?) male, sired by our rock star boy Riddler. He is very nice, but -- white?! What the heck? Pepper will be bred back to our Legacy's El Duro son, Vivanno, for 2018. She would make an AMAZING starter dam for a new farm.