We think this boy is the darkest 'silky' type we have seen! His fiber is slick and shiny that it looks and almost feels wet! Even judge Tim Lavan commented that his fiber looked almost like it was wet! He has LOTS of fiber on him, and with a really long staple so that it droops somewhat when he is at his peak length. But don't be fooled by this and think that he is not dense... he has a lot of fiber packed on him! He has white fibers in his blanket but not consistently enough to classify him as a grey in the shows. This was his initial 'hiccup' in the show ring, when they placed him in the brown classes so that he had to endure the disapproval of the judges. We attempted to show him in Bred and Owned but did not find the consistent competition at that time that we desired for him. But, we luckily become more observant of Major's several, easily discernible light spots in his blanket that classifies him as an appaloosa pattern. Shown in the right class and Major ROCKS! His fiber was finally evaluated purely on its exceptional qualities rather than on how it did not fit in the class. From the beginning in the show ring, he was hard to categorized but well appreciated. At his first show, while he was criticized for his white fibers in brown class, he also caught the judge's eye as "so shiny he looked wet". At the 2014 Futurity while showing in the combined multi class, he was brought to the Reserve Champion position, behind the Snowmass Color Champion and before the other exemplary alpacas from farms such as Crescent Moon and Marquam Hill. With the caliber of competition of this show we were proudly aware of Major's placing at the head of the pack clearly recognizing his herdsire material! We absolutely love Major for his easy personality, great looks and fantastic fiber. Being a small farm with very limited breedings each year, Major has had to elbow his way into the breeding program and hasn't had the exposure that he should have. He has darkened the color of the offspring over its dam in every case. When bred to fawns he has made a MF to DB crias. Bred to grey dams he produced grey crias 60% of the time and true black in the remaining 40%. Their fiber have all been fine with long staple and good crimp. His last two crias by fawn dams have been grouped into our show / jr. herdsire category. Since we have decided to keep his son, Gentry, in our herdsire row, Major is available at a very 'nice price' to help him move to another breeding program. He has genetics that could be used in any grey or spotted program. As we have sold Imitation, our last appaloosa dam, we no long have need for a male that could straddle the line of grey and spotted colorations and he really deserves more consideration.

Silver is a grey female with grey/black genetics that is proven to produce grey crias. She has soft handle with consistent micron and crimp style across her blanket. Even her 7th fleece spun into a lovely even-colored, lofty, soft next-to-skin yarn that maked beautiful accessories. Proven Dam of Grey! Consistently produces *grey* crias that have often sold as weanlings: • MSG female by Emerald Farm’s Rincon Cloud (sold & breeding elsewhere) • DSG male by Silver Peruvian Master Piece - very fine, silky fiber (died). • DSG male by Black Maelstrom with to-die-for looks (sold as a juvie) • DSG female by Royal Steel that is very fine & dense, with a silky fiber (NFS) • MSG male by Major General w/ typey classic tuxedo grey looks! (FS) Silver has: • Genetic Diversity from the Overused Grey and Black Genetics. • Calm and Friendly -- an ‘Easy Keeper’. • Consistent Grey Coloration w/Minimal Spotting. • Uniform character and micron, good density, wonderful handle and loft when spun. • Well covered, dark eyes, nice wedge face and ears. • Solid bones, good frame and straight conformation, and moves easily. • Little change in micron and uniformity as she aged (esp. for a grey). Her 2022 boy has a beautiful, even silver grey coloration. She is bred this year to our Quixotic male Majestic's Trouble for another beautiful grey cria, for sure! She is a great mom and should be able to breed, since she had a cria in 2022 but is being sold unbred / without a breeding. As a proven dam, she is sold without warranties.