ESTATES GRAY BEARD Gray Beard is a handsome medium silver-grey male who has luxurious fine handle, bright, long staple length consistent into his legs and underbelly. He is dense with enormous coverage on legs and body. His crimp is everywhere - head, neck, into his legs, and belly. What a joy to work with! I admire his incredible good temperament for being a proven breeder. Gray Beard’s sire is none other than 17x Color Champion and 2x Judge’s Choice Winner, Aussie .38 Special. .38 Special is known to pass on his fine traits of brightness, fineness, density, and uniformity to his offspring. Gray Beard’s dam is true black NeverSummer’s Havana Nocturne, and in our Foundation Herd. Havana and Aussie .38 Special were on Carol Collins grey breeding program. Havana is a sister to NeverSummer's Black Ice, 2008 Futurity Color Champion and International Supreme Champion. Blue Ribbon Progeny on the Ground! Gray Beard’s 2017 daughter, Estates Silver Calliope just won 1st Place at the 2018 Rockton Fair Alpaca Show! Proudly co-owned with Kathy McConnell of Hubbert Farms (Canada). Gray Beard is currently residing at Hubbert Farms in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Congratulations and thank you to Kathy McConnell (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) for her purchase of Patagonia’s Calafate. PATAGONIA'S CALAFATE Calafate was named after the purple berries found in the Patagonia. She has soft fleece and is nicely balanced on a strong frame. Patagonia’s Calafate was assessed by Amanda VandenBosch as an A- female with a soft hand, good length for staple, even uniformity of light & dark grey, lack of medullation, uniformity of micron, and good overall appearance. We selected the Champion Estates Silver Titan with magnificent fine, bright crimp along with a long staple length plus density to rebreed Calafate with a due date of late September, 2018. Silver Titan’s micron count is AFD: 20.5; SD: 5.0; CV: 24.1; %>30 3.3. The percentage of grey offspring when breeding tuxedo to tuxedo is 85%. Start thinking of grey cria names! Offspring: On 9/1/2016, Calafate gave us a lovely TB female cria sired by our Chief Grey Feather. Chief Grey Feather has "Royal Lineage" and is a light silver grey, with great conformation including a straight front and rear, correct bite, and a large solid frame. His fleece has ideal fineness, a silky hand which is uniform throughout with high frequency and well-defined crimp which extends down to the lower belly. There are virtually no guard hairs. He is known for his brightness and density. Grey Feather has received many awards at GWAS, The Futurity, IAO, Gold Country Gathering, and Dixon shows. Grey Feather has passed along brightness, fineness and density to each cria that has hit the ground so far! On 9/7/2017, Calafate presented us with a beautiful MSG female sired by Estates Gray Beard. Looking at her female cria shows you what she can produce. Estate Silver Calliope is stunning just to look at with no spots in the blanket, and she has her dam’s sweet disposition. The cria has beautiful, bright crimp into the underbelly & great coverage on her legs. Yocom testing: AFD:19.2; SD: 3.9; CV: 20.3; %>30: 1.8. Calliope’s sire is Estates Gray Beard, a beautiful fleece male with the sought-after Aussie .38 Special genetics.

Sunnyhill's KP's Zang Pao, high spirited and born to win, very Macho! Solid frame, huge bone, beautiful head, depth of chest and fine consistent fleece across his entire body, this guy has it all! His first show, WCAC fleece, Zang placed 1st in his class with a score of 81.5. Zang Pao's show career was impressive, multiple championships and 4 time Supreme Champion. Sunnyhill's KP's Zoey, Zang's full sister; her 2023 cria was just awarded judges choice at the PAOBA fleece show in the USA. We believe Zang can produce equally as good or better when bred to quality females. We are figuring out which females best match with Zang, his progeny are better every year. The 2024 cria that he sired are outstanding. 2024 Shear weight 12 lbs / 5.4 kg, 5 lbs / 2.3 kg prime blanket Color Testing Results ee a1a3 ALPACA CANADA 2022 HUACAYA OF THE YEAR AND 2022 HUACAYA MALE OF THE YEAR, Zang attended only 2 shows, total points 66