Sutton's Firefly
HuacayaBred (Female)Light Fawn
AOA# 36006021, CLAA# 49070DOB: 6/20/20195 yrs
GENOTYPE:
ee a2a3
Non-Grey
This gorgeous little female already displays amazing fleece and we could tell as soon as she was born that this one would be special! She was registered light fawn but after looking closer at her first fleece, we can confidently say she's rosegrey. Her classic DSG dam is one of our best grey female who displays amazing fineness, staple length and uniformity. Fiona has done very well in the show ring and is half-sister to 5 time Supreme Champion (Judge Choice) Zotz de Charlevoix. Firefly's grey AOA fleece champion sire Arriba Adonis was a very light fawn at birth but turned out to be grey! She does look light fawn on the outside but clearly has 2 colors of secondaries which is typical of the roaning gene. She might never show in grey but we will see how her fleece does when entered in the light category. She might loose a few points on uniformity of color but we feel confident that her fleece is up to par with actual solid light colored alpacas despite being the product of 2 grey parents!
Firefly truly does have an amazing fleece and great conformation and will be an integral part of our grey breeding program for years to come. We look forward to many outstanding crias from this female!
UPDATE: Firefly's fleece scored an amazing 81 points at the Alpaga Quebec 2020 Fleece Show!! Facing stiff competition in the Light class, she came in 2nd of her age class and 3rd overall (out of 12 Light entries) just a few points short of Champion and Reserve Champion who both scored 83.5! We are so delighted with these results, especially for a girl that is the product of a classic silver dam and a modern sire!
Fleece Judge Comments: Excellent uniformity of micron and density. Very soft handle and very bright fleece!