One of the most highly valued alpacas is a dam with a proven track record of quality crias, easy births and fast rebreeds. Lourdes, a full Peruvian, has produced a beautiful cria each year in a range of colors (including black) and is strongly influenced by the color of her service sire.
Lourdes fleece is a shaded light fawn, exhibiting uniform narrow locks across her body. Her grey skin tones and dark feet indicate very interesting color possibilities, which is why we bred her to grey. Lourdes has been bred to Ransom El Patino, the extraordinary grey herdsire that sold for $100,000+ at auction. Ransom has produced 4 crias so far, including one grey and 3 true black. All 4 of his crias are exceptional suris from solid beige or brown dams.
In addition to her beautiful color and ability to throw richly colored suri crias, Lourdes has solid conformation with straight legs, even hocks and a straight top line. She is also easy to handle and good on a halter.