If you are just thinking of starting with alpacas, and want to wade in from the shallow end, here is a sweet girl for you to train on! And she will provide you with fleece. Fiona is tried and true. She's a calm animal and very sweet. She doesn't spit, she doesn't kick, she's easy to halter, she leads well, and loads into the trailer with no problems.
We suggest at her age that she not be bred, but you could certainly try! We are not able to guarantee a pregnancy or live birth.
Fiona has strong Caligula genetics with color in her background. She has given us a white female, Nona, a medium fawn son with grey markings (Wallace), and now her latest beige girl with dark skin (Maisie), so we know she can pass on color to her offspring.
She's one of our favorites in personality: mellow-tempered, sweet-faced, easygoing, and inquisitive. She has a large frame and passes this on to her offspring (Nona, Wallace, Maisie). Exceptionally easy birthing, good milk, laid back mama, healthy, proven. She makes life easy.
Free board for one month, free transport within 50 miles.
And here is Fiona's EPD for 2019 at 16 years:
AFD, value +.532, she is likely to give her offspring a higher AFD
SDAFD, value +.093, she will likely give a slightly less uniform fleece
Spin Fineness, value +.643, likely to add to a higher SF
%F>30, value —1.317, likely to have cria with less micron >30
Mean Curvature, value +1.298, likely to add curve (crimp)
SDMC, value +.68, cria likely to have more uniform crimp
%Medullation, value +2.899, likely to add medullation
TOP 23% in Mean Staple Length, +1.017, likely to add staple length
TOP 2% in Fleece Weight, value +.818, cria likely to have heavier FW
Birth Weight, value +.204, cria likely to have a heavier BW
Fiona's EPD for 2018 at 15 years:
AFD, value +.426, she is likely to give her offspring a higher AFD
SDAFD, value +.096, she will likely give a less uniform fleece
Spin Fineness, value +.537, likely to add to a higher SF
%F>30, value —1.583, likely to have cria with less micron >30
Mean Curvature, value +1.132, likely to add curve (crimp)
SDMC, value +.642, cria likely to have more uniform crimp
%Medullation, value +2.8, likely to add medullation
TOP 17% in Mean Staple Length, +1.45, likely to add staple length
TOP 2% in Fleece Weight, value +.794, cria likely to have heavier FW