We are pleased to announce that the peer-reviewed journal, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, has published the article titled “Birth of a Live Cria After Transfer of a Vitrified-Warmed Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) Preimplantation Embryo.” Though the conception, vitrification, implantation, and birth of CCNF Exuberant Frost Blossom-ET (that being the registered name of the cria that resulted,…
The arrival of November has meant that we are now officially commencing our 24th year of breeding alpacas and being in the alpaca business, arguably the last 10 years or so spent at our current size and rate of production (200-300 total animals at any given time, approximately 70 crias born each year). As one…
So what do you name a little tank of a brown cria out of a legendary maternal line, that was born looking like he had a permanent scowl on, the equivalent of a massive case of alpaca-RBF? As it turned out, the son of Delilah and Matrix Majesty was anointed CCNF Dominion, not necessarily because…
So I’d love to be sitting here writing about the great long weekend Jen and I just spent 10 days ago, wandering the live music venues in Nashville but, you know…2020. For the past couple of years, our July sojourn in Music City had become a mid-summer tradition of sorts, attending the AOA Natural Fiber…
Wowzer. We are just back from the amazing sale in Arizona that was the 2020 Amber Autumn Auction! We were honored to be invited to participate in this year’s sale by Daryl and Shirley Krause of Amber Autumn Alpacas and I think it is safe to say that the auction as a whole exceeded almost…
We are thrilled to announce that Chris and Lori Works of Kendall Creek Farms Alpacas are now partners with us in our young Herdsire, CCNF Dominion! Though a quick glance of Dominion’s pedigree would reveal that he’s another Matrix Majesty/Elixir cross, in this particular case it is the presence of CCNF Magdalena (among many others)…
