Those of you that have followed us for some time now will know that we have always preached quality and consistency as the hallmarks of our breeding program. The ability to create consistent results and finishes in both the halter show ring (insert your own pandemic-related gag here, as we haven’t walked in circles at…
We are gutted to announce the passing of Snowmass Matrix Majesty, just shy of his 14th birthday. I’ve quite honestly been trying to write his obituary for almost 2 weeks now and it is the sort of thing that hangs over one’s head. As a livestock farm with over 250 animals, we constantly witness the…
Over the 24 years that we have been breeding and selling alpacas, we have had 2 or 3 genetic lines that have just shown again and again, generation after generation, their ability to consistently produce quality. It doesn’t mean they always hit (to wit: 3x Futurity Herdsire of the Year, CCNF Elixir, has 3 maternal…
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…
