Some big news heading into the 2012 breeding season: for the first time in over 4 years CCNF Archangel will again be open for outside stud services! After talking it over with our friends and co-owners at Tripping Gnome Farm Alpacas, breedings to the Arch will be offered at $4,000 with a $500 discount available…
It has been a while since I’ve really gone through and cleaned up the Herdsire section of our farm’s website. While we have of course written up the occasional and important new arrival over the past few years (CCNF Royal Magnus, TKO’s King of the Ladies, Snowmass Elite Legend, Snowmass Matrix Majesty), it has quite…
We had some suspicions about this young fellow when he first hit the ground. He just looked other. Admittedly when we bred Invictus’ dam Opal with his sire, Precocious, we were hoping for something a little darker than beige. Though Precocious is a white Futurity Champion he comes from a paternal line (Jeremiah/Jericho) just as…
We were truly gutted earlier this year when we lost our beloved foundation female, Tessora, to a virulent inner ear infection. Though she was only with us for 5 or 6 years, her influence here was profound and will continue to be felt for years to come. There are not that many alpacas here in…
The cria-making season is quickly winding down here. I can tell you with some assurance that the final scheduled breeding of 2011 will be on December 1st. There are however a couple of females we may end up having to make exceptions for beyond that date because of some special circumstances. All things being equal…
I finally got a chance yesterday to snap several shots of Avenger’s two daughters while up at the Arena facilitating (vs. doing which would mean something else entirely) some late season breeding. The cool thing about these two little girls is that though their dams are both Ring of Fire kids, they come from completely unrelated…
