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…
It finally *%$#*# rained! Whether you grow vegetables for a living like our farmer friends Kathy Bennett (also our boys’ live saving dyslexia tutor) and her husband Alex MacLennan down the road, milk cows, make hay, or raise alpacas, if you are connected to the land and live in this neck of the woods, you…
There were some heavy hearts around here late yesterday afternoon. Though we had known it was coming for quite some time, yesterday was a tough one as we finally made the decision to put down both Legacy Gold and 5P Cangalli. LG, who had lost most of his teeth (front and back) over the past…
There are certain maternal lines within our breeding program that we really cannot get enough of. 5P Cangalli and her daughters Enchantress, Ascension, Requiem, and now littlest sister Sovereign Gemm fall into that category. Likewise for PP Jesusa, her wonder-kids Magdalena and Golden Sovereign, their sister Chalice and the various ensuing tasty offshoots (Moonlight, Johanna,…
I spent mid day yesterday driving to southern NH to make a little exchange with our buddy, Ryen Munro. It was time for Elite Legend and I-Star to head to the their coastal home in Maine for a while and for Legacy Gold to come back to CCNF in order to be in place for…
The story of this spectacular young Herdsire has its origins in our original partnership with Don & Julie Skinner on the North American Alpaca Stud. You see part of that deal in the summer of 2002 was the acquisition of 70 +/- females, many of them older imports that Julie had selected herself in Peru….
