Unbeknownst to people watching, last month on a Futurity show team that didn’t lack for much from fawn and lighter, there was nonetheless a gaping hole in our yearling fawn males. It was unmistakably in the shape of CCNF Love Rules, the 3rd of 4 full brothers born from the combination of our Champion Elixir…
That was fun. Well, parts of it anyways. Look, we make no bones about the fact that we were intent on returning to the Futurity Show in Kansas City, MO, for the first time since 2019 (aka, the before Covid times), specifically to pursue the Large Breeder of the Year honors, as we have done…
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…
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…
Hey look: there is actual green grass in the video – a sure sign of spring and hope! CCNF Requiem en Rose (CCNF Sunstarlight x CCNF Elixir, AOA #35491446) is the beige yearling female we have consigned to the upcoming online 2020 Futurity auction which is taking place on Saturday April 18 at 3:30 PM…
