Oh, my!! Our little Chayo has suddenly seen testosterone and grown up!! He looks like a real "macho" in the pasture, with strong bone and that "perfect square" compact conformation that he gets from his AOBA champ sire, Justice for All. My Goodness! Such beautiful fleece--the judges love the uniformity, fineness, and very long staple length, thanks to his heritage from Accoyo Victor. A good fawn junior herdsire--isn't that what we all need? His OpenHerd Auction Herdisre price is for a drive-by breeding at Alpacas of Marin in the North San Francisco Bay area. Breaking News--Chayo is a Multi-Champion!! He took the color championship at the California Classic in 2011 in a very competative field, and he took Reserve Color Champion at AlpacaMania 2011! The judges love his density, crimp, handle, and consistency. And at 2 1/2 years, our Chayo stills "has it"--he just took another blue ribbon in full fleece halter at the 2012 California Classic (no championship class)! Chayo's first cria is a lovely light female, with long, silky bundles and very good density. Chayo sells with 2 breedings reserved for seller's use--we don't want to lose track of this boy... Chayo has come to Alpacas of Marin in the North San Francisco Bay area. He is a sweet boy who is easy to handle and will eat pellets from your hand. And he still has his dam's ears with the long, draping hairs like a flag flowing in the wind! Now that I finally have my alpacas on my farm, I am reminded of a phrase said about dogs and vanilla ice cream: "Reliably Delicious". Chayo is "Reliably Delicious", and I will miss him when he sells. ****Chayo's OpenHerd Herdsire Auction price is for a drive-by breeding.***

Her dam is dark brown (with Accoyo Titan in her bloodline), her sire is Bay Black with grey in his background. And wait a minute....is that a white head with a fawn blanket? And grey eyeshadow and lipstick? Maybe Darlena could throw a grey cria? Her first 2 crias are lovely fawn females, very feminine, with perfect conformations. Darlena is an average sized female with a sturdy, balanced conformation. She has been an excellent mother to her two daughters. Darlena had an injury to her upper lip several years ago--it is healed and stable but there is a mild deformity. It certainly has not impaired her appetite, health, or fertility! She comes with a free breeding to any of our herdsires (or those of SoCal Suri Alpacas), which can be transferred to any of your females. For Darlena, I'd suggest a re-match with Chayo, or perhaps our Accoyo America Hawkeye--a fawn, full-Accoyo son of El Nino. We also have a Junior Herdsire, Manchu's Sun Tzu, who is fawn and would be fabulous for Darlena! Why are we selling Darlena for so little? We are overloaded with alpacas and crias, and we need to lower our inventory! Darlena has arrived at her new digs at Alpacas of Marin in the north San Francisco Bay area.

The stars aligned just right, and Lord of Sipan was the result. We happened to have our full-Accoyo Poseidon daughter (with fawn genetics) in Virginia, at Double O Good Alpacas (home of Matrix), to deliver her cria by Royal Fawn. So, when I saw that a rare Matrix breeding was donated to the International Alpaca Odyssey in California, I bid to win! Sipan arrived 12 months later--born at Derwydd Alpacas, he was instantly a favorite of Jan Davis (who knew a thing or two about alpacas). She loved his bright, bright fawn bundles and beautiful crimp style. Sipan has matured to resemble his sire, Snowmass Matrix (you know--the highest selling alpaca EVER at $675K!) in fleece style, conformation and temperament. He is a very compact male, but perfectly conformed according to the judge at AlpacaFest West in 2015, who awarded him a blue ribbon. It's impressive that a compact male would place in the top 1% to 5% EPD for Fleece weight, but he consistently does! That is evidence of his great density and long staple length. In 2019 he sheared more than 11% of his body weight, and the same is true for his son, Mas Snowmas. So, at age 7 (102 months), we decided to get a skin biopsy from Ian Watt (drumroll, please!): Density: 73.8/mm Secondary:Primary ratio: 10.1 :1 Primary fiber diameter 23.2 (SD 3.0) Secondary fiber diameter 20.9 (SD 3.1) Comment: "Good density and excellent uniformity both between and within each fibre population. These are good numbers for a male of this age and, importantly, color..." An outstanding fiber artist with a wealth of experience with various fibers said of Sipan's fleece, "This is the most INCREDIBLE FIBER I have ever worked with!" She went on to rave about how it is finer and has a better handle than angora rabbit, etc... This is rare praise, indeed! Sipan has 5 crias born in South Carolina--2 are GREY!!. And check out his son for us, Mas Snowmas--winner of a blue ribbon at the AOA National Fleece show, and Champion fleece at the Gold Country Gathering. His skin biopsy will be done in Spring, 2022.