unexpected spots

Painted Spring's Queen Victoria

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | Beige, Medium Fawn

Sire: Smoke on the Water

Harlequin bloodlines

Smoke on the Water

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)Bay Black

AOA# 35541615DOB: 9/21/20195 yrs

We were trying for a harlequin when we bred our Black Warrior (Black Epic line) to a friend's harlequin female. While he didn't come out a harlequin, he is a smoky bay black which leads me to believe that he will gray out like his mother was. We also think there is a good chance he could pass on his mother's harlequin genes. We can't wait to try. His cria fleece was nearly 5" long so it was hard to tell how much structure he will have in his next fleece, but what was next to the skin was pretty impressive. This is one really lovely boy! Spring of 2023 - he bred his first female so we are looking forward to next spring to see what he can produce for us. Update - Spring 2024 - we got the cutest little Appy girl! Not expected but very happy about the results.

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 AOA# 35541615 Bay Black

Dam: Hope's Diamond of Painted Spring

Hope's Diamond of Painted Spring

HuacayaOpen (Female)White

AOA# 32372038DOB: 10/17/201311 yrs

Diamond is a short statured girl with extremely dense fiber with good character, even into her older years. She's had easy births and her cria grow well. Diamond would make an excellent female for a small farm and should have the ability to have several more cria in the future. Diamond has thrown color when bred to color. In fact, early in June '24 she produced the cutest spotted girl for us! We are trying to slim down our herd so we've reduced prices on some of our foundation girls. She's a great mom and excellent animal to get your farm started.

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 AOA# 32372038 White

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Every once and a while, you get more than you hoped for. This was the case of Victoria - bred from a white dam and a brown sire. But the sire has harlequin in his background. That's the only place we think these spots could have come from. We have been working on our Appaloosa breeding program for a while now but I wasn't expecting this match to produce any wild color patterns. Boy was I wrong. We did not get a cria clip on her so our shearing this year will be a thrill. In looking inside her incredibly fine and long fleece, it appears darker than what she looks on the outside so I suspect she might even be a light fawn with darker spots. She is put together nicely and has a small stature like her mother. i am looking forward to breeding her to some of my appy boys unless someone snaps her up before that.

Updated 4/24/2025