Due in February
Bogart's Keep the Faith
Huacaya, Female, Proven | White
ARI# 35186168, D.O.B. 10/24/2016, 3/4 Peruvian
Sire: MSA Hemingway's Bogart_deleted_1/7/2024 8:44:39 PM ARI#
828970 White What can you say about Hemingway's Bogart other than he is renowned, WAS a one of a kind potent herdsire. Bogie's EPDs rival the best in the world. Bogart could challenge any young stud head to head for histogram results. After 18 years, his longevity is exemplary with his 2019 histogram at 22 AFD and an SD of 4.0 and CV of 17. Bogart is the direct descendant and on of Sire MSA Hemingway G171.
We are very proud to have added this Hemingway son, to our small but genetically mighty white alpacas. Bogie is renowned for his remarkable, and extremely rare, combination of flawless fine fleece, genetic superiority and flawless fineness sustained thus far to the end of his second decade. He passed all this fleece trait production to his offspring.
Compare Bogie to any male alpaca in AOA's EPD database and you will find he is superior to over 99% of all other for longevity of fineness and uniformity. Not only is Bogie superior, but because of his longevity as a herdsire, his accuracy values for each EPD trait is the highest in the database. This insures for you the customer, will be getting the improvement you expect. To go along with his outstanding EPDs, his follicle biopsy results insures density in his offspring. At age 12 he carries a DENSITY OF 60.4/MM, SECONDARY TO PRIMARY RATION OF 10.8:1 AND MEAN SECONDARY FIBER DIAMETER OF 21 AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF 2.5. Imagine what he was like at 2 years of age.
BOGART IS OFFICIALLY RETIRED. IT IS TOO UNCOMFORTABLE TO BREED. HE HAS BEEN SUCH A SPECIAL ALPACA TO DAVE AND I. WE WISH WE COULD CLONE HIM.
Dam: Aztec Catarina ARI#
30023017 White Steady progress is occurring here at Colusa Riverside in the goal to produce the industry finest fibered alpacas. We strive to promote every animal's potential & stud pairing to pass on improved fiber traits to each and every offspring. Visit us virtually or in person to buy, learn or see our alpacas and their EPDS. Catarina has given us 5 offspring, all without any complications in breeding, gestation and birthing. She is being offered to a new owner several years of production of quality alpacas at a reasonable price point.
Cat's EPD picture is very nice. She has excellent values in all the right fiber traits for showing and breeding improvement in offspring. The majority of her EPD for fiber traits are in the 5% to 10% ranking nationally. Cat's histogram for 2018 matches her EPD picture with consistency of fineness through her age of 14 years. Take a look at her latest histogram trait values. Cat is now bred to Snow Diamond Chateau Cerise. His EPD picture is ideal, with low percentages in all traits across the EPD spectrum. The offspring of this pairing will be show ready.
Lots of genetic lineage in this dam. She has lineage of Hemingway, El Nino, and Caliente. Chateau has Accoyo Elite, Quechua up & down, and Matrix. Catarina definitely has size, conformation and good bone, an excellent phenotype structurally as a production dam. Cat is a dam that gentle and easy to handle. She is a great mother with many cria to show it.
Catarina has given us "Keep the Faith" who is now giving us offspring that are truly ideal. Hence, Catarina can bring now bring you the kinds of quality alpacas she has given us.
Service Sire: Snow Diamond Chateau-Cerise ARI#
32731651 White Due Date: 2/2/2021 We are so pleased to announce the newest addition to our list of herd sires, Snow Diamond Chateau Cerise. This boy will give more diversity to our already diverse genetics here at Colusa Riverside. Chateau is a package of genetics that include Matrix, Cuechua, Accoyo Elite, and Legacy with a beginning lineage touch of Hemingway.
Chateau is as dense as they can come. He is fine and uniform in his fineness. His EPDs, across all fiber traits, are very desirable in a breeding male which includes a desirable EPD in staple length. We chose Chateau out of many we looked. We chose him because his genetics will improve every fiber trait in his offspring in every single trait. He will also improve density and fleece weight significantly. Chateau sheared 10 pounds this year. Take a look at his histogram and show record.
Chateau's bone mass is extensive. Most importantly he has a very gentle demeanor. He is housed with the Moms and babies and he is calm and quiet with dams all around, yet when he is asked to breed he gets down to business.
We will be offering an introductory price for breeding this spring and fall. Give us a call or an email, we would love to hear from you. We have multiple dams pregnant by Chateau.
Description
This female brings together Mom's lineage of Caliente and Dad's Lineage of Hemingway. She will prove to be a promising foundation dam for us or for a lucky buyer. Faith's dam Catarina has density and fineness and so does her sire. Mom Catarina, has one of the most well rounded genetic pictures for trait improvement in our herd and also when much better than the national herd. Faith has this same well rounded histogram and EPD trait profile. Her EPD for staple length is a rank of 20%. So, in combination with her fineness values in the 5% to 15% ranges this makes an ideal fiber character trait she will pass on to her offspring. Hemingway's Bogart stamps all of his offspring with longevity of fineness. Dam Caterina at age 13 is 23 microns for AFD. Bogart's AFD at age 19 is 22, SD of 4 and the same CV. This is longevity Faith has no doubt inherited.
Faith's fiber is extremely fine, she has excellent staple length, her luster and handle are also nice. She is quite dense with few guard hairs. You can see from her fleece pictures on this page she has luster, broad crimp, staple bundles, and good density. Faith is the whole package from both actual fiber trait quality and the genetic predictability to pass those favorable traits to her offspring.
Faith is presently bred to our new Stud Snow Diamond Chateau Cerise. Chateau's will improve her offspring even more. Faith is an easy breeder at age 4 years. Faith is 3rd generation in our breeding program of white alpacas. Her EPD picture is very desirable for a foundation dam. I am especially pleased with the fineness traits with no loss of staple length. It is very difficult to get grade 1 fineness and excellent staple length together, we have been breeding for that combination over the past 5 years. This combination is now present in our new stud Chateau Cerise and in most of our farms offspring.
Take a look at her EPDs under the strand of DNA link on this page.
Awards
AOA Prediction E.P.D. model given FAITH'S Sire & Dam
Trait Sire Dam Progeny Estimate
Average Fiber Diameter -2.063 -1.279 -1.671
Standard Deviation (AFD) -0.528 -0.439 -0.484
Spin Fineness -2.191 -1.439 -1.815
Percent of Fibers Larger Than 30 Microns -10.014 -5.944 -7.979
Mean Curvature 5.739 4.063 4.901
Standard Deviation of Curvature 2.142 1.708 1.925
Percent Medullation -3.503 -3.522 -3.513
Mean Staple Length -1.019 -1.4 -1.209
Fleece Weight 0.517 -0.343 0.087
Birth Weight -0.484 -0.191 -0.338
EPD