Ish is a beautiful female and clearly is queen of the pasture. First and second shearing histograms are in the 18 micron range. We have achieved great things with this lady. Although, with her penchant for rolling in the nearest open dirt, we use the term "lady" with a bit of roll to our eye.
Her paperwork says she is white and a peek into her fleece will confirm that our frequently dirty "lady" is indeed blessed with some fine fleece. In fact, we wrote our farm goals for fleece fineness and Ish meets all of our long-term goals. We are thrilled!
Her pedigree reads like a who's who of alpaca males.
Grandsire is PCA Accoyo el Nino - known for passing on mindblowing density!
Yes, Ishsha's dam is a sister to the legendary El Nino's Michelangelo. She carries the denstity and consistency that brings El Niño into so many programs.
Yes, her sire is HPA Peruvian Don Quixote, 2003 white champion of the Great Western Alpaca Show. In 2016 we took Ishsha to the Rail Splitter Alpaca show, at nearly 8 years of age! She brought home the Blue ribbon! Judges comments included that she had very good fineness and staple length for her age and an excellent bite!
Ish was originally purchased as a foundation female at the Futurity show and auction for $6,000. She is now ready for her forever home. We reserve the right to screen new owners closely.
Ishsa's pedigree is loaded with Peruvian Hemingway, Mister Antonio, Pperuvian Caligula, PCA Accoyo El Nino, Pperuvian Timiteo, and Pperuvian Don Juan.
Now that we have three of her daughters (all blue ribbon winners and a champion) on the farm, Ishsha is ready to retire. She’s down us proud. Four daughters. All blue ribbon winners. Including a 2x champion (Calypso) and a National Alpaca Show first place (Bella).
Her first cria (WBAF's Peruvian Smooth Caress), also 16 micron at first shearing, has multiple ribbons including blue in white classes and a son who just took 3rd in WHITE at Nationals (2016).
We had her second recent cria here on the ground and she produced a 16 micron fleece at first shearing! She took a blue ribbon at the RailSplitter Alpaca show and second in WHITE at the 2016 National AOA Spin-off.
Her third cria sired by Snowmass Moondance, Bella, wowed us with a blue at Railsplitter as a juvie in 2016 at 6 months and 2 days of age. She followed that with a first place 2-year old at the National Alpaca show in 2018.
Her most recent cria, another girl named Blinded by the light, that we call Calypso, dazzled us all, winning two championships as a Juvie.
Ish's Fleece Stats:
8 mo (5-2009) = 18.9, SD 4.1, CV 21.7, %>30 2.2
21 mo (5-2010) = 18.2, SD 4.0, CV 22, %>30 1.2
6 years (with cria and bred) May 2, 2015 24.5 AFD, 4.6 SD, 18.6 CV, 7.8%>30u