While we have quite a bit of black genetics on our farm (most of our animals have a black secondary color), so we could easily have a black alpaca born on our farm, it hasn't happened yet. A few months back we decided that instead of waiting for a black male to be born on our farm, we would seek one out. We found:
His name: Gabriel Star of RobAsia
And he is now ours!!!!!
Today he won:
A second place in a very tough class of juvenile black males. We are very excited about his placing!!
Of course I know this means we will have a whole bunch of black boys born this year on our farm (it's possible from several of our breeding choices). But I don't see how we will regret having Gab. He's incredible.
None of the 6 alpacas that we took with us got into the show ring today. Shows are run on a schedule, where the alpacas show in a set color order: black, brown, fawn, beige, white, then greys and indefinites. Only the blacks, browns and the male fawns made it into the ring today. Our six left to show:
female fawn
male beige
male white
male rose grey
female rose grey
female indefinite dark
Sunday is going to be a very busy day for us.
2 comments:
Yay! He is beautiful. I cannot wait to meet him!
(And everyone back at the farm is doing well.)
Thank you so much Valerie! I'm glad to hear they are doing well, I hope they haven't given you a hard time :)
Gab is cuter in person, my pictures were a bit blurry (which I didn't realize until I loaded them on the computer tonight).
Cara
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