Registration: ARI Registered ARI #: 1078411 Color:
Medium Silver Grey
Service Sire: Mr. Golden Boy
Due Date: August 2010
Silver Queen
Light Silver Grey, 54524, Chilean
Patagonia's Usuahia
True Black, 8181212, Chilean
Usuahia is the true black scion of Patagonia’s Caballero Andante and Carisma, both of which are true black. He began his breeding career in Fall 2001 and now has several lovley cria on the ground. All but one is deeply colored even out of white dams. This extraordinary alpaca’s fiber has a wonderful handle, a delight for the fiber focused. Usuahia’s superb conformation and proud, bold carriage mask a gentle demeanor!
Usuahia made his show ring debut in 2001 at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival where judge Mike Safley awarded him a blue ribbon and then declared, “I know a judge isn’t supposed to say this, but I really like this alpaca!” He went on to place 3rd in a highly competitive class under Dr. Julio Sumar at the 2002 CABA show. His ½ brother, Patagonia’s Compadre, placed 2nd in that same class. This was Usuhaia's final show, as he went to work shortly thereafter.
ZuZu is a lovely medium gray in color with a beautiful handle and lovely sheen.
Her dam, Silver Queen, also silver, was one of ATV’s foundation females and her bloodlines run through that herd as well as Crescent Moon’s. Silver Queen was never shown.
ZuZu’s sire, Patagonia’s Usuahia, a true black, was one of our foundation herd sires and a son of Caballero Andante. Usuahia was shown twice. He took a blue ribbon at Alpaca Adventure and later a white ribbon at CABA. He stood in third right next to his half brother, Patagonia’s Compadre. We then retired him from the ring to stand stud.
ZuZu is a small girl but has great body capacity and depth of chest despite her petite frame. She is independent of spirit. In fact, she's our herd matriarch!
Zuzu is a wonderful mom, with plenty of milk who adores her babies. In fact, she adores all crias and has been like an auntie to each year’s cria crop.
ZuZu has given birth to three crias, Pepper, a true black male out of Aussie Hudson Hawk. Pepper weighed fifteen pounds at birth, and gained ½ pound a day. Pepper is ready to begin his breeding career at Calisto Alpacas. Her second cria, Johnny Walker, also a true black male out of Aussie Rockford weighed 17.5# at birth.
AND ZuZu just gave birth to a 15# CMSG female out of our Color Champ, LF del A Joshua. This little gem is gaining 1/2 pound a day and has an IGg of 2700.
Because ZuZu and Joshua are a great combo we intended to repeat the breeding. However, Josh is working off farm this fall. So ZuZu has been rebred to Mr. Golden Boy. Golden Boy is an amazing fawn male with too many show ribbons to list. He has a rose grey dad and has been throwing silver when bred to silver. We put him with Josh's mother last year and the result was a ROSE GREY FEMALE. It just doesn't get any better than that!
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