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February/March 2014

A Tale of Two Cousins
BY IAN LUTZ of CAS-CAD-NAC FARM

Defiance & Sammy at the 2013 NAAS and Maestro with his human parents,
Jerry & Karin Young of Spirit Wind Farm at last October’s Empire show.

We are exceptionally proud of our "C-Series" offspring - the 6 full sisters and one brother from Presidio daughter, Xanadu P. Donno Bello x Barnabus. 4 of the sisters, Cachet, Courant, Cabriole, and Caprice are in our foundation herd. One of the sisters, Cadeau is owned by Snow Diamond Alpacas and the other, Cadenza, is a star at Cas-Cad-Nac. The only boy, Concerto is owned by Spirit Wind Alpacas.

The following is from Cas-Cad-Nac's chronicles about Cadenza son, Defiance, and Concerto's son, Maestro- a tale of two cousins joining Cas-Cad-Nac's herdsire row.

"I have finally got the write-ups done on two of our young up and coming Herdsires: Defiance, who is homegrown and his 1st cousin, Spirit Wind’s Maestro, whom we acquired from Karin and Jerry Young at Spirit Wind Farm & Fiber Studio.

Big D, for his part, just turned 2 earlier this month and along with being the son of our beloved super-dam, Cadenza , he also bares the burden of being one of the handful of Snowmass Elite Legend sons (Elixir, Hyperion, and the committee-to-be-named-later are the others) that we are counting on to fill their famous sire’s shoes, now that EL no longer calls CCNF home. We feel he’s up to the task!

Maestro is a more recent acquisition, having joined our foundation herd last fall after seeing him at the Empire Extravaganza in Syracuse, NY. Though a magnificent specimen in his own right, more importantly to us is that his sire, Xanadu P. Concerto, is the aforementioned Ms. Cadenza’s full sibling! Cadenza and her line are a lot like really good dark chocolate: you can never have quite enough. Though Maestro won’t be 2 years old until early July, we are still anticipating that we’ll be able to get him working this coming breeding season, all things being equal. Certainly the fact that he came into a rather raucous (and large) group of yearlings here and quickly established himself as one of the alphas, bodes very well for his prospects as a working Herdsire."     Reprinted with With Permission

ANOTHER WONDERFUL "C SERIES" 1ST COUSIN
THIS ONE STAYS HOME

 

Our New Video – “How to Skirt Alpaca for Mill and Show” TM

 

We’ve had so many requests from our customers and here it is!!

Pamela and AOA Certified Judge, Sara Jane Maclennan,  “star” in a 20-minute

step by step guide to skirting your fleece for the mill and show

Sara Jane explains the fleece judging standard and

we’ll show you how to apply it to skirt your fleece

and improve your breeding program

 

Price: $12.00 for CD and $16 for Flash Drive.

Includes shipping and handling.

AND all net proceeds will go to the Alpaca Research Foundation.

 

Send your check to:

Xanadu Farm Alpacas

7641 Xanadu Farm Drive

Frederick, CO 80504

 

 

 

 A little fun in the middle of the winter...

 

Received this photo from our good friend Bob Pulse. We've posted it in our barn as an example and inspiration for our flock.	"The power of a look: our fat ladies pen expect breakfast -NOW

 

 

 

 

EASTWIND’S SNOWSTORM IS FOR SALE!!!

Printer Friendly PDF Flyer

 

 

TAKE YOUR BREEDING PROGRAM TO THE
NEXT LEVEL WITH THIS HIGH IMPACT HERDSIRE

A PROVEN GENOTYPE FOR FINE FLEECE

 

6 years old with a sustained fineness of 20.3 mic; 4.3 SD.

 

COMPOSITE HISTOGRAM OF HIS OFFSPRING

15.04 mic, 3.39 SD & 0.6% + 30

 

      And He Throws Color, Too

 

Snowstorm’s Show Record.

1^st Place Fleece Get of Sire – 2013 GWAS.

Color Champion - 2004 Alpaca Mania

Reserve Color Champion 2005 Alpacapalooza

1st Place Yearling White Male - 2005 AOBA National Show

1st Place Bred and Owned - 2005 AOBA National Show

1st Place Yearling White Male - 2004 Northwest Alpaca        Showcase

1st Place Yearling White Male - 2004 Alpaca Affaire Northwest

1st Place Yearling White Male - 2005 Heart of the Valley Show

1^st Place Get of Sire Fleece – 2013 GWAS Show

        and many more

 

"Fineness, crimp, density, uniformity, coverage, excellent conformation, and a beautiful head.  This alpaca is the total package".  AOBA Senior Judge, Julio Sumar.

 

 

 

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