Last update on May 12, 2008.

 

Xanadu Farm was named
"Reserve Small Breeder of the Year"
at the 2001 Futurity!

One of our trademarks here at Xanadu Farm is "Enriching Pedigrees.... One Champion at a Time."   For us it means that we show and offer for sale to you, alpacas from our own careful breeding program.  We're delighted to be able to share our 14 years of experience to help you get started or to make your alpaca business more profitable. We'd love to have you visit and enjoy the results of our time and care.  Check out our news on What's Hot.

Xanadu Farm maintains a foundation breeding herd of approximately 17 elite quality females (3 grey Chileans and the rest full Peruvian). See Xanadu Moms for a closer look.  We gathered and continue to refine this group by handpicking our females, and then breeding them both to top outside herdsires from across the country and to our own champion males. 

We proudly offer an outstanding line up of champion herdsires. We're also very excited to introduce our Xanadu Pedigree Enrichment Program which will offer 1/2 price breedings to our herdsires for all alpacas purchased from us. See our Alpacas For Sale page for details. 

Our veteran is 7-time “Get of Sire” winner, Peruvian Presidio. Presidio gives new meaning to champion genotype, stamping each of his 150+ crias with wonderful, dense fleece and correct conformation and bites. Presidio's offspring had over 75 championships when we stopped counting.  We've closed breedings to Presidio, except for the Pedigree Enrichment Program, but we'll always have a few of his crias and one or two females for sale bred to him.

We excited to also offer three of the best young herdsires in the country for 2008. First is Maple Brook Barnabus, a superfine, Accoyo Augusto, grandson with gorgeous crias on the ground. Our first 3 crias in the ring already have 7 color championships and 14 blue ribbons.  He just won his 2nd "Get of Sire" class, too."  We co-own Barnabus with Heart's Desire Farm.

Brutus' Firecracker, our fawn, full Peruvian, Accoyo Brutus son, joined the lineup last spring and has 10 crias on the ground. He took blue at 2006 GWAS [class of 14] and MoPaca and 2nd at the 2005 Nationals and came up with a 15.7 micron; 3.1 SD fleece at 12 months of age. He's a fresh, fawn Peruvian pedigree, too.  Finally, we’re delighted to introduce, Xanadu P. Resolute, our Barnabus son from a ˝ Accoyo, Timoteo line mom. Resolute was Reserve Champion of 98 white males at the 2007, Level V, GWAS show. He carries a fabulous 15 micron/3.4 SD one year fleece with 12-13 crimps per inch. Judge Anderson called him the “Wow Fleece” of the GWAS show.

Take a look at the resumes of all four on Xanadu Herdsires.

When we sat down to plan our alpaca business over fifteen years ago, we decided to concentrate first on becoming the best possible judges of fleece and conformation. We used that experience to assemble our breeding herd and since then to pursue a thoughtful and aggressive breeding program. For us this means that we focus on the quality of each individual alpaca and how to improve its offspring through selective breeding, rather than chasing after trends and "brand name" marketing. Take a look at our Cria Class of 2007 page to see how we’re doing.  We also firmly believe that the "proof is in the pudding" - that show success is a cornerstone of any good breeding program. See how we're doing by clicking on "2008 Show Results". Finally, we think we offer the best after sale support in the business.  Our farm managers, live right across from the barn and spend all of their time taking care of our herd and visiting moms and crias.

We're located 35 miles north of Denver International Airport, just west of Platteville, Colorado. We offer continuing support and financing for our customers,  as well as, the services of the finest herdsires in the country. Our decision to stay at our current size makes it possible for us always to have a large number of high quality male and female crias, yearlings and proven moms for sale at reasonable prices. Click on the "Alpacas for Sale" page for details! We'd love to have you visit.  We now have guest quarters available, too.

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