Autumn Sun Acres: Alpacas and Sheep

AutumnSun's Jet-Black Pearl

AutumnSun's Jet-Black Pearl has the genetics for a good addition to a black and grey breeding program. Pearl is a well grown female, boxy with solid bones, with a well-balanced frame. She is calm and easy-going, relaxed around people and guardian dogs. Her fleece has good density in good staple, and she has excellent coverage on her head and legs. Her fiber is glossy with a consistent medium amplitude crimp. In her maturity she shows the effects of being an excellent mom as her fleece is blown out. But, as a 2-year-old she had a soft lofty fleece that handled well. She has consistent white fibers throughout her black and intensifying at her chest, neck and legs. She clearly has a grey gene and is now an expressed modern dark silver grey -- despite her name.

For her first cria, by multiple champion male Snowmass Matrix Belvedere (now standing stud at Crescent Moon Ranch), had beautifully striking looks! Puzzle started as MB, but but like her mom she quickly turned a lovely MRG with white markings on her face and white fibers throughout her blanket.

Then, Pearl had a lovely dark brown girl, Blissful Burgundy, by our appaloosa herdsire Jacob that developed into a modern grey. Bliss matured quickly an became an excellent production dam in our herd.

In 2016, Pearl produced a lovely LRG girl sired by our MRG champion Longbow. This sweetheart has elegant looks. And, what a sweetheart! Ellycris is growing into a regal, graceful girl with distinct MRG fiber.

When bred to our champion AutumnSun's Black Maelstrom she proved a lovely fawn girl with black points (Orla) and then the next year, a beautiful true black girl (Cady) that we lost in our terrible winter. That was devastating as she was planned for auction.

Updated 8/9/2020