Taka Number is a great all around male, but is extremely strong in staple length and throwing this trait in his offspring. His 6th fleece won the fleece competition at the EDU, back in 2018, competing against 52 other fleeces, 3 years old or younger. That sums up how his traits are holding up. Taka has outstanding architecture, in a huge, fine, dense fleece that typically is 4 1/2" - 5 1/2" in length at shearing time. The amount of fleece that comes off this animal is eye opening. His neck fleece is just as good as his prime blanket, and nearly as long. At 7, he is still retaining decent fineness for a breeding male, along with a very soft, dense fleece, with a long, well defined staple. His offspring to date, are all nice improvements over the dams, and their brightness stands out! They all have a long staple as well, although the architecture is fairly varied. We proudly co-own Taka with both Stoneberg Alpacas and Crescent Moon Ranch.

Malibu has been used sparingly, here at Sopris. Given what he is producing, he will be our main herdsire for the 2023 breeding season. He's stamping out his head type, fineness, density along with exquisite brightness and his calm, friendly demeanor, in virtually every cria to date. Malibu has a very bright fleece, with a high frequency crimp style. His fleece characteristics are holding very well. Check out his fleece stats. So far, 6 crias, 5 Females, 1 male.