4/10/17 Our first of the season and what a guy. ARI # 35222385. Sawdust's Almond Thunder weighed a whopping 23.5 lbs birth weight and is gaining a pound a day. Sawdust Alpacas is very pleased with this boy He is a very well-put-together male with great phenotype and bone structure. His crimp style is passed on from his sire, Sunset Hill's Golden Thunder (ARi #31017435) and his dam, Skyline's Almond Joy, (ARI # 32821666). His consistent color is passed down from Joy's Lennox line. Thunder is our PR alpaca. He loves to meet people, and sometimes will give kisses. He has a great personality and disposition. He has soft-handled, dense fiber. With a 22-micron count, Thunder's fiber can be used for so many products. Thunder has his first cria on the ground! Sawdust's Jarrah was born 9/29/20 . This girl definitely has her dad's coloring and size. She was 17.9 lbs at birth. Thunder's 2nd cria - a brown male with a white face, named Koko, was born 5/29/21. Thunder's male crias born in 2022 are Sawdust's Babanus, ,born 9/29/22 and Sawdust's Murwiti, born 10/6/22. Jasper was born on10/04/22 to Estate's Brazilian Agate at Summer Hill Farm in CA. Thunder has produced some ribbon winning offspring as shown below! Babanus and Murwiti and Koko participated in the Great Western Alpaca Show/Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase in Denver CO 4/28-4/30/23. The results for the Thunder boys are: Babanus: 2nd - Great Western Alpaca Show Halter 3rd - Rocky Mountain A;lpaca Showcase Halter 6tth - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece Murwiti: 1st - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece 2nd - Great Western Alpaca Show - Halter 2nd - Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase - Halter KoKo: 3rd - Great Western Alpaca Show - Walking Fleece 5th - Great Western Alpaca Show - Halter KOKO did not compete in Rocky Mountain Alpaca Showcase! We were very pleased with Thunder offspring scores in these 2 shows as they were the youngest in each of their age/sex/color groups. So lots of room for improvement. You won't go wrong adding Thunder as a herdsire on your farm!!!