We are sad to announce that Daytona passed away this past winter (2023) of unknown causes. His information will continue to be displayed for reference. Daytona's cria have proven just how capable Daytona is at producing black with such a variety of dam colors. We are thrilled with his offspring. They are dense, silky, crimpy, extremely well put together conformationally, and have such lovely presence. In 2016, Daytona produced 5 black, 1 dark grey, and 1 brown cria. Dams ranged in color from black to beige, but most were fawn and brown. Daytona exceeded our expectations. Histograms are showing that Daytona offspring are following in his footsteps - first year results as fine as 15, but averaging 17.5 microns. Excellent uniformity and comfort factor as well with vast improvements in density. The incredibly handsome Crescent Moon's Daytona joined our herd in north central Idaho in 2015. His fiber stats prove that he is holding his uniformity, fineness, and density with a fleece weight of over 5 lbs for his blanket, and 10 lbs overall. He also exhibits wonderful brightness as commented on by the judges. It is inspiring to see these characteristics in true black along with undeniably outstanding conformation. Daytona has acquired an impressive show record: 1st at The Futurity, Color Champion at GWAS, and much more. Daytona excels in many aspects, but what jumps out is his uniformity. When you look at his fleece, you notice (besides his impressive density, brightness, and fineness) that something is missing - guard hair. Daytona's fleece is like glass - absolutely uniform well across the blanket in color (no spots!), silky fineness, crimp, length, density, and lack of guard hair...all the way down the belly! You can see that uniformity in his histograms too with low standard deviation and %>30, even on his adult fleeces. Put that on top of a well-balanced frame and 'look-at-me' presence, and oh boy. Daytona is a product of 3 esteemed breeding programs coming together - Flying Dutchman Alpacas on his sire's side (sire: Skywalker by Poseidon of FDA), Fir Cove Alpacas on his dam's (dam: Fir Cove Bonita), and Crescent Moon bringing it all together with their stamp of approval. Take a look at the plethora of Accoyo bloodlines - PCA Accoyo El Nino, Caligula's Accoyo Poseidon - and well-known color producers such as PPeruvian Victor. Examples of Daytona offspring available for sale now: 1 black proven herdsire - National Champion, AHarmony's Nocino 1 beautiful brown extremely fine and dense female - Sweet Pines' Manzanita

Look at this stud muffin! EPHRAIM is bringing a whole new level of class and quality to Sacred Valley Alpacas from Grazing Hills Alpacas in Viola, Idaho . From his incredible head to his toes, and the coverage of fine, crimpy fleece, he will take your breath away. When shearing Ephraim as a cria, the rolling skin on his neck and chest were beyond anything we’ve experienced. It probably explains why he sheared better than a 4 pound blanket!! of 17.4 micron fleece at 10 months of age!!…and the handle…SO buttery soft! His personality is wonderful around his pen mates and our kids. He has been getting better and better with age, and he has many healthy crias on the ground around the northwest. Grazing Hills has used him for so many of their farm breedings. He continues to wow us with the density and fineness he passes down! He has over 30 cria on the ground, with more coming in 2022. 2021 Histogram: AFD: 18.0 !!!! SD: 4.6 CV: 25.5 %>30: 3.2% 2020 Histogram: AFD: 17.6 SD: 4.5 CV: 25.5 %>30: 1.9 2019 Histogram: AFD: 18.2 SD: 4.4 CV: 24.0 %>30: 3.0 2018 Histogram: AFD: 19.7 SD: 4.9 CV: 24.7 %>30: 4.0 2017 Histogram: AFD: 16.7 SD: 4.2 CV: 25.4 %>30: 2.0 (8/18/16): AFD: 16.7 SD: 4.2 CV: 25 %>30: 1.5 Awards THIRD PLACE HALTER, NORTHWEST ALPACA SHOWCASE 2013 FOURTH PLACE HALTER, ALPACAPALOOZA 2014 FIRST PLACE FLEECE, NORTHWEST ALPACA SHOWCASE 2014