The stars aligned just right, and Lord of Sipan was the result. We happened to have our full-Accoyo Poseidon daughter (with fawn genetics) in Virginia, at Double O Good Alpacas (home of Matrix), to deliver her cria by Royal Fawn. So, when I saw that a rare Matrix breeding was donated to the International Alpaca Odyssey in California, I bid to win! Sipan arrived 12 months later--born at Derwydd Alpacas, he was instantly a favorite of Jan Davis (who knew a thing or two about alpacas). She loved his bright, bright fawn bundles and beautiful crimp style. Sipan has matured to resemble his sire, Snowmass Matrix (you know--the highest selling alpaca EVER at $675K!) in fleece style, conformation and temperament. He is a very compact male, but perfectly conformed according to the judge at AlpacaFest West in 2015, who awarded him a blue ribbon. It's impressive that a compact male would place in the top 1% to 5% EPD for Fleece weight, but he consistently does! That is evidence of his great density and long staple length. In 2019 he sheared more than 11% of his body weight, and the same is true for his son, Mas Snowmas. So, at age 7 (102 months), we decided to get a skin biopsy from Ian Watt (drumroll, please!): Density: 73.8/mm Secondary:Primary ratio: 10.1 :1 Primary fiber diameter 23.2 (SD 3.0) Secondary fiber diameter 20.9 (SD 3.1) Comment: "Good density and excellent uniformity both between and within each fibre population. These are good numbers for a male of this age and, importantly, color..." An outstanding fiber artist with a wealth of experience with various fibers said of Sipan's fleece, "This is the most INCREDIBLE FIBER I have ever worked with!" She went on to rave about how it is finer and has a better handle than angora rabbit, etc... This is rare praise, indeed! Sipan has 5 crias born in South Carolina--2 are GREY!!. And check out his son for us, Mas Snowmas--winner of a blue ribbon at the AOA National Fleece show, and Champion fleece at the Gold Country Gathering. His skin biopsy will be done in Spring, 2022.

This girl weighed 26.6 lbs at birth. 50 lbs at 1 month, and 65 lbs at 2 months! More importantly, she is absolutely gorgeous, with dense, well-organized, buttery bundles exhibiting excellent crimp and fleece architecture, way down towards the belly. Nice staple length, too. Chungara is beige, with a tiny medium brown spot on her back, so she should be able to produce darker colors. She is my first alpaca to take full points, 20/20 in weight at the AOA National Fleece Show and the PAOBA fleece show. One judge commented on the good skirting, so that weight is all good fleece! And she's a sweetheart, to boot--Very calm and unafraid of humans. I was looking forward to taking Chungara into the show ring, but COVID came and she "sat out" her show seasons. Now, she's ready to breed. She comes with a breeding to any of our males--I'd suggest a line breed on Matrix with our Lord of Sipan. Or try our Nautilus son, Accoyo America Tempest. And, if you are developing a breeding program, I'd discount a package of Chungara with her dam, Hawkey's Lauca. The two are very close, and would love to stay together.