Here's a preview of our much anticipated upcoming crias, all Thistledown originals, "bred and owned" by our farm. Check back for updates throughout the year! If a breeding match you have been watching is no longer here, then take a look at our New Crias page or our Sold! page to see the result.

 Bronwen X Ben MacDhui Due: November 15, 2013

Bronwen
Bronwen is the full Peruvian, half accoyo daughter of Accoyo Yupanqui (deceased), with black gums and toenails, dark, soulful eyes and subtle grey markings in her topknot. Her grandsire is the true black 5Peruvian Chinchero, and her granddam, Pperuvian Marcela, produced two of the best colored herdsires in the US - the grey Silver Dollar and Show Me the Money. Bronwen is bred with our silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and lock structure to his award winning fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching back four generations. This same breeding produced a show-quality 19lb solid black granddaughter of Accoyo Yupanqui (white), and multiple Champion silver grey, Request the Best, and in 2012, a beautiful dark silver grey daughter.

Bronwen is a blue ribbon winner and placed second in white yearling composite at MaPaca 2005. Dhui has won numerous ribbons, including Reserve Champion and a blue ribbon at the 2002 Virginia Classic, a first at the 2001 MaPaca Jubilee in full fleece yearling halter, plus a second place in adult male halter and a second place fleece ribbon at the 2002 MaPaca Jubilee.


Ben MacDhui
 Blush X Nikos Due: November 20, 2013

Spring Blush
Spring Blush is the full Peruvian maroon daughter of two maroon parents, with extreme density, crimp and fineness. Her Champion sire, King Crimson has won numerous halter and fleece awards at regional and national level and Blush is a ribbon-winner in both halter and fleece competitions. She is bred with Nikos, the exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned half-accoyo silver grey herdsire Aussie Rockford, and Peaceful Valley Priya. He has outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color. We keep repeating this breeding because we are so pleased with the combination of fineness, density, uniformity, rose grey / maroon color and crimp that this breeding has produced.

  Blush placed third in a large, competitive juvenile brown halter class at the 2004 North American Alpaca Show in Kentucky. In the four SpinOff competitions she has entered, Blush won three first and one second place ribbons, with scores ranging from 91.5 to 95/100 points! Nikos has three purple ribbons to his credit, including the Championship at the 2005 Virginia Classic, Best Grey/Multi in show in the huge 2005 OABA SpinOff, with a score of 93.5/100, and Reserve Champion grey fleece at MaPaca 2006, where judge Diana Timmerman awarded his 30 month fleece 20/20 for fineness and handle. Nikos also has 9 blue ribbons to his credit, including a first place in full fleece halter at MaPaca 2005, awarded by Dr. Julio Sumar.


PV Nikos
 Iris X MacDhui Due: November 21, 2013

DSF Iris
Iris is the brown / recessive black daughter of the Champion rose grey, McGinnis, who sired both the grey Color Champion female at the 2004 AOBA Nationals, and the 2005 grey Futurity Champion female. This attractive female has soft-handled, uniform, crimpy fiber with wonderful staple length, plus good coverage and great conformation. Iris is bred with our silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, who has exceptional density and lock structure to his award winning fleece, excellent conformation, an exquisite typey head, and a grey/black pedigree reaching back four generations. Their last breeding produced a solid true black son, who sold as a herdsire prospect!

  Iris placed second at her first show, in the juvenile dark composite class at MAPACA in 2007. She went on to win a blue ribbon in the 2007 PAOBA fleece show, a second place in both the 2007 & 2008 LA Deep South Spinoff competitions and a second place in the prestigious National Fiber to Fashion Spinoff in 2008. Dhui has won numerous ribbons, including Reserve Champion and a blue ribbon at the 2002 Virginia Classic, a first at the 2001 MaPaca Jubilee in full fleece yearling halter, plus a second place in adult male halter and a second place fleece ribbon at the 2002 MaPaca Jubilee.


Ben MacDhui

 

 Chiffon X Norrington Due: December 5, 2013

Chiffon
Chiffon is the daughter of multiple color Champion Sunset Hills Andean Gold, a winner of numerous blue ribbons and Championships in both fleece and halter, including the prestigious "Spirit of the Fiber Industry" award at AOBA Nationals. Her paternal grandsire is 5Peruvian Santana and her paternal bloodlines include PPeruvian Victor. Chiffon's dam is a multiple color Champion-producing daughter of PPPeruvian Augusto. Chiffon is breeding with A Paca Fun's Norrington, a multiple Champion, fine, black son of the renowned silver grey, Silver Legend of KPR, who has won numerous grey Championships and maintained fineness over time. Norrington is a multiple champion, so good he was given a second and even a third look in the Judges Choice award competition at MAPACA 2010. Remarkable consistency in crimp architecture throughout his blanket, fine and dense with excellent conformation. The total package. This is an exciting breeding match!

Chiffon has never been shown, but her first cria, sired by the black Interceptor, won the MAPACA and PAOBA 2012 brown fleece Championships as a juvenile! Norrington is a multiple champion, including 2011 MABA Champion (at 44 months), 2010 MABA Reserve Champion, 2010 MAPACA Champion, 2010 Virginia Classic Champion, 2009 NJAC Champion, 2009 MAPACA Reserve Champion, 2009 MABA Champion and a blue ribbon at the AOBA World Fleece Show. 

Norrington