Fiber/Scientific Data
02/01/2011 | AFD 15.7, SD 3.7, CV 23.8, Comfort Factor 100%, curve 35.6 Dg/mm, Min. 14.4, Max. 18.3 (cria tips present in sample) |
May 2012, almost 2 years old | AFD 19.7, SD 4.4, CV 22.5, fibers greater than 30=1.9%, Comfort Factor 98.1%, curve 38.5 Db/mm, spin fineness 19.4 |
3/30/13 - 2 1/2 years old | AFD 18.4, SD 4.2, CV 22.9, Comfort factor 99.1%, curve 36.8 Dg/mm, staple length 80 mm |
May 24 2015 4 yrs 7 mo | AFD 19.2, SD 4.9 CV 25.7% CF 97.5% curve 31.3 Dg/mm staple 95.0 mm Still baby grade at almost 5 years of age! |
Tuscan's Perfect Storm
Huacaya,
Herdsire (Male),
Proven |
Dark Brown, Dark Rose Grey
AOA# 32147391 D.O.B. 9/13/2010 (13 yrs) , 1/2 Peruvian, 1/2 Chilean
Sire:
Sunny Mesa's Tuscan Gold
| AOA# 1197709 | Light Fawn
Dam:
Cocoa Puffe
| AOA# 821850 | Light Brown
|
What a great producer this gal has been! She is of Australian/Chilean lineage, and she has produced multiple blue ribbon and color champion crias. Cocoa Puffe, who has joined the NorTex foundation herd, has produced several silky style huacayas - Black Silk, Prosecco, and Perfect Storm, to name a few. We have not seen Cocoa Puffe's pedigree is a rare find in today's alpaca market, it is wide open with only three animals list on the entire certificate! This wide open certificate coupled with her ability to produce beautiful cria makes her a "golden goose" for sure.
Cocoa Puffe produces crias who exhibit strong bone, complete fleece coverage that is dense, crimpy and fine. She had produced several black cria. Cocoa Puffe herself is light brown with black points and covered head to toes in dense fleece. She has a very laid back personality and is easy to handle. She is currently bred to Semper Fi for a June 2016 cria. Although she is an older female, she is still very healthy and reproductively sound.
Description
Perfect Storm is a fabulous Tuscan-Cocoa Puffe cria, whose color has been a subject of much debate, even with the judges. He is a wannabe gray as he has white fibers intermixed in his fleece but not enough to put him into indefinite or gray classes. The white fibers did not show up until he was about 2 years old. He only exhibited black and brown fibers. However, his neck and legs are dark silver gray. He most closely resembles dark rose gray in the blanket. Judge Mike Safley at 2011 GWAS tried hard to find white fibers, and after coming up empty, ended up placing Stormie 3rd but stating in his oral reasons that he didn't know what color Stormie was and that he was probably not on the color chart. Whatever his color, his fleece is STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL and very fine, especially for a dark colored fleece. Just like his full siblings, Prosecco and Black Silk, this guy is a nice, square framed alpaca with a beautiful head, total body coverage, and upright, bright attitude. His fleece has impressive character, is fine, uniform and crimpy. The brightness is evident, his sire’s trademark. He is as cute as he can be with a nice, easy going personality, his mother’s gift. Cocoa Puffe was the premier dam at Bella Vita for colored alpacas and has now joined our breeding program at NorTex Alpacas in north Texas. See her offspring, including one of our herdsires El Corazon` - an 8-time champion. In fact, most of Cocoa Puffe’s offspring have been champions, or at the very least consistent blue ribbon winners in level 5 shows. Sire Tuscan, a premier herdsire at Bella Vita is deceased, but was also a multiple champion and is stamping his perfection on his crias with remarkable consistency. This male will do well with browns, blacks and grays to add fineness, brightness and character to the fleece. Both his paternal and maternal lines have produced superior blacks.
Storm's first offspring, Navigator, is a beige cria out of Nova's Novena, with 8-month histogram of AFD 14.6, SD 3.7 CV 25.5% (cria fleece with tips) CF 100%, curve 26.0 Dg/mm (silky style fleece), and staple 85.0 mm. The same cross produced Hail Mary in 2015 who is medium fawn in color and fleece that is iridescent, very organized into bundles and fine.
Awards
Reserve Color Champion & First Place 2011 ABR Fall Festival Fleece show Judge: Kevin O'Leary
Third Place (out of 8) - 2011 AOBA. Judge: Mike Safley
Third Place (out of 7) - 2011 GWAS. Judge: Kristin Buhrmann
Third Place (out o 8) - 2011 MOPACA Judge: Tim Lavan
First Place 1st place (out of 5)- 2012 MOPACA - Judge: Sharon Loner
Third Place (out of 10) - 2012 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Harvest Judge Arturo Pena
Third Place 2012 GWAS Fleece Show Judge: Helen Humphreys
Second Place (out of 4) - 2013 Minnesota Alpaca Expo - Judge: Kristin Buhrmann
Fifth Place (out of 10) - 2013 GWAS Judge: Wade Gease
First Place (out of 1) - 2013 GWAS Fleece show Judge: Diana Timmerman
Second Place (out of 3) - 2013 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Roundup. Judge: William Cameron. Scored 19 out of 20 for fineness/handle, and judge's comments were "good fineness and hand".