Friday, July 3, 2009

Chieftan makes news!

Windmill Cove (our alpaca farm) got some free publicity this week. We were excited to see that our male herdsire, Chieftan, was featured on the Alpaca Guy's blog.
A Big Year for Lancaster’s Highland Chieftan
by Cooper Smith.
No doubt about it– ‘Lancaster’s Highland Chieftan’ had the most impressive spring show season of all the Huacaya males. This is a male who only got better with age, winning Championships at PAOBA, MAPACA, and AOBA Nationals while competing in the 2+ yr class with cria already on the ground! Lancaster was bred and owned by Highland Alpaca, but co-owned with Windmill Cove Alpacas. His histogram stats are impressive on their own:

Date of Birth: 6/20/2006

2007: AFD 18.9; SD 3.3; CV 16.9; %>30=0.6
2008: AFD 18.6; SD 3.7; CV 19.9; %>30=1.0

Chieftain’s sire, Peruvian Lancaster has produced a number of winners to date; however, this National Champion son seems to be the best to date.

* * *Watch for Chieftain to be featured in our upcoming “Show Animals of the Year” awards article. Stay Tuned!

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