Derwydd Alpacas proudly co-owns this fantastic male with Delphi Alpacas and Prairie Moon Alpacas. Zeppelin is “STAYIN in California!” He'll be standing stud at Derwydd Alpacas from November through April so reserve your breedings now! I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am to be able to have Zep breeding at Derwydd. Its going to be a busy fall 2017 here at Derwydd, so if you plan on a fall breeding with Zep, reserve early, as we will only be doing a set number of breedings to him, then he gets to rest till Feb when he starts again. He will be leaving end of April 2018. Zep has been mainly used in a dark breeding program. We are very interested to see what he can do over White/Light! Really looking forward to that retained fineness across all colors in our herd. Zeppelin offers correct conformation, impressive presence, size, coverage, and substance of bone Zeppelin is the 2013 AOBA National Black Male Fleece Champion and sire to multiple champion offspring. With his FOURTH fleece, Zeppelin won the 2013 AOBA National Black Male Fleece Color Championship. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg on his accomplishments! Here are some of his fleece statistics - Zep’s Histograms: 2009: AFD 15.7 / SD 2.8 / CV 18.0 / 0.2 % >30 2010: AFD 16.9 / SD 2.9 / CV 16.9 / 0.4% >30 2011: AFD 17.7 / SD 3.3 / CV 18.4 / 0.8 % >30 2012: AFD 19.8 / SD 3.9 / CV 19.7 / 2.1% >30 2013: AFD 20.4 / SD 4.1 / CV 19.9 / 3.0% >30 Zep’s Shearing Weight: 2009: 6 pounds total = 7.2 pounds annualized 2010: 9.5 pounds total = 8.75 pounds annualized 2011: 10.1 pounds annualized 2012: 10.8 pounds annualized His cria have been 'collected' by some VERY prestigious farms! – His first cria to ever show, fawn Zeppelin’s Rainsong, purchased by The Alpaca Group, won a color championship at her first show! – We are honored that Zeppelin’s genetics have also been chosen by Pacific Crest Alpacas / Accoyo America. – Snowmass Alpacas purchased from Delphi Alpacas (our co-owners of Zep), one black Zeppelin daughter and 3 black females bred to Zeppelin; as well as a female bred to him from another farm. - The pick of the litter in 2012 at Delphi was Deltana – a fawn with the kind of fleece you dream of. She’s off to the great breeding program at A Paca Fun Farm! Zeppelin has over 106! cria on the ground so far, and he is throwing a lot of black. 43 black cria! Out of the dams that were black (18) he only threw lighter (LF,MF & DF) 3 times.. so ya, he covers a LOT o black to pull black out of other colors 28 times.. Literally has no registered White crias! But regardless of color, with Zeppelin it’s ALL about the fleece quality he throws in his cria - and just how marketable that makes them! NPA Tessla, a 2011 cria sold for $18,000 at auction in 2012, shortly after winning Color Champ, Best Brightness and Best Hand at the Alpacamania Fleece Show (Tessla’s yearling histogram: AFD 12.7, SD 2.0, CV 15.6, %>30 0.0)! His dad, PHA Peruvian Taos, a stunning Legacy

Ovation is the product of the best female, bred to the most pre-potent stellar males in the USA, 4Peruvian Legacy, and he did not disappoint. Julio Sumar, while presenting Ovation with a Color Championship when Ovation was almost three years old, stated, "This is what we should all be breeding for." Unfortunately, Legacy has passed on, but fortunately has left us with a small piece of his magnificence which we hope will grow into a lasting legacy of he was. Ovation is producing champions and first place winners. They are spectacular with excellent conformation, absolutely stunning pheno-type and fleece that is exactly what we were hoping for! Ovation's cria are exhibiting fineness, super...

This incredible 14X Champion/Reserve Champion at age 4 stills holds a fabulous histogram! AFD 17.7, SD 3.7, CV 21.1, %>30 0.5!!!! WOW! With a handsome look and conformation to boot, he is a great one to breed to. His babie are incredible. Skin Biopsy (by Norm Evans, DVM) "Snowmass Elite Iceman" was born 7/14/2013 so he was biopsied at 4 years of age. His 15X scan shows fiber clusters uniform in shape and placement within his connective tissue. He grades a true density of 80 follicles SQ MM. Observe the 6 fiber clusters in the S/P view that show an S/P of 13.0 to 1. Twenty five clusters show an average S/P of 13.3 to 1. He shows level 3 of 4 glands and virtually none of his secondary fibers show medullation as determined by the red spot in the center of the fibers. 100 typical secondary fibers averaged 16.6 microns while 50 typical primary fibers averaged 21.5 microns for a variation of only 4.9 microns. These stats figure an AFD of only 16.97 microns which is amazing for a 4 yr old huacaya male. Based on all genetically passed fiber traits, Iceman has got to be one of the top fiber males that I have evaluated for his mature age.

UPDATE: sometime in the summer of 2018, Manchu quit producing sperm. We finally tested and confirmed in spring of 2019. He had a long run and produced many outstanding cria. We are thrilled to still have daughters, sons and grandlkids still in the herd. He is retired to live out his time in the old guys pasture. Thanks Manchu!! 2015 Histogram just in AFD 24.3 SD 4.4 CF 92.2 Medulation 5.2 AT 11 YEARS OLD!! 9 Time Champion/Reserve ~ 12 First Place Awards! FULL ACCOYO! Here is what Amanda VandenBosch had to say when she evaluated him for us this February 2006…… “Overall this male is excellent! He is a strong male with excellent substance of bone. He has a triangular head sh...

Daisy is a farm favorite by all our visitors. She is one of the first to greet people. She carries a beautiful soft fleece and her stature has her always ready for a picture. Daisy has strong color genetics and I believe there is a good chance of a grey cria with her genetic background. She is currently being bred to to RR Spinosa (TB)....

Spinosa is one of the outstanding black offspring that we produced out of our own Snowmass Midnight Sun. This line has been insinuated throughout our herd and has been a counterpoint in our grey breeding. Mom is a fixture in our foundation herd and had a brilliant show career. She produced RR La Boheme, a 3 time color champion and one of the highest sellers at the Futurity in 2014. We love Spinosa's fleece as much for it's handle, as for it's brightness, length, and well organized staple. He is a sturdy, well conformed young male and one we're anxious to see develop....

Just delivered a spectacular male cria out pf RR Poseidonn this will be her sixth cria. She throws a wonderful personality on her cria that are all curious and friendly....

Spinosa is one of the outstanding black offspring produced by Renaissance Ridge Alpacas out of Snowmass Midnight Sun. This line has been insinuated throughout their herd and has been a counterpoint in their grey breeding. His mom is a fixture in their foundation herd and had a brilliant show career. She produced RR La Boheme, a 3 time color champion and one of the highest sellers at the Futurity in 2014. We love Spinosa's fleece as much for it's handle, as for it's brightness, length, and well organized staple. He is a sturdy, well conformed male. Call Now to book a breeding....

UPDATE: sometime in the summer of 2018, Manchu quit producing sperm. We finally tested and confirmed in spring of 2019. He had a long run and produced many outstanding cria. We are thrilled to still have daughters, sons and grandlkids still in the herd. He is retired to live out his time in the old guys pasture. Thanks Manchu!! 2015 Histogram just in AFD 24.3 SD 4.4 CF 92.2 Medulation 5.2 AT 11 YEARS OLD!! 9 Time Champion/Reserve ~ 12 First Place Awards! FULL ACCOYO! Here is what Amanda VandenBosch had to say when she evaluated him for us this February 2006…… “Overall this male is excellent! He is a strong male with excellent substance of bone. He has a triangular head sh...

Ovation is the product of the best female, bred to the most pre-potent stellar males in the USA, 4Peruvian Legacy, and he did not disappoint. Julio Sumar, while presenting Ovation with a Color Championship when Ovation was almost three years old, stated, "This is what we should all be breeding for." Unfortunately, Legacy has passed on, but fortunately has left us with a small piece of his magnificence which we hope will grow into a lasting legacy of he was. Ovation is producing champions and first place winners. They are spectacular with excellent conformation, absolutely stunning pheno-type and fleece that is exactly what we were hoping for! Ovation's cria are exhibiting fineness, super...

Charlotte is a stunning young female out of RR Valentina, the densest female alpaca yet biopsied through Ian Watt. Valentina is also one of our most prized production females. Her sire, RR Touchstone is not too shabby either... She is a dilution white from a fawn dam and brown sire, She can be bred for white or color. ...

Cezanne was only shown once before the pandemic and won RCC as an 8 month old. The judge was blown away by his fineness and supreme density. He is already breeding with confirmed pregnancies on the books. If you are looking for density in fawn, this is your guy!...