Fleeces

We have been concentrating on our breeding to produce fleeces for the Ultra Fine and super fine bale.

We are pleased with our breeding results, better than we imagined.

We estimated quite a few of our progeny to reach the ultra fine fleece bale, but we doubled what we estimated. Vallon De Oro' has been a great asset to our herd, but i believe the foundation of Jolimont Stefano, and Jolimont Cristiano, and Jolimont Patche', (full Peruvian), from the Accoyo and Alinza herds is the secret the the advancement we are making with out fleeces.

The high brightest lustre that is coming through is only emphasising the fineness we are producing.

We have been told, that so far we have produced the finest alpaca tested in Australia, at 12.6 micron, sired by Vallon Deo Oro'. Even our red dirt, which always gives our alpacas a pinkinsh look, as soon as you open up those fleeces, the lustre almost knocks you out.

Jolimont Stefano-a great herdssire

Jolimont Stefano, when we first purchased him. a real gentleman and a great friend.

Maybe you have heard of him or maybe not. In 1995, we purchased from the First Peruvian Alpaca shipment, two Peruvian Stud males, one being Stefano, full accoyo (picture taken last week at 19 + yrs old, just shorn), and Cristiano (full Alianza).

These two boys have been huge herd improvers over many people's herds.

Stefano pictured below is now an old man, but he is still working and his progeny are still up with the best of them in Australia.

Cristiano sired Khan, who up to date was the highest S?P ratio alpaca to be tested after a world wide trip, testing skin follicle samples, from Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and many Australian, New Zealand, and European countries.

Stefano, produced the second highest S/P ratio alpaca.

These guys are herd improvers, they have frame as well as wool.

They both have producesd Supreme Champions, and manyBlue (first) rivvon progeny, and progeny groups. We then did purchase another male, Jolimont Patche', (also Full Accoy0), who has really bulked up our offspring, and also a great frame male.this selection of males has contrivuted to the beautiful soft handling, Ultra and Super Fine fleeces.Our Next generation is Jolimont Vallon De oro', wow, he just finishes them off really well. Where do we go now, we can go back to Stefano, and re stamp those fantastic genetics.

He has also produced many stud males, one we retained, Olympic Dream, and look what he is doing.

What has been our secret to success, a fantastic genetic base, coming from the Accoyo and Allianza herds in Peru