It is with great pleasure that we welcome FIRE WARRIOR to KINGSVIEW ALPACAS.  He comes to us from the Shanbrooke Alpaca Stud, where the National Supreme Champion was bred.

Fire Warrior is an upstanding well conformed male that is full of presence. He has excellent coverage and is true to type.  He carries a dense fleece which is well aligned and uniform with the crimp running low into the chest area.  He is sired by the famous Accoyo Rasputin who has produced many Champions while his Dam was a specially selected female from Peru for Shanbrooke's breeding program.

Fire Warrior begins work this Spring 2008 and we expect to see the fruits of his labour starting Spring 2009.

Last Saturday was the day, a beautiful sunny day, a day alpacas at KINGSVIEW ALPACAS traditionally love to give birth.  We knew it was on based on the mothers antics the previous day.  She just would not sit still and by the end of the day looked very uncomfortable.  Being the first for the season we try for no complications and the mother was a Peruvian import (from Jolimont) and her age is just old (something over 15 years old).

It was 8am in the morning and I remembered that today could be the day and sure enough there she was totally exhausted lying on her side down hill.  I didn't like the downhill position and tried to move her to no avail.  I gave them another half an hour to see the head and front legs of a healthy white female cria.  10 mins later after observing there was no change.  So I gave the old girl a hand and gently pulled on the front legs to get the final part of the body out.  Done.

The cria (like the rest of her siblings) is above average in height and weight.  She has had a wild range of weather in the last week ranging from windy to calm, mild temps to icy hail and everything in between and she is still going strong...got to get back on the look out...that's just the first this season. 

The National Alpaca Show has been run and won.  Congratulations go out to Shanbrooke Alpaca Stud who had the Supreme Champion winner in Shanbrooke Accoyo Prodigy ET.

The full results can be accessed from the 2008 Alpaca Show Results at KINGSVIEW ALPACAS.  There were definetly some interesting results, the tussle of the big names was in the mature male class where Camelot Tor beat the famous Jolimont Warrior, however the tables were turned in the sires progeny class.