Russell's Alpaca Acres

Talk about a stacked registration! Combining the genetics of Snowmass, Magical Farms, and Cas-Cad-Nac Farm all into one animal. Let's start with Majestic Peruvian Jeremiah, which is listed on the sires and the dam's side of the registration. Jeremiah was recently listed in The American Alpaca Journal, published by Snowmass, as "one of the dominant sires of his age." On the sires' side (twice) is the well-known Snowmass Quechua, as quoted by Snowmass, "without question the most influential American-born Huacaya sire produced to date." Now let's look at the CCNF contribution with CCNF Elixir, CCNF Archangel, and don't forget the goddess CCNF Magdalena. I could go on and on listing who's ...

CCNF Idris is the middle of 3 full-siblings, all brothers sired by CCNF Centurion and born to his dam, CCNF Mechlin, prior to her untimely passing in the summer of 2018. Idris also has the distinction of being only the 4th animal ever born here to have won Color Championships (meaning the purple ones to be clear) at the prestigious Futurity Show in consecutive years. That fact alone speaks volumes of his level of quality and consistency and is just one more reason why we were so excited at the prospect of adding him into the mix at the CCNF Stud Barn in 2019! He is in fact the first Centurion son to come of age – his 2nd birthday falls on 6/15/19, coincidentally the official start of our in-...

At first glance of Bianca's pedigree, you would not consider her line-bred. However, a deeper delve into her genetics and you find Peruvian Hemingway in generations 4, 5, and 6. Peruvian Augusto appears in generations 5 and 6 (sire and dam). Of equal importance to me, the dams Peruvian Andean Song is in generation 4 and 5, with PPPeruvian Duet twice in generation 5 (sire and dam). It's no wonder I chose CCNF Bataclan for her first breeding. The cria will be line-bred on Snowmass Elite Legend and CCNF Archangel (3rd and 4th generations). "Every generation, each parent passes half their chromosomes to their child. If nothing happened to the chromosomes between generations, there would be ar...

It actually occurred to us multiple times as we were campaigning CCNF Snow King in the spring of 2019 on the halter show circuit, that the very fleece traits that make him so attractive to us as a Herdsire, were the same ones causing him by the month of March to look like a red-hot mess. In short: a dense, fine, long-stapled fleece, which when combined with several days on a trailer and a touch of heating vent at the show facility…and voila! Even after putting him under show fans set to high for three days before going into the ring, the eye didn’t always agree with what the hand was feeling this spring, so huge credit to the judges for understanding what it was that was in front of them. T...

Who's your Daddy: CCNF Bataclan, his 2019 and first to hit the ground progeny, took ten first places, 2 Reserve Championships, 7 Championships, and two Judges Choice Fleece awards in 2020. After his 2020 progeny hit the ground, CCNF wrote, "Bataclan is now officially the lead Herdsire in our breeding program." Now, combine CCNF Bataclan with Colonial Bianca, and you get a glimmer of potential in the pictures. A lovely bright fleece, a beautiful crimp with great density. She is showing an excellent head style and bone. Unfortunately, I couldn't show Athena due to my work schedule and that nasty COVID! Athena will be bred to CCNF Snow King in the summer of 2023. Colonial Athena's ...

It actually occurred to us multiple times as we were campaigning CCNF Snow King in the spring of 2019 on the halter show circuit, that the very fleece traits that make him so attractive to us as a Herdsire, were the same ones causing him by the month of March to look like a red-hot mess. In short: a dense, fine, long-stapled fleece, which when combined with several days on a trailer and a touch of heating vent at the show facility…and voila! Even after putting him under show fans set to high for three days before going into the ring, the eye didn’t always agree with what the hand was feeling this spring, so huge credit to the judges for understanding what it was that was in front of them. T...

As written by CCNF: "Meet the goose that lays the golden eggs. Dorianna comes from the same closely held maternal line that produced CCNF Legionnaire, our Champion fawn Herdsire that headlined the 2014 Breeders Edge sale in Virginia and went on to win (amongst others) Championships at both the 2015 Great Western Alpaca Show (where he was also the JC male) and the 2015 Futurity for his new owners! Dorianna's dam, Lilah, our Champion and Judges' Choice female, is the second daughter ever born to an all-world foundation female, CCNF Magdalena, and is paternally the daughter of Snowmass Royal Challenger. Dorianna's younger maternal sister, CCNF Delilah, has been tearing it up on the show circuit...

There truly is only one reigning queen in the Cas-Cad-Nac Farm foundation herd and her name is Magdalena. From the time she was born in ’04 to her aging but still undeniably powerful dam (PPeruvian Jesusa, who had arrived just a year prior with Maggie’s older full brother, Golden Sovereign, at side as part of the female component of our purchase of the North American Alpaca Stud) we knew that Magdalena was something truly special. Taken with her niece, CCNF Moonlight (Golden Sovereign x Snowmass Peruvian Sunstarlight), who is only two years her junior, they are the undisputed matriarchs of that most prepotent maternal line. It is a family group that taken in full, has had more representative...