Breeders Choice Auction 2018 - 28th July, Goulburn Showground

Lot 1 Walkley Field Celtic Rhaine (IAR 227863)

DOB 23/10/16 Solid White Female

Mated: Pregnant - Bumble Hill Moonraker LMD 4/5/18

Fleece: Sep 17: M:19.3 SD: 3.9 CV: 20.2 CF: 98.8% Cur: 37

Beautiful frame with a lovely soft handling fleece. A mid-density female with a more advanced style courtesy of her Champion Sire, Futura Kittihawk. Her Dam is the beautiful Belbourie Rhapsody who passes on a lovely lustre from Meadow Bank Revival Rach. The combination of Moonraker (tested skin density of over 65) should provide an exciting combination.

http://www.walkleyfieldsalpacas.com.au/alpaca-genetics/alpaca/149167

Lot 45 - Walkley Fields Emaculate (IAR 227879)

DOB 3/5/17 Solid Light Fawn Female

Emaculate is a beautiful light fawn female with Shanbrooke Perfection Excellence and Windsong Valley Firedragon fawn genetics in her background. Dense and stylish with beautiful coverage, exhibiting an advanced crimp style across a lovely frame. She excelled at 2018 shows with blue ribbons at Camden and Bathurst, and a Reserve Champion at Camden in the Junior Female Class. Included is a mating to a male of your choice from Walkley Fields.

Fleece: Nov 17: M:18.9 SD: 4.7 CV: 24.9 CF: 97.8% Cur: 50.2

Beautiful genetics with Jolimont Warrior, Windsong Valley Iceman, Windsong Valley Fire Dragon, Shanbrooke Peruvian Nano, Shanbrooke Golden Lace and Gold Perfection. Emaculate's Dam is the Grand Dam of Walkley Field Perfect Melody (Champion Adult Female - Sydney Royal 2018) and sire Perfection Excellence who is producing dense and stylish progeny

http://www.walkleyfieldsalpacas.com.au/alpaca-gene…/…/187265

Lot 47 Walkley Field Kasius (IAR 227877)

DOB 25/4/17 Solid White Male

Fleece: Nov 17:  M:17.4  SD: 4.8  CV: 27.6  CF: 99.4%   Cur: 38.9

Kasius is a soft, dense and stylish male. An exciting mix of Moonraker (tested skin density of over 65 folicles/mm) and Riverport Kasia ET, so density over density. Benleigh Legend, Softfoot Ceroc, and Celtic Triumph in the background. His Dam, Kasia ET is a champion female, placing second at the Nationals in her class in 2015. Kasius has only been shown twice at Royal Bathurst and Hawkesbury, winning second place both times. A lovely male with potential and the only Moonraker male to be released in the auction.

http://www.walkleyfieldsalpacas.com.au/alpaca-genetics/alpaca/149167

Moonraker progeny are already making an impact in the show ring with Walkley Field Jedi Warrior, Walkley Field Adora, Walkley Field Arctic Moon & Walkley Field Kasius.

Reducing the diameter of Guard Hair in Alpacas using SRS Breeding techniques

So firstly what is Guard Hair? Guard Hair (or primary fibres) are the coarse hairs that form an outer coat on the alpaca, and in fact most mammals. In alpacas the primary fibres tend to be much higher in diameter than the rest of the fibres (called secondary fibres), and can be as high as 15% or more of total fibres. They are there for a very good evolutionary reason, a coat to protect the alpaca from the elements. However, one of the downsides of these coarser fibres for the Alpaca breeder is that they have a “prickly” feel that will take away from the smoothness and handle of the fleece.  In an attempt to counter this, the manufacturers remove the Guard Hair