What can you say about Hemingway's Bogart other than he is renowned, WAS a one of a kind potent herdsire. Bogie's EPDs rival the best in the world. Bogart could challenge any young stud head to head for histogram results. After 18 years, his longevity is exemplary with his 2019 histogram at 22 AFD and an SD of 4.0 and CV of 17. Bogart is the direct descendant and on of Sire MSA Hemingway G171. We are very proud to have added this Hemingway son, to our small but genetically mighty white alpacas. Bogie is renowned for his remarkable, and extremely rare, combination of flawless fine fleece, genetic superiority and flawless fineness sustained thus far to the end of his second decade. He passed all this fleece trait production to his offspring. Compare Bogie to any male alpaca in AOA's EPD database and you will find he is superior to over 99% of all other for longevity of fineness and uniformity. Not only is Bogie superior, but because of his longevity as a herdsire, his accuracy values for each EPD trait is the highest in the database. This insures for you the customer, will be getting the improvement you expect. To go along with his outstanding EPDs, his follicle biopsy results insures density in his offspring. At age 12 he carries a DENSITY OF 60.4/MM, SECONDARY TO PRIMARY RATION OF 10.8:1 AND MEAN SECONDARY FIBER DIAMETER OF 21 AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF 2.5. Imagine what he was like at 2 years of age. BOGART IS OFFICIALLY RETIRED. IT IS TOO UNCOMFORTABLE TO BREED. HE HAS BEEN SUCH A SPECIAL ALPACA TO DAVE AND I. WE WISH WE COULD CLONE HIM.

Black Hills Carmon is for sale, but due to her quality we will use Carmon in our foundation breeding program until she is sold. Carmon is such an impressive dam. Her beauty and stature are impressive as you can see from these pictures. Her head is gorgeous, her conformation impeccable. I have not even yet mentioned the quality of her fiber. Carmon can bring to your herd a foundation dam of the highest quality with years of breeding for the future. The most exciting part of this sale would be the inclusion of Hemingway's genetics and Expected Progeny Determinations (EPD). Carmon's histogram is outstanding too, her AFD at age 5 is 21. This young proven dam has Caligula and El Nino on her sire's side. She is now bred to MSA Hemingway's Bogart so her cria will also have prevalent Hemingway in it's genetics. Her father was grandfather was El Nino and great grandfather Caligua, so the Accoyo genetics are prevalent. EPD breeding is the future of the alpaca business, we recommend to start now in making your breeding decisions knowing what genetic outcomes you want in your offspring and breeding outcomes you can depend upon. This is possible with the use of EPDs. Let Colusa Riverside Alpacas help transition your herd to animals with outstanding EPD values and offspring. Carmon is in the ARI 1% club, and most importantly she has well above the national average in nearly all EPD traits. With the purchase of Carmon you will be guaranteed a cria, either male or female that can be utilized to start a world class EPD herd. Along with this sale will come a breed back to any of our herdsires. The price of this animal will within 2 years provide your ranch with 3 animals with nationally ranked EPDs, guaranteed. Here are her outstanding 2014 EPD values: 2014 AOA EPD Trait Value Results: Trait Value Accuracy National Ranking AFD -1.317 0.409 1631 of 31937 SDAFD -0.122 0.409 9507 of 31937 SF -1.294 0.437 1861 of 31937 %F>30 -5.155 0.443 1757 of 31937 MC 3.73 0.403 952 of 31937 SDMC 1.921 0.429 591 of 31937 %M -2.258 0.37 2603 of 31937 MSL -2.327 0.329 29429 of 31937 FW 0.476 0.235 2941 of 31937 BW 0.245 0.058 0 of 31937