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2022 Offspring Rare Gem Suki |
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I am 2 years old today! |
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Tiny, but Mighty! (4/24/20) |
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1st Fleece |
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1st Fleece |
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Just Shorn 7 months olds |
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Grand-dam Tazer @ ~7 months old |
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Sun Bathing |
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Just Shorn 7 months old |
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Her best Dr. Birk look |
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10/20/20 |
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Polka-hontis turns 1 year old! |
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Polka-hontis' 1st Christmas |
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We call her the lil Princess :-) |
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Polka-hontis meets the gang. |
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Sire: Apache Gentleman |
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Hey Dad, whatcha doin’? |
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She is the best alpaca neck warmer! |
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2 1/2 months old |
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Premie Baby - 1 day old |
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With guardian, Gryphon |
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My biggest fan... |
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Polka-hontis attends a fiber retreat |
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Making new friends |
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Suki in the making… |
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Paternal Siblings |
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More Paternal Siblings |
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2022 Offspring, Suki |
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Offspring Suki and Be Brave |
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Great 1st Time Mom! |
Fiber / Scientific Data
| 2022 | Color Genotype: ee a1a2 |
| 2021-04-21 | AFD 20.5, SD 4.2, CV 20.6%, %>30=1.8, CF 98.2%, MSL 105 mm |
| 2020-04-21 | AFD 20.0, SD 3.8, CV 18.8%, CF 99.1% |
Includes harlequin cria @ side!
~Apache’s Polka-hontis (Harlequin Appaloosa)
ARI# 36087716 D.O.B. 10/30/2019 (Due Date: 11/27/2023)
Huacaya, Bred (Female), Proven | Light Fawn, Dark Rose Grey, True Black
Sire: Apache Gentlemen (Harlequin Appaloosa)
Apache Gentlemen (Harlequin Appaloosa)
Handsome Appaloosa Harlequin Stud (SOLD)
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ARI# 35240655
| DOB: 6/28/2015
Huacaya
, Herdsire (Male)
, Proven
, Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black
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CONGRATULATIONS to Roy Davis of R & K's Alpaca farm on the purchase of Apache Gentleman. Apache will be moving to their farm in Iowa in June 2022. Apache will be greatly missed at Rare Gem Alpacas but he leaves behind a number of lovely offspring to grace our herd for years to come!
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Oh, my oh my! Apache is a proven herdsire with 28 cria on the ground! Sometimes words just aren't ... |
| ARI# 35240655 | Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black
Dam: Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
Proven Harlequin Producer
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ARI# 35058991
| DOB: 9/11/2014
Huacaya
, Female
, Proven
, Light Fawn
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Forget Me Not joined the Rare Gem Herd in September 2018. She exhibits all the qualities that we look for... fineness, density, fleece character, disposition... oh... I won't bore you with our long list! We love her and are very excited to see what she can do in our program.
Forget Me Not was bred to the wildly spotted appaloosa harlequin, Apache Gentleman. This pairing brings a nice fusion of sought after appaloosa genetics (Forget Me Not also carries Peruvian Platinum on her father’s side... |
| ARI# 35058991 | Light Fawn
Service Sire: Snowmass Sizlin Legacy XX
Snowmass Sizlin Legacy XX
3X banner winner!
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ARI# 35538684
| DOB: 7/26/2020
Huacaya
, Herdsire (Male)
, Proven
, White, Beige, Light Fawn, Medium Fawn, Dark Fawn, Light Brown
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| Meet the newest addition to the Rare Gem herd-- Snowmass Sizlin Legacy XX! This boy is an exciting find out of the Snowmass herd. While Snowmass did not breed appaloosas, they kept detailed breeding program notes which included specific lines that threw spots and the frequency of those spotted results. Sizlin descends from an import within the Snowmass herd that threw the highest number of spotted offspring-- to a rate of 6.5X that of the others in their herd. Do we have a new gene carrier to a... |
| ARI# 35538684 | White, Beige, Light Fawn, Medium Fawn, Dark Fawn, Light Brown
Polka-hontis' sire, Apache, has a pedigree packed with outstanding appaloosas and harlequins. It is highly probable that Apache is homozygous meaning you do not have to breed him to another harlequin or appaloosa to get a good chance of producing an appaloosa harlequin offspring. A definite plus for those breeding for spots.
Polka-hontis' dam, Forget Me Not, is the daughter of 8X champion sire, Derwydd Luciano's Totora. Totora is a producer of champions and known to throw color when bred to color! Dam also carries Peruvian Platinum in her pedigree for those tracking harlequin/appaloosa genetics and has superb fiber traits including being ranked in the top 1% EPD for %M.
UPDATE: November 2022 Polka-hontis gave birth to a tiny, but strong and healthy female harlequin appaloosa sired by champion FTAF's Privateer. Polka-hontis is a great first time mom with ample milk and natural maternal instincts. We have named her adorable lil daughter, Rare Gem Suki. Suki was born 336 days gestation and has gained ~ a half pound per day her first three weeks. She is strong and confident and the other cria can't keep up with her. She has lovely harlequin coloration and personality galore.
Offspring
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Lovely Harlequin Appaloosa Female!
ARI# 36221721 D.O.B. 11/5/2022 (1 yr)
Huacaya, Cria Female| White, Medium Fawn, Medium Rose Grey, True Black, Unproven
Sire: FTAF's Privateer
Dam: ~Apache’s Polka-hontis (Harlequin Appaloosa)
Suki's dam, Rare Gem Apache's Polka-hontis, was the smallest cria ever born on farm. Three years ago, Polka-hontis was born a month premature... some ...
Rare Gem Alpacas - Sage, CA
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Updated 12/28/2022