Columbia Mist Onyx's Sofia

You may buy Sofia for $2,700 (40% off market value) during our Retirement Sale!

Onyx's Sofia is a dark brown (Maroon) girl with black points and a perfect bite. Her best EPD trait is lack of medullation- Top 7% of the National herd. She has a good handle with being in the top 17% for standard deviation.

She has outstanding genetics and Color Champions in her pedegree! On her father's side is Onyx de Mico, sire and Michelangelo as grandsire. On her mother's side is Columbia Mist Valiente's Elvira who won the 2008 "Best Hand of Show" at the National Fiber to Fashion Fleece Show, grandsire Microsoft, and great-grandsires of Hemingway and Camilio.

Sofia is sturdily built with fiber that exhibits in 2011 medium amplitude with moderate frequency crimp ( 8-9 crimps per in.). Her fleece is very bright from cut end to tip ( a 9 out of 10) Density 8 out of 10. Her uniformity of lock/crimp style is 8 out of 10.She had 40.0 oz of WL 2 & 3 in her blanket and 20.8 oz of the same in her neck. Sorter said "lovely handle and nice loft."

Whether you are interested in purchasing high quality alpacas for breeding, show, fiber or selecting a herd sire to breed to, you should use Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) as your most important selection tool in addition to evaluating phenotype. You can also increase the probability of creating ideal offspring with up to 95% accuracy. Contact us to learn more about using EPDs. We have been using them to improve our herd since 2008.