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Man in the Moon's Peruvian AstraBred

Alpaca, Huacaya, Open (Female) | White

AOA #36335237 | DOB: 5/28/2024 (1 yr) (Due Date: 1/1/1900)

Sire: Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede

AOA Supreme CH w/ CH & JC Offspring!

Man in the Moon's Peruvian Ganymede

HuacayaHerdsire (Male)White
AOA# 35230793DOB: 6/8/201510 yrs
Time is running out to purchase a breeding to Ganymede, the 2017 AOA Nat’l Supreme Champion. Color genotype: ee Aa. Can produce black! He's making Champions & Judges Choice offspring!! Extraordinary Offspring: CNTRL Ganymede's Hannah B, has 22 Championships and 4 Judges Choice awards competing as a fawn female -AND- she is the 2021/22 #5 female in the Nation!! AMAF Islamadora, has 20 Championships, including the 2024 AOA National Championship, and received her first Judges Choice award as a yearling in Fall of 2023! StrongShepherd Juno, is a 16x Champion & JC male, and CCNF (arguably the top breeding farm in the country) purchased half-interest in this incredible male to bring different genetics into their herd! "This male shows extremely strong fiber traits that should be passed to his offspring...Bred to top notch females, you should expect many champions." -- Comments from Dr. Norm Evans' biopsy report SKIN BIOPSY was performed at 30 months of age by Dr. Norm Evans in December 2017. Of note, his 15x scan shows large fiber clusters uniform in shape and placement within his connective tissue. His scan shows only 4 guard type hairs from the 6800+ fibers in his 10 MM tissue punch. His true density is 86.75 follicles per SQ MM of skin. He shows a level 2 of 4 gland structure, with an average S/P ratio of 14.1 to 1, and only 11% of his secondary fibers are medullated which is rare since the average is near 60%. His 250x scan shows the presence of many round secondary fibers, and one hundred typical secondary fibers averaged 17.8 microns — at 30 months old!! According to Dr. Evans 30 months is the recommended age for skin biopsies and gives the most accurate values. Full report available upon request. While Ganymede’s breeding fee is firm, we can offer attractive discounts on any solely owned herdsire in a multiple breeding package. We also have females available that have already been bred to Ganymede or can be purchased with a future breeding to him. Please give us a call to discuss. Ganymede is Co-Owned with Rancho Inca Alpacas located in Navasota TX
 AOA# 35230793 White
Dam: MMFA Venus Rising

Beautiful Fleece! Top 5% EPD

MMFA Venus Rising

HuacayaFemaleWhite
AOA# 35157700DOB: 10/16/20177 yrs
Phenomenal girl...All we can say is Wow! She is better than we could have dreamed! MMFA Venus Rising started her show career at the 2018 Showtacular/ NEAOBA/ Empire, and she walked away with two Reserve Color Championships--one of them in front of a Snowmass female and the other right behind a CCNF female! At the 2019 Heart of Virginia, she walked away with a full Color Championship in front of a beautiful Stillmeadow Farm female. Kevin O'Leary said she is the "total package." Venus is out of one of our top stud females, WP Elite Delilah, who is out of The Elite Maximus. Delilah is maintaining an 18 micron AFD at 5 years old! and while we haven't gotten a recent histogram, her fleece is amazing for her age and the number of crias she's had -- definitely one of the best fleeces on the farm. Venus' sire is none other than Snowmass Legend Rising, a multi-champion white male who garnered 4X Judges Choice awards. The sad news is that he unexpectedly passed in the Fall of 2018--much, much too soon. We had hoped to repeat her breeding. Every single one of Venus' offspring have been extremely nice foundation quality alpacas. We've sold several of them, only to have seller's remorse. We purchased one of them back when we had the opportunity. Her Spring 2025 cria out of Man in the Moon’s Rigel arrived on 6/4/25, and she’s an absolute stunner! We decided to breed her back to Rigel for a 2026 offspring, and have made the tough decision to list Venus on our sales list. However, she can’t leave the farm until her 2025 cria is weaned. Note: MMFA offers its best pricing on packages of three or more alpacas. Let us know what you're looking for and we can help you find the right package within your budget.
 AOA# 35157700 White

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I struggled to put this girl on the sales list as I believe she will be a very strong production female, and I absolutely love her look!…but we need to reduce our herd size going forward. Astra is a great little girl with stellar genetics. She’s out of two of our top producing alpacas—Venus and Ganymede. Her fiber has very good density and uniformity across the blanket, with excellent crimp and bundling, although she is not as fine as I would like. She may be a bit over conditioned! :) She is certainly well grown for her age. Astra is a little bit shy, but she’s mild mannered and sweet. Come to the farm and meet her! Thank you & Congratulations to John and Susan of JLS Alpacas! So happy that she got to go with her friend Halo!

Updated 6/4/2025