Alpacas at Rock Chimney Farm       We invite you to meet the Rock Chimney Farm herd, which you may notice has grown smaller in recent years. I developed wrist problems over two years ago, which required us to reduce our herd to a more manageable size for me. As you can see, we have had several fantastic sales years, and now are down to a core group which distills the qualities and characteristics we value the most. At the moment, the only alpacas we have remaining for sale are two junior herdsires, both showing great promise as yearlings. We are actually in the process of rebuilding our sales list, as we sold more than we had actually intended to! Give us awhile and then check back! In the meantime, if anyone catches your eye, contact us and we'll talk! Our sales include the standard reproductive guarantees (including a 30-day live cria guarantee for a bred female), up to 3 months free board, multiple purchase discounts,and our unflagging support.       A fairly new health concern throughout our industry is the possibility for an alpaca to contract Bovine Viral Diarehea (BVD). This has been a very difficult problem for the cattle industry over the years. It is not prevalent in the alpaca population, but it is present. At RCF, we have instituted some measures to protect our herd from this disease. The primary concern is with the persistently infected (PI) cria, which is an alpaca that has contracted this disease inutero. A PI cria sheds the BVD virus at a rate 1000 times that of a routinely infected animal, and is the primary source for the spread of BVD. A negative PCR blood test is proof that this is not a PI animal. We have had all our alpacas blood tested at RCF. No one showed any evidence of exposure to BVD, and none were PI animals. Further, we maintain a farm with little traffic, and require that any alpaca that comes here has been tested, and will also be quarantined. Our females do not go to another farm to be bred, and we now routinely test all our crias shortly after birth, so you can be sure that the alpaca you purchase from RCF does not have BVD.       Here we would like to make one further guarantee. We have learned, with great distress, that some breeders have begun to use corrective surgery on their promising young males, if they show less than correct front leg position. We believe that this is a bad trend for our industry. We promise you right up front that, "what you see is what you are getting" at RCF. We do not, nor will we ever, correct any conformational flaw with surgery. At Rock Chimney Farm, a conformationally flawed male, who does not correct on his own, will be available at a pet quality price. Home Herdsires Basic Alpaca Care History of the Alpaca What About Fiber? Farm News, Photos & Such Want to Scoot to a Paticular Category? Just Click! For Sale Recently Sold Breeding Stock of Rock Chimney Farm

RCF Winchester's Duke Here is a CPeruvian Winchester son to make his pappy proud! Winchester's Duke is out of our blue-ribbon winning dam, RCF TarBaby. Duke has outstanding fiber, fine, dense, crimpy, with wonderful hand and character, and his coverage is phenomenal! I had to shear him in places that I have never shorn before! All of that fiber is packed onto a very sturdy frame with beautiful proportions and excellent conformation. I have not yet found anything to fault in this little fellow. The judge at the VAOBA Expo, Tim Lavan, placed him first in his class, calling him the "standout in the class." He was in strong competition for the Reserve Championship, but lost out to an older male who had a bit more uniformity, according to Tim. I seriously doubt that will be the last shot he has at one, for his show career is just beginning. I believe this is the finest cria that has been produced here at Rock Chimney Farm to date. It will be exciting to watch him come into his full potential! Sire: CPeruvian Winchester - Dam: RCF TarBAby DOB: November 2005 Sale Price: $12,000

RCF Luck of the Draw Born in the spring of 2006, our Luck of the Draw was named a bit "tongue-in-cheek," as he was our 8th male cria in a row. Luck is another potential Junior herdsire bred and born at RCF, out of Grizzabella and sired by Royal Peruvian Challenger. Challenger usually stamps his cria with his excellent conformation, and Luck is no exception. He also inherited a number of his dam's fine fiber characteristics, only surpassing her in the wonderful softness of its hand. Grizz is one of the most placid and reliable alpacas I have ever known, and his temperament promises to be outstanding as well. All around, this is one promising little fellow! Watch out for this boy....I am betting that he is going to make his mark in a number of ways! Sire: Royal Peruvian Challenger - Dam: Grizzabella DOB: May 2006 Sale Price: $3,500

	T. D. Mink Sire: Peruvian Superstition - Dam: JennaBelle DOB: September 2004 Congratulations to Bob and Donna Snyder. Mink is sure to add some spice to your breeding program!
	Victor's Peruvian Orion Sire: Pperuvian Victor - Dam: Si Si D198 ALOA DOB: March 2000 Congratulations to Richard and Martha Miller! You can look forward to many beautiful crias sired by this boy!
	Andando - Caligula Grandson! Sire: El Patron - Dam: Aysen's Spice DOB: September 2000 Congratulations to Richard and Martha Miller! You can look for lots more gorgeous cria from this boy!
	RCF Copper - Grandson of Chaval & Pluro! Sire: Alta Luna's Clipper - Dam: RCF Annie M DOB: May 2002 Another hearty congratulations to the Millers! This boy should complete your herdsire lineup for sometime to come!
	HG Lord Byron Sire: Peruvian Bueno - Dam: Peruvian Gamma DOB: July 1995 Congratulations to Bill and Sherry Watkins of Frostglen! Start looking for girls!
	Outlaw's Carbonado Sire: High Plains Outlaw - Dam: JennaBelle DOB: August 2004 Congratulations to Bob and Donna Snyder. Oh, those good-looking Canadian men!
	RCF Razz Ma Tazz Sire: Alta Luna's Clipper - Dam: RCF Grizzabella DOB: October 2003 Congratulations to Debbie Davidson and Belinda Jones! What a grand beginning you have made!
	RCF Big Benz Sire: DM Mercedes - Dam: Pandora's Roxanne DOB: October 5, 2001 Congratulations to Debbie Davidson and Belinda Jones! You will enjoy having this boy as a member of your herd!
	RCF Falene Sire: Royal Peruvian Challenger - Dam: RCF Grizzabella DOB: October 2001 Congratulations to Richard and Martha Miller! You will enjoy looking at this girl in your pasture. She is a knockout!
	RCF Shadow's Hulla Sire: Peruvian Tomba - Dam: HG Shadow DOB: November 2001 Again congratulations to Richard and Martha Miller. With these two girls, you are off to a great start on your alpaca venture!
	RCF Helada Pequona Sire: Royal Peruvian Challenger - Dam: RCF First Snow DOB: October 2001 Congratuations to Richard and Martha Miller! You made a wise decision to add this gal to your herd! You will love her....and her beautiful crias!
	RCF Hot Shot Sire: Victor's Peruvian Orion - Dam: Grizzabella DOB: November 2004 Another promising herdsire for Debbie Davidson and Belinda Jones. May this boy produce lots of beautiful girls for you!
	FG Gremlin Sire: Platinum's The Mighty - Dam: FG Evening Blessing DOB: September 2004 Our little Gremlin has gone to Debbie and Belinda, also. He is sure to be happy in his new home, as he will be with his buddy, Hot Shot. Enjoy this little fellow!

	HG's Shadow Shadow has lustrous, blue-black fiber with good "hand" and dense coverage. She is an extremely good-looking girl with excellent conformation and an outstanding head. You have to work at it to ruffle this girl's feathers! Shadow has produced five healthy, beautiful babies with ease. Her second, sired by Lord Byron, was a blue ribbon winner at the MaPaca Jubilee. Her next two, RCF Hulla and RCF Mystic Dancer were true-black females...and a stunning girls they are! Shadow birthed a beautiful little black male last October, sired by Royal Peruvian Challenger. He has a white snip on his nose and varying amounts of white on his feet, and moves like a racehorse. He is a very exciting young male. Shadow apparently had a retained CL and missed "catching" this spring. She will be held over to the fall. We are contemplating who to breed her to: Marzipan or one of Thundercreek's lovely herdsires. Choices, choices, choices...happy choices! Sire: Lanark's Jackson - Dam Lanark's Nell DOB: September 1995
	RCF Grizzabella This girl is the "Grand Dam" of our herd and the first cria sired by our former herdsire, Lord Byron. Covered in beautiful fiber, medium taupe in color, our Grizz is a big girl with the works who knocks 'em dead both in and out of the show ring! She has performed well amongst very stiff competition, both in halter and in fleece classes. We are quite proud of our Grizz! Not only is she beautiful, but she is an outstanding mother, providing excellent care and plenty of milk to her crias. Her first cria, sired by Royal Peruvian Challenger, was an enhanced copy of herself, and a top ribbon-winner in her own right. Next, she gave us a true-black little female, also a blue-ribbon winner, sired by Alta Luna's Clipper. The next three crias made a strong contribution to our run of males, although there were very nice ones. Other than the fact that she gave us three males in a row, we have no complaints about Grizz's production. This spring she broke the run for us. After 10 males in a row, and nearly 5 years of waiting, Grizz's mating with Marzipan produced a beautiful medium/dark brown female! We named her RCF Four Leaf Clover in the hopes that she is out ticket out of this run of little boys. Grizz will be held open until the fall and will, most likely, be bred to one of Thundercreek's herdsires at that time. Sire: Lord Byron - Dam: Lanark's Nell DOB: November 1998
	RCF TarBaby RCF TarBaby combines the best of both her sire and dam to make her a truly outstanding little girl: Wonderful bone and conformation, beautiful fine black fiber with high-frequency crimp, excellent coverage and density, and a lovely little head! Wow! That she also got Grizz's easy-going temperament is just icing on the cake! This girl is special! The judge at the VA Classic thought so too, giving her the first place in the Yearling Black Female class! Not bad for the only show she has entered! TarBaby's first cria was born last year, a gorgeous little light/medium brown male sired by Hobby Horse Farm's CPeruvian Winchester. This year she produced another lovely male, sired by Marzipan. Since he was the 10th male cria in a row, we named him RCF Diez, but over time we have changed his name to RCF Diez-Diablo. This little Diablo thinks he is ready to breed, or to take on anything else that life has to offer. Surprisingly, his little sister Clover is his favorite sidekick. TarBaby is bred to Thundercreek's Meritorious Danser for a spring 2008 cria. We don't even care if this one is a male, he is sure to be spectacular! Sire: Alta Luna's Clipper - Dam: RCF Grizzabella DOB: October 2002
	JennaBelle An exciting addition made to our herd in 2003 is JennaBelle, a lovely true black girl. Jenna was originally from the High Plains Ranch, a Canadian producer known for the quality of their alpacas. Jenna has produced five gorgeous crias to date, three of them black, and we are hoping that she will continue this trend for us. Jennabelle has strong true-black genes from both her dam and sire going back several generations. She is conformationally sound, with good coverage, outstanding luster, and a very nice soft handle to her fleece, along with regular, Merino-style crimp right to the tips of her fiber. We have been hoping that Jenna will help "blacken up" our herd. Jenna has shown that she is all that we look for in a dam: she is an easy birther, an attentive mother, and produces abundant milk! Jenna has also been a strong contributor to our run of boys, having produced three for us since she has been here. Her latest, sired by Marzipan is bay black....or maybe true black....and cute as a button. Running low on boy names, I named him for the son of a friend who was having his second birthday on the day he was born, thus, RCF Seamus it is. Jenna is being held to the fall and will likely be bred to our RCF Winchester's Duke. Now, that should be quite a combination! Sire: DHH Major - Dam: Lo Southern Belle DOB: August 1998

	RCF Seamus Jennabelle surprised us with our 9th male cria in a row, born nearly two weeks before expected. RCF Seamus shares his name and his birthday with the son of a friend of mine. Both little boys are as cute as can be! Our Seamus is covered in lovely soft black fiber on a sturdy frame. We are very pleased with him and will be watching his development over the next year to judge his promise. In the meantime, we are enjoying watching him frolic in our pastures! Sire: Hobby Horse Farm Marzipan - Dam: Jennbelle DOB: April 2007
	RCF Diez-Diablo Although expected to arrive first, Diablo was born four days after Seamus, and was the tenth male cria in a row born to RCF. We started with just the name RCF Diez, but his personality soon led us to add -Diablo. He has the curiosity of a cat and enormous self confidence, making him a lot of fun to have in the barn. This devilish little fellow is the same color as his sire, only with black points. His fiber is incredibly soft and fine, at least for the moment. Since both his sire and dam have lovely fiber, we are hoping that he will retain much of these characteristics as he grows. This little male thinks that he should be breeding all the open females that are in with him, and looks as though he knows what he is doing, as well. He is certainly one who will be weaned early, rather than late! In the meantime, we are letting the seasoned dams teach him some manners. Sire: Hobby Horse Farm Marzipan - Dam: RCF TarBaby DOB: April 2007
	RCF Four Leaf Clover Our last cria born this spring was hardly the least. RCF Four Leaf Clover was the first female born to RCF in nearly five years. We felt like releasing a mass of balloons in celebration of her arrival! Covered in soft little curls of dark brown fiber with black points, our Clover shows signs of being a beauty. Of course, she could be pea green and would still be beautiful in our eyes! We are hoping that Clover is going to change our luck and break this long, long run of males! Sire: Hobby Horse Farm Marzipan - Dam: Grizzabella DOB: May 2007

RCF Macusani's Bandido One of the crias born in our early years is this fellow, RCF Macusani's Bandido. Named for his mischieviously marked face, our list of alpacas cannot be complete without Bandit. He serves as a babysitter, transport companion, senior statesman, and most importantly, our granddaughter's show boy. He does a creditable job with the obstacles, and she has a grand time taking him through them. Like most farms, we value our geldings, too, for all that they can do! Sire: Peruvian Macusani - Dam: HG Shadow DOB: October 1998

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