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 about five or six years ago, which required us to reduce our herd to a more manageable size for me. That was the beginning, but I decided to continue the downward trend, as I was to turn 70 in 2010. As you can see, we have had a number of fantastic sales years, and now are down to a core group with which I hope to grow old and focus more on the fiber aspects of the business. The only alpaca we have remaining for sale is our beautiful RCF Four Leaf Clover, who is described below. If you are interested in Clover, just call and we will talk.       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 no longer go to another farm to be bred, and we have routinely tested all our crias shortly after birth, so you can be sure that the alpaca you purchase from RCF does not have BVD. 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 Four Leaf Clover Our next-to-last cria, born in the spring of 2007. 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, Clover showed signs of being a beauty. (Of course, she could have been pea green and we would still have been delighted!) Our Clover has lived up to her early promise, growing into a beautifully-balanced alpaca with outstanding density and character to her lovely fiber. Her dam has long been the one we call, "the best alpaca ever," because of her wonderfully calm demeanor and consistant temperament. Clover mimics her in this regard, and may even have a slightly sweeter nature. She is a gal to make her momma proud! Sire: Hobby Horse Farm Marzipan - Dam: Grizzabella DOB: May 2007 Sale Price: $5,000

	RCF Seamus Sire: Hobby Horse Farm Marzipan - Dam: Jennbelle DOB: April 2007 Congratulations to Al Nuchols of Chatham, VA, on purchasing this beautiful boy!
	RCF Diez-Diablo Sire: Hobby Horse Farm Marzipan - Dam: RCF TarBaby DOB: April 2007 Congratulations to Al Nuchols of Chatham, VA, on the purchase of another beautiful boy!
	RCF TarBaby Sire: Alta Luna's Clipper - Dam: RCF Grizzabella DOB: October 2002 Congratulations to Audrey McCarter of Thunder Creek Alpacas! You just bought the nicest female ever born on our farm!
	RCF Winchester's Duke Sire: CPeruvian Winchester - Dam: RCF TarBAby DOB: November 2005 Congratulations to Bob and Donna Snyder of Eureka Springs Alpacas! This boy is sure to give you lots of beautiful babies!
	RCF Luck of the Draw Sire: Royal Peruvian Challenger - Dam: Grizzabella DOB: May 2006 Congratulations to Audrey McCarter of Thunder Creek Alpacas, on the purchase of this boy. He is another one of Grizz's sweetheart crias!
	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
	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 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 him. Bandit has served as a babysitter, transport companion, senior statesman, and most importantly, as our granddaughter's show boy. He did a creditable job with the obstacles, and she had a grand time showing him. Like most farms, we value our geldings, and this boy has earned his place in our final herd! Sire: Peruvian Macusani - Dam: HG Shadow DOB: October 1998

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