We have been blessed this year with 5 little girls and 8 boys.
Dark brown Appeline had lovely dark brown "Manzanilla" from her match up with .38 Special.
We leased wonderful Monet for a breeding with Zeppelin and she had fawn "Phrixus".
Fawn Bridget had darling fawn "Rain Song" with Zeppelin.
Brown Hannah Moon had wonderful rose grey "Lailah Moon" with Avatar.
TB Fendi had a spunky little TB girl from Zeppelin -"Zeppelin's Lyrica"!
And Nora has had her first baby - a gorgeous beige indefinite boy "Uriah".
Uriah, a Zeppelin boy, may have the best fleece I have seen on a brand new cria. WOW!
I don't say things like that every day. ;^)
Twyla Belle had Phoenix of the amazingly dense crimpy golden fleece, with Avatar;
Amelia had an Incredible maroon boy "Rama" from Avatar - OMG you will see this boy wearing purple!
Delia had "A-V-8" from 38 Special - Oh My his dark golden fleece is true butter.
Gilda had proud and strong rose grey "Artax" from Avatar,
Cloe had a very pretty dark brown princess "Bindi" with Avatar,
Sunset had gorgeous silver "Aeon" with Legend's Challenger,
and Prada finished the year with super fine, crimpy little rose grey "Neo" with Avatar.
We are so excited! Show season will be fun as always, and the babies are now having a great time on the playgound outside our kitchen window. Ahhhh new life!
The Center Point of Delphi Alpacas on the Web. Read our articles listed below to learn about alpacas, and about us! Plus you'll find links to visit Everywhere Delphi Is, from The Delphi Oracle.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Welcome To The Delphi Oracle!
The Delphi Oracle is Home Base for Delphi Alpacas on the web. We wanted to make it easy for you to get to know Delphi Alpacas, and easy to meet our alpacas - as you browse the Net.
Hence The Oracle.
New to alpacas? Take a minute to skim some of the Informative Articles we have, provided here on at the top of this page. Let us know what you think of them, we'd love your feedback. Some of them are introductory - while others are rather advanced.
Here's an outline of Delphi on the web:
Our Alpacanation.com listings have more pictures to view, and it is the most comprehensive and current sales list.
AvatarStarz.com shows pictures and show records of Avatar's winning kids.
We also have a presence on AlpacaStreet.com, as well as Openherd.com.
Also watch for special web sites built just for a certain sale or auction event!
We've tried to make it easy to navigate to these sites from The Oracle,
Just Click on the Links above to the Left.
Congratulations to Eric & Brenda Schenck of Red Ghost Alpacas on their phenomenal purchase of AVATAR!
I never thought we would ever let him go - but it's just the right thing to do. For us, for Red Ghost, and for Avatar. Delphi is ramping up our business, with our foundation of Avatar daughters as our keystone. Avatar is available now in Pennsylvania for 5 select outside breedings at $3500 each.
Enjoy Browsing our Listings. Current recommendations include silver grey Tulan - due in August with a cria that has huge potential - SOLD.
New current recommendation: Wishes! Full sister to National Champion Appeline, Wishes has incredibly soft uniform fleece.
On nearly every listing, You will find Current, (as in every year) Dated (what good is a histogram without a date?) Histograms, Plus Fleece pictures, when at all possible. Usually you'll find fleece pictures on our cria listings beginning when the babies are about 3 to 5 months of age.
UPDATE - Fleece stats Have Been Posted on our AlpacaNation Listings!
I've been an alpacashopaholic, a consultant, and so much more for 17 years - so our evaluation comes from an experienced eye. If you'd like to visit our little farm in the mountains, it is a lovely place to enjoy some tea or coffee on the deck and enjoy the view. We are not very fancy, and I do apologize that we cannot provide overnight accommodations on the farm,
But the drive along the Arkansas River through Big Horn Canyon is lovely, especially in the summer and fall! We are just 3 hours from Denver, less than 2 from Colorado Springs.
Delphi's Specialty is fine, uniform, slick handling, colored fleeces - that stays fine.
Avatar pointed us in that direction 10 years ago - and we listened. After seeing his kids, and realizing this is what alpacas should be like - we became increasingly picky (spoiled!) over the years. We never fell for the "good for a grey" or "good for a dark" line - 'cause we had proof in our backyard that you can have great in any color. Most recently a dark maroon Avatar daughter, Jeweled Joy, was awarded Best Handle at the 2010 Fallfest Fleece Show - out of about 175 huacaya fleeces of every color.
Our herd now includes greys, blacks, and maroons (some amazing fawns and even a few stunning whites) that have a consistent quality we are extremely excited about. We selected BMF Taos' Zeppelin after a long search for an extreme quality black herd sire. Not one that's "good for a black". I am so very thankful that we found this boy - his 2011 crias are awesome! He's won several purple banners for his fleece, and has many babies on the way in both Colorado and Oregon.
We pride ourselves in being a small farm, on a very small budget, that has always competed well with the best farms in the country. We haven't missed more than one or two Futurities since they started holding them. At the 2005 Futurity, our Avatar daughter Devamani won Reserve Champion grey female; And the son of a female we had bred and sold pregnant, Avatar's Ironman, won Reserve Champion grey male as well. Devamani then went on to win Color Champion at the Nationals. More recently, at the 2009 Futurity, Gilded Lilac (now owned by Skyline Alpacas) won Blue in a monster class of 10.
See all of Avatar's show kids at Avatarstarz.com.
Hence The Oracle.
New to alpacas? Take a minute to skim some of the Informative Articles we have, provided here on at the top of this page. Let us know what you think of them, we'd love your feedback. Some of them are introductory - while others are rather advanced.
Here's an outline of Delphi on the web:
Our Alpacanation.com listings have more pictures to view, and it is the most comprehensive and current sales list.
AvatarStarz.com shows pictures and show records of Avatar's winning kids.
We also have a presence on AlpacaStreet.com, as well as Openherd.com.
Also watch for special web sites built just for a certain sale or auction event!
We've tried to make it easy to navigate to these sites from The Oracle,
Just Click on the Links above to the Left.
Congratulations to Eric & Brenda Schenck of Red Ghost Alpacas on their phenomenal purchase of AVATAR!
I never thought we would ever let him go - but it's just the right thing to do. For us, for Red Ghost, and for Avatar. Delphi is ramping up our business, with our foundation of Avatar daughters as our keystone. Avatar is available now in Pennsylvania for 5 select outside breedings at $3500 each.
Enjoy Browsing our Listings. Current recommendations include silver grey Tulan - due in August with a cria that has huge potential - SOLD.
New current recommendation: Wishes! Full sister to National Champion Appeline, Wishes has incredibly soft uniform fleece.
On nearly every listing, You will find Current, (as in every year) Dated (what good is a histogram without a date?) Histograms, Plus Fleece pictures, when at all possible. Usually you'll find fleece pictures on our cria listings beginning when the babies are about 3 to 5 months of age.
UPDATE - Fleece stats Have Been Posted on our AlpacaNation Listings!
I've been an alpacashopaholic, a consultant, and so much more for 17 years - so our evaluation comes from an experienced eye. If you'd like to visit our little farm in the mountains, it is a lovely place to enjoy some tea or coffee on the deck and enjoy the view. We are not very fancy, and I do apologize that we cannot provide overnight accommodations on the farm,
But the drive along the Arkansas River through Big Horn Canyon is lovely, especially in the summer and fall! We are just 3 hours from Denver, less than 2 from Colorado Springs.
Delphi's Specialty is fine, uniform, slick handling, colored fleeces - that stays fine.
Avatar pointed us in that direction 10 years ago - and we listened. After seeing his kids, and realizing this is what alpacas should be like - we became increasingly picky (spoiled!) over the years. We never fell for the "good for a grey" or "good for a dark" line - 'cause we had proof in our backyard that you can have great in any color. Most recently a dark maroon Avatar daughter, Jeweled Joy, was awarded Best Handle at the 2010 Fallfest Fleece Show - out of about 175 huacaya fleeces of every color.
Our herd now includes greys, blacks, and maroons (some amazing fawns and even a few stunning whites) that have a consistent quality we are extremely excited about. We selected BMF Taos' Zeppelin after a long search for an extreme quality black herd sire. Not one that's "good for a black". I am so very thankful that we found this boy - his 2011 crias are awesome! He's won several purple banners for his fleece, and has many babies on the way in both Colorado and Oregon.
We pride ourselves in being a small farm, on a very small budget, that has always competed well with the best farms in the country. We haven't missed more than one or two Futurities since they started holding them. At the 2005 Futurity, our Avatar daughter Devamani won Reserve Champion grey female; And the son of a female we had bred and sold pregnant, Avatar's Ironman, won Reserve Champion grey male as well. Devamani then went on to win Color Champion at the Nationals. More recently, at the 2009 Futurity, Gilded Lilac (now owned by Skyline Alpacas) won Blue in a monster class of 10.
See all of Avatar's show kids at Avatarstarz.com.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Effects of AFD on Fleece weight Chart
Understanding the impact of AFD on Fleece Weight & Volume.
This page includes diagrams and explanations also to be used with the article that can be found under PAGES: Assessing the impact of AFD on Fleece weight and volume.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Happenings today - 7-20-09
Jordin was quite uncomfortable this AM - she'd been humming last night in a way that made me hope she was not going into labor 6 weeks early. But as the morning progressed she relaxed and went back to normal Jordin. We think the baby has shifted - she looks more streamlined than she did -
I think that's what was making her feel uncomfortable. Now the baby is lined up waiting for clearance to take off!
Gilda is very ready to deliver - my bets are for tomorrow.
Last years baby was Futurity Blue Ribbon winning Lilac - So we are eager to meet this new one!
But every baby is like that anymore - and we are surprised every year by which of the litter turns out to be the headliner.
I wish we had gotten a picture of Gilda riding the hay wagon the other day -
using that big 'ol belly full of baby to cover ALL the hay as she dragged it off the cart by riding the wagon then sliding off and landing on the hay -
mine mine mine mine mine - - -
Guess you had to be there!
But Gilda has a big piece of my heart. Named after Gilda Radner because of her sweet happy little clown attitude - even pregnant she is a doll.
Jordin was quite uncomfortable this AM - she'd been humming last night in a way that made me hope she was not going into labor 6 weeks early. But as the morning progressed she relaxed and went back to normal Jordin. We think the baby has shifted - she looks more streamlined than she did -
I think that's what was making her feel uncomfortable. Now the baby is lined up waiting for clearance to take off!
Gilda is very ready to deliver - my bets are for tomorrow.
Last years baby was Futurity Blue Ribbon winning Lilac - So we are eager to meet this new one!
But every baby is like that anymore - and we are surprised every year by which of the litter turns out to be the headliner.
I wish we had gotten a picture of Gilda riding the hay wagon the other day -
using that big 'ol belly full of baby to cover ALL the hay as she dragged it off the cart by riding the wagon then sliding off and landing on the hay -
mine mine mine mine mine - - -
Guess you had to be there!
But Gilda has a big piece of my heart. Named after Gilda Radner because of her sweet happy little clown attitude - even pregnant she is a doll.
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