Russet is a mahogany colored proven female out of a Rose Grey Patagonia's Neruda. Outside breedings to Neruda have ALWAYS been restricted. He was "a cornerstone of the Patagonia black and grey breeding program" giving them their "FINEST black and grey fleeces that are virtually free of medullated fiber". At 8 years of age his histogram was 23.1m/5.3sd/22.9cv/9.2%>30. Neruda's crias are easily identifiable by their extremely fine fleeces, beautiful heads, substantially thick bone and extensive fiber coverage. Neruda's sire Shackleton, a black male brought from Chile, was for many years one of the finest fleeced males found in Patagonia. This is remarkable if we consider that 10 years ago, the difference in fineness between black and white alpacas was much more apparent than it is today. At three years of age Shackleton's histogram was 18.9m/3.8sd/20.1cv/1.2%>30. Neruda's dam Kodiak is true maroon in color and her offspring have been dark brown, black and grey. Russet has this same true maroon color of her granddam. Russet is bred back to A.L.Paca's Revolution for a spring 2012 cria.
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