Big Timber is honored to co-own HFS Jermiah with Tim and Beth Sheets of Heritage Farm Suri Alpacas. Jeremiah will be in Oregon from July to February each year and in Indiana the rest of the year.
Jeremiah is a 7X Champion and a 2X Judges Choice winner. Although his conformation is perfect, Jeremiah's fiber is his greatest asset. His highly aligned and organized wave and twist locks equate to density, fineness and luster. His follicles are tightly-packed clusters that "shingle" over each other.
Jeremiah has top suri male genetics including Rockstar, Torbio, Baron Lafite and Ramilo. His maternal genetics are just as awesome with Accoyo Lafite's Mucha Bella as his dam, an award winning, top ranked EPD female that has produced champion offspring, along with Accoyo Luna, who produced multiple champion offspring.
Jeremiah ranked in the top of the 2017 EPDS:
AFD: top 2%
SF: top 2%
%F>30: top 4%
MSL: top 3%
His 2014 skin biopsy showed a density of 52.25 and a secondary to primary ratio of 8:1. His primary to secondary spread was 7 with a secondary micron of 15.9 and a primary micron of 22.9. He has 3 out of 4 gland presence and his secondary medulation was under 30%. Dr. Norm Evans commented: "The variation in fiber diameter of primary to secondary fibers is only 7 microns which is exceptional. This male should exhibit superior handle since he is not only very fine but unique in that <30% of his secondary fibers show medulation. He certainly exhibits exceptional fleece traits that should be passed on to his offspring."
In the SHIPS classification, Jeremiah scored perfect 5's for all the conformation categories. In fleece characteristics, he scored a perfect 5 for uniformity of color and fleece phenotype. He scored 4.5s for luster and uniform lock and 4's for fineness and handle. He also scored 3s for uniformity of micron and density.
Overall, Jeremiah's quantitative data supports his superior suri genetics and prepotence.
