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Escondido Alpacas

Escondido Alpacas, Al & Gail Van Staveren
14502 FM 858, Athens, TX 75752 MAP!
(903) 479-0152
gailsfarm@yahoo.com

 

Alpaca breeders:

You've come to the right place for the best herdsires and alpaca breeders' support in Texas!  We started our herd from the best breeding stock from Peru, Chile, and the USA.  We would like you to benefit from our careful selection of bloodlines and color.  Let us help you get your new lifestyle off to the best start. 

Our boys have taken a total of 17 Champion and Reserve Champion banners winning at competitive shows over large and small farms alike!

Our herd includes bloodlines from:

  4Peruvian Legacy
 
Caligula
  Drambuie
  Hemingway
  Oro
  Demetrio

  Bueno
 McIntosh
 Zorro
 'Round Midnight
 CPeruvian Accoyo Express


Click any herdsire's photo or name to jump down the page to more information.


Escondidos Makulu

16.8 micron at 2 years. Legacy and Caligula heritage. 1/2 Accoyo. 4 Color Championships and 3 Reserve
Championships and 13 blue ribbons!!


Express' Masterpiece Renoir

3/4 Accoyo son of CPeruvian
Accoyo Express and
a Peruvian Presidio grandson. Reserve Champion and 4 blue ribbons!

 
Escondidos Moko

2005 AOBA Nationals
Reserve Color Champion 


    


Awards:

CHAMPIONSHIPS:

  • Minnesota 2008, won over 43 white males
  • MOPACA Invitational 2006
  • Arkansas Alpaca Show 2006
  • Ft. Worth 2005
  • El Paso 2005

RESERVE CHAMPIONSHIPS:

  • Ft. Worth 2006, Fleece
  • Southwest Regional Alpaca Show 2005
  • Fall Festival 2005, Composite

FIRST PLACE RIBBONS:

  • Minnesota 2008, adult white males, at 4 1/2 years old
  • Fort Worth 2008, adult white males, at 4 1/2 years old
  • Monroe 2006
  • Topeka Kansas 2006
  • Fort Worth 2006
  • Fort Worth 2006, Fleece Show
  • MOPACA Invitational 2006
  • Arkansas Alpaca Show 2006
  • MOPACA Invitational 2006, Fleece Show
  • Fall Festival 2005, Composite
  • El Paso 2005
  • Fort Worth 2005, Owned & Bred
  • Fort Worth 2005
  • Fall Festival 2004
  • Bred and owned yearling male Fall Fest 2004

ADDITIONAL RIBBONS:

  • 4th Place Fleece, AOBA Nationals 2006
  • 2nd Place, 2005 Great Western Alpaca Show in Denver, Colorado
  • 2nd Place, Fiber to Fashion, Reno NV 2006

Escondidos Makulu: This 3/4 Accoyo herdsire's really fantastic genetics are the foundation for this incredible fleece with a micron count of 16.8 at nearly two years old! His grandfathers include Peruvian Legacy and Peruvian Caligula. He has taken FOUR Championships, THREE Reserve Championships, and THIRTEEN First Place ribbons.

Jill McLeod judged his fleece at Fiber to Fashion 2006 in Reno, Nevada. She loved his fleece and declared it was the densest fleece she ever laid her hands on.

Makulu sheared 13 1/2 pounds of fleece this year!

Sex: Male
DOB: 9/01/03
ARI#: 850153
Color: Pure White

Dam: Crescent Moon's Tapioca ARI 828731
Sire: PCA Accoyo El Nino

Micron:

2004, 14.4 AFD and 20.6 CV
2005 16.8 AFD and 21.2 CV, comfort factor of 100%!

Breeding Fee: $3,500

All of Makulu's crias are spectacular.


White male born March 21, 2007. Perfect conformation. Georgeous fleece.


Escondido Makulu's Nicole, She is Medium Fawn carrying her mothers coloring. DOB: 4/16/07


Nakula, born 12/07 owned by Rena Stettner of Reflections Alpaca Ranch

princess fiona
Makulu daughter, Princess Fiona, born Oct 07, 2007. Owned by Carol Hudgens of Stone Bluff Farm


Son Andromeda, owned by Steve and Janet Hancock of Trinity Ridge Alpacas

 


Junior Herdsire

Express' Masterpiece Renoir is a 3/4 Accoyo son of CPeruvian Accoyo
Express 0222 and a Peruvian Presidio daughter (Caligula grandaughter).

Awards:

  • 2nd place fleece in juveniles, A-OK Blast Off 2008
  • Best crimp award, A-Ok Blast Fleece Show Off 2008
  • 1st place in a class of 12 white yearling males, Ft Worth 2008
  • 2nd place in a class of 14 white yearling males, Minnesta 2008
  • 1st place fleece in juvenile white males, Minnesta 2008
  • 1st place in a class of 14 in 2007 in Shreveport with Sharon Loner as judge. She said " WOW! a georgeous fleece, beautiful character, bonus for brightness. Correct bite and balance."
  • 1st place in the Boerne fleece show with a score of 87.1%. With 19.5 out of 20 for finess and handle.
  • 1st place in a class of 15 juvenile white males at Fort Worth 2007.
  • 1st place MOPACA 2007 in juvenile white males.
  • Reserve White Male Championship MOPACA 2007. Beating out 50 other males!

ARI#: 30645981
Color: pure white
DOB: June 14,2006

He is co-owned with Chuck and Leigh Thomas, Hill Country Alpacas,
830-589-7750.

 

 


 

Escondido's Moko has fantastic micron counts, and his show performance is extraordinary! He is dense with great luster and good crimp.

ARI#: 846677
Sex:  Male
DOB:  05/12/03
Color: He is brown, white and black with an unblemished blanket.
Sire: CL9 Altair
Dam: CL9 Chara

Micron:
2004, 16.4 AFD 22.6 CV
2005, 20.2 AFD 21.9 CV (at two years!)

Awards:

  • Multi Color Champion in Ft Worth Show 2006
  • Reserve Color Champion at the 2005 AOBA National Show!
  • Reserve Color Champion at the 2005 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  • Reserve Color Champion beating out 11 males and 2nd Place Male Multi-Colored, Ft Worth Show 2005. Kirsten Burman was the judge.
  • Color Champion and 1st Place at El Paso Show 2005. Diana Timmerman was the judge.
  • 1st place, Shorn Class, 2005 Fall Festival in Castle Rock, Colorado
  • 1st place at the Ft. Worth Show 2004
  • 1st place at the El Paso Sun City Sizzle
  • 1st place OK State Fair 2004 Multi Class
  • 1st place Fall Festival 2004 in CO, Multi Class
  • 2nd place Bred and Owned Yearling Fall Festival 2004 in Castle Rock, CO

In Memorium

His loss leaves a hole in our herd and in our hearts. He is sorrowfully missed. He was born in 2001 and died in 2007.

 

Escondido's breeding service includes:

  live birth guarantee
  free board for 60 days
  10% discount on 3 or more breedings within 1 year
  documentation of pregnancy by progesterone


When your precious moms come for breeding with crias at their side, feel assured of their safety.  

Security is a very high priority at Escondido Alpacas.  Every night, all the alpacas come into the barn and sleep behind closed doors. They are protected by K2, our Maremma livestock guardian dog. 

Bring your girls to a small farm and enjoy the best quality care that alpaca breeders could want.


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