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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
Hemingway
Demetrio
Victor's Hemiaccoyo
Casanova
Peruvian Desert Sun

Victor
Peruvian Snowmaster
Victor's Vaccoyo
Sammari
Yupanqui
Peruvian Matador

Bueno
McIntosh
Zorro
'Round Midnight
CPeruvian Accoyo Express
Peruvian Auzengate

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

Escondidos Makulu

SEVEN-TIME Champion/Reserve Champion; 14 blue ribbons!! 16.8 micron at 2 years. Legacy and Caligula heritage.

Express' Masterpiece Renoir

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

Escondidos Moko

FIVE-TIME Champion/Reserve Champion!

TAR Aleksandr

Reserve Champion son of MFG Caligula's Cutty Sark

Awards:

CHAMPIONSHIPS:

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:

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 14 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.

In 2008, Makulu sheared 13 1/2 pounds of fleece!

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.

Princess Fiona's fleece

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

Color Champion, 2008
Mid-America Alpaca Show

Color Champion
TxOLAN 2009

Color Champion
MOPACA 2009

1st place
2010 Futurity

Daughter, EON Makulu's Sephora, born November 17th, 2008. Owned by Michelle and Mike Swango of Eye of the Needle Ranch.

Color Champion at the 2009 Fall Festival in Colorado
Color Champion 2009 Heartland Classic in Indiana

Nakula, born December, 2007.
Owned by Rena Stettner of
Reflections Alpaca Ranch.

Makulus Encore
White male, DOB 2/05/09

White Male Color Champion at the 2010 A-OK Blastoff

Brazoria. Owned by Leigh Thomas

Brown Female Color Champion at the 2010 A-OK Blastoff
2nd Place Ribbon
2010 Futurity

Beleza

Daughter, Beleza, born March 22, 2010. Owned by Pete and Ronda Dove of Rancho Paloma Farm

Son, Makulu's Makalo owned by Tom and Judy Kania of Our Field of Dreams Alpaca Ranch

Fawn Male Color Champion at the LA Deep South Alpaca Show 2008
Color Champion, Alpacas in the Ozarks (Arkansas) 2008

Kiss Me Cate,
White female DOB 1/25/09

White Female Color Champion at the 2010 A-OK Blastoff

Alpaca Judge Sara Jane McClellan commented for oral reasons on Cate that she was the only alpaca she has found with no medulated fiber anywhere in her fleece...

Molly's fleece,
2010 shearing

Daughter, Makulu's Molly (MF), born December 23, 2008.

1st Place,
2010 A-OK Blastoff

Shoshanna. Born April 2009. Owned by Pete and Ronda Dove.

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Bluebonnet
Owned by Jamie and Julianne Linn of Whimsey Hills Ranch. Beige female born August, 2009.

1st Place,
2010 A-OK Blastoff

aksel

Son, Van Compernolle's Aksel. Dark brown, out of Samantha Brown. Owned by Sharon & John van Compernolle of Acacia Camelid Ranch

Gabby white female born 1/26/10. Makulu daughter

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

White Male Color Champion at the 2008 Arkansas Alpaca Adventure
White Male Color Champion at the LA Deep South Alpaca Show 2008

Son, RP Makulu's Wenceslaus, born December 25th, 2008.
Owned by Ronda Dove
of Rancho Paloma Alpacas.

White Male Reserve Champion, 2009 LA Deep South Alpaca Show

Kenworth's fleece

Son, Colorado Kenworth, owned by Diana Timmerman of Aussie Acres. Born 9/17/2008

White Reserve Color Champion at the 2009 Heartland Classic in Indian
2nd Place, 2009 ABR Fall Festival (in a large class of white yearling males). The male placing above him received the Color Champion over the 2 year old.

Stone Bluffs Autumn Sunrise
White female,
Born in November, 2009

Son, August Rush,
born August 5th, 2008.
Owned by Liz Beckman of
Phantom Canyon Alpacas

Makulu son, Divo. Born 1/26/10 White male Owned by Escondido Alpacas

Express' Masterpiece Renoir is a 3/4 Accoyo son of CPeruvian Accoyo
Express 0222 and a Peruvian Presidio daughter (Caligula grandaughter). Renoir's first crias are on the ground, and they are very nice!

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.

Breeding Fee: $2,500

TAR Aleksandr

Proven, outstanding herdsire.

ARI#: 31178235
Sex: Male
DOB: 9/23/07
Color: White
Sire: MFG Caligula's Cutty Sark
Dam: IAOC Peruvian Gelica

Awards:

Reserve Color Champion at the LA Deep South Alpaca Show 2008
2nd Place at the 2010 A-OK Blastoff

Breeding Fee: $1,800

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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