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Herts Alpacas are members of
BAS - The British Alpaca Society
BCL - British Camelids Ltd
ERAG - East of England Alpaca Group
Herts Alpacas are winners of the best small breeders award at the British Alpaca futurity

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Cedar House Long John

Mid grey.
One of the world’s finest greys, a colour champion with world class genetics.

Cedar House Long John

This highly prized stud with world class genetics which include Cedar House Brave Heart, Purrumbete Inti, Benleigh Highland Lass, Benleigh Highlander, NWA Ruffo, NWA Soloman and Coolaroo Ruffian is only available for limited number of services.

We believe Long John to be one of the worlds finest grey herd sires in every sense of the word. He has excellent conformation and pocesses a truly advanced fleece style, being extremely dense and exhibiting great uniformity with bundles of amazingly fine, high amplitude, high frequency crimp that carries into his extremities and a brightness rarely seen in greys.
Long johns fleece stats back up what international  judges have consistently said about him.

2008 fleece stats 1st fleece
Mean 17.9 SD 4.8 CV 26.8 Fibres over 30um 2.2
2009 Fleece Stats 2nd fleece
Mean 17.9 SD 4.3 CV 24.2 Fibers over 30um 1.3
2010 Fleece Stats 3rd fleece
Mean 18.3  SD 4.1 CV 22.8 Fibers over 30 um 1.2
3rd fleece yield 5.02kg
3rd fleece staple length 132mm
2011 fleece stats 4th fleece
Mean 20.7 SD 5.0 CV 23.9 fibres over 30 um 3.9


AWARDS
British Alpaca Futurity 2009 1st intermediate grey
British alpaca Futurity 2009 Reserve colour champion
Hope Show 2009 1st intermediate grey
Hope Show 2009 Colour Champion
Not shown in 2010
BAS National 2011 2nd Adult grey male
The South of England Show 2011 2nd adult grey male
2nd adult grey male the Kenilworth show 2011
The British Alpaca Futurity 2011 2nd adult grey male
(Long John is the only grey male to beat Alpaca stud Nytimber. Long John was unbeaten as an intermediate and has always won or been placed no lower than 2nd in any of the shows he has entered)

         
    Long Johns 2nd Fleece (6 months growth)   Long Johns 5th Fleece (approx 6 months growth)  
         

 

 

 

PROGENY 

Long John's progeny have all taken on his gentle, friendly,chilled personality along with his elite fibre characteristics and his outstanding true to type conformation. He has consistently thrown a very high percentage of greys even when put to Light fawns.




 

 

 

 

One of Long Johns first progeny; Inca Grey Flyte


Service Fee £850.  Discounts available.

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