Senorita Onyx y Marrone WRLR

A September birth in Montana is always risky - there is always a chance of snow. So, we were waiting out the arrival of this little girl after making it through all the summer heat, her momma, CNS Mahogany, finally had her cria on September 6, 2023. This little girl is the result of breeding CNS Mahogany with our own Star Best Bet. As she was born and throughout the next 24 hours, we thought we had a jet black cria, but realized almost like an illusion, that there is a patch of dark brown over part of her back and upper rear legs. Her fiber color is intense!

CNS Mahogany is listed on this site. She is a very majestic looking llama. She is big boned with very heavy fleece, so the breeding was intentional to see what kind of fiber quality we could produce by adding in some Suri llama characteristics. Her sire, Star Best Bet, is a perfect Suri llama, and a very prolific herd sire. (Star Best Bet has his own page on this site) CNS Mahogany offspring have tended to be brown like her fleece, so breeding the rose gray Star Best Bet to CNS Mahogany, we were looking for very nice fiber but didn't know what color this match would produce! We seemed to have pulled this very jet-black color from one of her sire's ancestors, maybe Star Blacktacular! But looking closely, that blending in of brown color on her lower back and tops of her legs must be from CNS Mahogany! One thing is for sure - her fleece is very shiny, and she is starting to look like a silky, but we are still watching and waiting.

Her name came as a result of friends of Windy Ridge Llama Ranch offered suggestions on Facebook. One friend came up with "Onyx" which we really liked, however, there was that intense brown area to be spoken for! We came up with her name - "Senorita Onyx y Marrone" - which added the Italian for brown into her name. She has a very big name to grow into, and we are hoping to present her in a "walking fleece" category when she's a little older!