Jessica is the star of our 2023 cria births. She has her dam’s sweet personality and coloring, but pulled all of her fiber characteristics from her 3x champion sire. Jessica’s fiber is developing a very strong crimp structure, which is blended with her dam’s fineness. Her head and conformation are true to her sire, so she has a strong build and a very full face of fleece.
Jessica’s sire is Snowmass Occult. Occult is a three-time Color Champion herdsire that brings top 15% EPDs in fineness and curvature to our herd. He has an exceptional phenotype and pedigree. He is the offspring of Snowmass Enchanted and Snowmass Loves Grace. His pedigree also includes top Snowmass producers that include Snowmass Matrix, Snowmass Quechua, Snowmass Accoyocusani, Snowmass Nova, and Snowmass Conopa XXX.
Jessica’s color genotype is EE a1a1 and she carries the classic grey gene. Her ASIP alleles show she has a black allele in both locations. Her MC1R alleles show she has no dilution. This genotype combination tells us she cannot produce light-colored offspring. She will produce offspring that are dark fawn or darker, with a tendency for darker colors.
