Resolute's Icon

Icon was my only male cria of 2013, and what a male he is. He's the proudest little one out in the pasture and commands everyone's attention with his solid conformation, and cute as a button head. Personality wise he is a super mellow young male, who is always under everyone's nose when they're in the barn. He definitely fits well into his namesake, because he's an excellent example of the quality that Hubbert farms has been producing, and may just have to become the new farm mascot.

We were beyond thrilled when he was born, not even being able to be upset that he broke the female streak.The organization and density present in such a young cria was exceptional, and 7 months later, he still doesn't disappoint.

Conformationally, he's the perfect little box, with a commanding and unassuming presence, just like both his dam and sire. We're beyond thrilled to have Icon as a representation of both his dam and sire, as he does them both justice. Sometimes combinations just work, and this one has been so outstanding that it was decided it would be repeated as soon as Icon was finished drying off.

Looking at Icon in his cria fleece, it's a bright healthy expressive fleece, with a uniform crimp style, possibly one of the most uniform fleeces I've ever seen on a cria his age. You can open his topknot, down into his hocks, and even his bib and still find the same crimp style from skin to tip.

While I knew Icon was super dense, it was definitely going to be questionable how fine he would be, with Phoebe not being the finest (and definitely not the slimmest) female in the pasture, which made breeding her to Resolute just common sense. Icon proves how nice this combination was, with a first histogram coming in at an AFD of 17.52, he's definitely the whole package as fair as males go, and one to keep an eye on.

Keep an eye out for Icon at the 2014 Alpaca Ontario Show