Sire: Morning SKY's Paulina's Raku, ARI# 35567523  | Medium Silver Grey

Dam: Morning SKY's Taddeo's Elena, ARI# 32806663  | Beige

Mercer and her gorgeous fleece will be an asset to any grey or colored breeding program, and her daily kisses are just a bonus. She is Morning SKY's Paulina's Raku's first offspring and a rebreed is in order! Mercer was a textbook birth and strong - standing on almost her first try and nursing in short order, all unassisted.

In her class at the 2025 Buckeye Alpaca Show and in the good company of many other banner winners, Mercer was awarded 2nd Place behind the Color Champion. In his comments, judge Wade Gease complimented Mercer’s “very long staple length and very stamped-out fleece style”.

Mercer's paternal granddam is Morning SKY's Paulina - the first grey in the country to be awarded a Judges' Choice banner in halter competition. Paulina was also awarded a Judges' Choice banner at the large MAPACA fleece show for Best Hand, as well as numerous Color Champion banners over two show years, including The Futurity.

Mercer's paternal grandsire is the highly decorated A&A Quixotic's Man of Steel - also a Judge's Champion award winner, Futurity Champion, and a very prolific herdsire.

Mercer's maternal granddam is the late Silvercloud Farm's Danielle - a fine, beautiful white female who gave birth to gorgeous offspring, including our late Color Champion, Morning SKY's Design.

Mercer's maternal grandsire is Morning SKY's Taddeo - a dense and incredibly bright white Color Champion, MAPACA Judges' Choice fleece winner for Best Brightness (just like his dam), multiple Reserve Champion awardee, and Junior Herdsire award winner. He is the son of Alpaca Palace's Houdini and Best Brightness Judges' Choice fleece award winner, Morning SKY's Grande Alera.

Mercer's sire is Morning SKY's Paulina's Raku - the firstborn offspring of Quixotic's Man of Steel, a two-time blue ribbon winner and beautifully conformed male with lovely grey fleece.

Mercer's dam is Morning SKY's Elena - a cross of fineness and density. Elena's desirable beige fleece is accompanied by her calm, desirable temperament.

At the 2024 Buckeye Alpaca Show, Mercer placed third, right behind the Color Champion and Reserve Champion! Judge Amanda VandenBosch praised her fleece for its softness and for its uniformity from shoulder to rump and down her extremities.

Although we do live in Mercer County, in keeping with the pottery theme of her sire's name, Mercer was named after the creative founder of the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (now The TileWorks of Bucks County), Henry Chapman Mercer.