Dragonfly Farm First Fresheners

Dam: NC PromisedLand LD PussyWillow *D AR (ARMCH Twin Creeks LS Luck of the Draw +*S E x MCH Gay-Mor's LR Kitty's Meow 2*D E)

(Photo by Declan Dean; click photo for another view) Lucy is our latest prodigal daughter. I was not sure that I really wanted to sell her as a baby, and now I am very happy to have her back. Her dam has been producing really nice kids her entire life, and she is half sister on her sire's side to the 2011 ADGA National Champion doe. She will be a late first freshener early in 2012.

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Dam: Doe-Sy-Doe's Honeysuckle Rose E 90.2 (ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb +*S x MCH Stonewall's L'il Honeysuckle E 90.1)

Just like her dam, this pretty doeling is as sweet as the day is long. She is linebred on MCH Stonewall's L'il Honeysuckle E, full sister to our favorite ancestor, Raising Arizona, as well as on Arizona himself, and her patented red coloring is consistent with that background. Very interested in how this one turns out. Named after the Greek goddess of flowers.

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Dam: Dragonfly IH Sweetwater (PromisedLand Incredible Hunk *S x Twin Creeks BW Pacifica 4*D E AR)

(Photo by Declan Dean) A daughter of one of our best young does, sired by our most beautiful buck. Morrigan was originally sold but the sale fell through, and I get the feeling it was meant to be. She is wild and crazy, but still a beautiful sight, with some very spiffy moonspots to boot. Named for a Celtic goddess of fresh water who is often associated with ravens and crows.

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Dam: MCH Fairlea Ariadne *D E 90.7 LA EEEE 91 (Stonewall's Apocalypse Now +*S x Fairlea Rona)

	LA 2010 VVV, V

(Right photo by Declan Dean)Ariadne's gift to me in 2009 was three beautiful doelings! I couldn't be happier. Aria, left, was a tiny little peanut weighing in at just over 1 pound and struggled at first, but she is a fighter and is now doing great . Althea is maturing very nicely as well.

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Dam: Flat Rocks Galena (Flat Rocks Gem x 5 Alarm Prism)

Galena has been a bit of a sleeper in our herd, not being shown much due to some trouble getting her ADGA registration, but she is just as nice as you'd expect a Gem daughter out of one of Sunni's favorite does to be, and I can't wait to see how she combined with the very prepotent Halifax.

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This kid is very small, but exquisite for all of that. We have retained her brother as well, and I think the results of this linebreeding will be very interesting to see.

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Very flashy polled broken buckskin doe kid out of our first homebred ARMCH, sired by the up and coming Tuan. Very level over the topline right back through the rump--a big improvement in that area over her dam, and wild as a march hare...oh well.

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This kid is out of a doe almost too nice to be sold, and an interesting outcross. Typical long framed, level Halifax daughter who has matured into a stunning yearling. Didn't make it to the National show because I messed up her tattoo when registering her. She was finally shown at the Topsfield Fair, and earned Best Junior doe in Show over a pretty large entry (click photo to see another angle, courtesy of Lorene Toth).

Show record: 2 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr, 1 x BJrDIS (Lynn Fleming, Topsfield Fair, 2011)

After I almost lost Deirdre this year to a horrible, possibly gangrene mastitis, I was very glad that I had retained this doe who was orginally supposed to be sold. She's just been hanging out here growing up (which means I don't have any pictures more recent than this one), and is bred to Ranger for kids in April 2012. As a yearling she takes after her granddam Aphrodite in body type, which means long and elegant, with the gorgeous Ariadne rump structure, but she is also petite like her grandsire Rio, which is good because Aphrodite is pushing the stick. Should be a lot of milk here as well.

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Saga's dam Cybele was one of the nicest does that I ever decided to go ahead and sell. Because I was retaining all of my last Halifax kids, originally I was going to sell this kid as well, but I realized that I had no Rebel kids retained at all from 2010, so she stayed. This is actually a very nice pedigree with tons of Caesar's Villa and Stonewall back there. And yes, she is a bit over-loved. Hopefully she will milk all that baby fat off once she freshens.

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Dragonfly HFX Luna Lovegood

Dam: ARMCH Dragonfly M Skylark *D E (Piddlin Acres SC Maestro +S E x Fairlea Louise)

A beautiful daughter out of reliable champion Skylark, sired by the late Halifax.Not quite as long and elegant as her stunning 3/4 sister Vesta, but very solid in general appearance with outstanding feet and legs, much like her dam. Named quite fittingly by my favorite adopted daughter, Libby.

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(Photo be Declan Dean) Named for a well known and talented thoroughbred racing mare, and probably the best doe kid of the year.

Show record: 1 x GCH Jr, 3 x RGCH Jr

One of my favorite kids of 2010 both for her stunning looks and for her loving personality. Actually quite an amazing pedigree.

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Felicity was sold but has returned home...I am actually very intrigued to see how she turns out. She is Hunk through and through...not surprising given that she's the result of a father daughter breeding. As an experiment, she will be interesting to observe. Meanwhile she is a lovely sweet bottle baby and a joy to have here.

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The last kid born in 2010 and clearly a keeper. Her dam is very petite (on a bad day we say runty) but has one of the soundest sets of udder attachments here. I am hoping for a bit more size from her sire, the substantal and well named Hunk.

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