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Dragonfly Farm Reference
Does |
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updated
5/11/08
Our herd is free of CAE, Johnes,
CL, TB, and brucellosis.
These
does are still part of our family but live at other farms, were
sold with kid-back arrangements, or are dams or offspring of goats
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Dragonfly
FC First Flight |
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Pictured August,
2006. Flight was named by the daughter of a friend, who soloed
in a sailplane for the first time just after Flight came to live
with them. Flight was very eye-catching, and did very well in
the show ring as a kid. She was the spitting
image of her dam at the same age. Bred to Hunk; delivered
buck doe twins 7/28/06.
As a yearling first freshener, she won her class 7 in a row, and
was only beaten once, by her herdmate Thalia. She was recently
the sensation of an ADGA show we attended--the onlookers were
very taken with our little miniature "deer" and were
very complimentary of her udder. In a recent unofficial classification
she earned an excellent rating for her dairy character and mammary
system and an high VG overall. We lost Flight to listeria, and
we really miss her--she was as sweet as she was beautiful.
Show
Record: 1st x 8, 1 x GCH Jr Doe
2006
ANDDA All-American Milking doe under 2 years
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Twin
Creeks WB Summer Blonde |
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| DOB 6/25/02 |
19"
at 13 months |
HES 71.4
Promising |
This
is probably the most unassuming character in my barn. I was told
by one judge this year that she has tremendous promise.
She is very sweet and cooperative to milk. Thanks to Margiana
Petersen-Rockney for helping me get these pictures! Bred to Incredible
Hunk, a linebreeding on both Twink's Pixie and Raising Arizona;
due 5/10/06; Summer is sold (on terms) after kidding.
Show
record: 1 x 1st
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You
are looking at a force of nature, folks. Like her namesake,Tsunami
is very dynamic, and not so easy to photograph. She has some very
desirable qualities, however, and is slowly becoming more approachable.
Her reserve was to a kid who had already won a Jr leg. Thanks,
Valerie! Bred to Rio; delivered triplets
4/25/06. Tsunami, who freshened with a truly lovely udder, was
sold after kidding because I honestly felt she would become tamer
in a smaller herd with more attention. I may yet regret it, and
I hope you love her, Alivia! I am happy to be retaining her daughter
Gaia.
Show
record: 5 x 1st, 1 x RGCH Jr
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Dragonfly
Winter Solstice |
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DOB
12/23/06 |
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Show
record: 5 x 1st |
We
were so lucky to get twin does from Hummer by Tae-Bo! I felt funny
having my name on this kid, as I thought of her as pure Lost Valley.
She was a very sweet and affectionate kid, who had strange behavioral
tics when you tried to stack her, so a moving photo it is. Very
wide and deep throughout, but still very dairy and correct. Bred
to Flat Rocks Miracle Max; Solstice had a horrible time and we
lost her, despite heroic efforts by our vets.
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(Photos by
Jim McGonagle.) I really love this doe. She is out of Calli, my
best goat friend, and more than that, she has that special spark
and charisma that her dam had from the first day. I even forgive
her for being roaned--on her it looks good. We have retained her
2006 daughter by Hunk, Merlin.
Bred to Lancelot; delivered quads,
2 does and 2 bucks, 5/31/07. She lacks in the area of strength
of medial suspensory ligament, and was sold as a family milker
and brood doe to Cindy Bachand. Thanks, Cindy!
Show
Record: 5 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr Doe (ADGA), 1 x GCH Jr Doe (AGS)
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Sold;
thanks, Julia!!
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record:
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Chloe
is our favorite Funny Cide daughter from 2004, and the first kid
we kept out of Clio. If she has her dam's capacity and productivity,
and her paternal granddam's attachments, she should be a milking
powerhouse. Now if I could only stop mixing up her name with her
mother's. Chloe now lives with and is co-owned with Karen Elliot
of Black Duck Farm--thanks, Karen!!
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| Sire:
Munchranch Cactus Jack (Woodhaven Farms Al
Jolson x Dav-Lyn Glory's Orion) |
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As
solid in structure as she is in color, Bella has also decided
that granola is worth any necessary indignity to obtain, and has
conceded that humans have their advantages. She is not my favorite
willowy type, but she is very nice: she is extremely wide, has
terrific feet and legs, a tight front assembly, and a good brisket.
Bred to Rio; delivered a single doe
May 6, 2006. She freshened with a typical small yearling first
freshener udder, with soft easy to milk teats. Bella was sold
because we desperately have to decrease our numbers and we have
to part with some we'd like to keep--her dam is beautiful, her
kid is beautiful, and Bella is a very solid girl with an excellent
pedigree, but we have to let some go. Bella is one of the last
kids by Cactus Jack, sire of ARMCH Flat Rocks Faith *D, and grandsire
two times over of 2002 NDGA Reserve National Champion Doe MCH/PGCH
Half Pint Flora 'E'. Bella's dam is our beautiful MCH Stellaluna,
a granddaughter of the great Twink's Pixie with an outstanding
mammary system. At the moment, Bella is not very friendly, but
she behaves perfectly on the milk stand, and I think with handling
and in a smaller herd she will be easily tamed.
$500
in milk. Sold; thanks, Brian!
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Photographed 8/29/05.
As often happens in an outcross, our breedings to Maestro have produced
two distinct types of kids. The first type is very long boned, stretchy,
and elegant, and the second type has great width and depth. Artemis
does not have the elegance we usually look for in our keepers (actually,
she is built kind of like a truck), but is a good example of the
second type, and we are interested in how she will turn out. (For
another example, see Calypso.)
Art was consistently in the top third of her class as a junior.
Bred to Flat Rocks Diamond Rio; delivered
twin does 5/20/06.
Sold because she is not really the style we are looking for, and
her udder did not really make up for that shortcoming--her daughter
by Rio will stay here for now.
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| DOB 3/15/02 |
20 7/8"
at 17 months |
HES 70.35
Promising |
Sweet,
elegant Zoe was my son Declan's first goat, and when he decided
that she could move on to another farm so he could keep a doe
kid next year, I found it very hard to part with her. She has
faults, but when you have one of her lovely teats in each hand,
you just don't care. Bred to Rio;
kidded 1/9/06 with buck/doe
twins, and sold after kidding, much as it pains me! She will
be the perfect teacher for a first time goat milker; I am sure
you will love her, Karen!
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Declan
and Zoe, September, 2002
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My
son named her Megara when she arrived, so Meg it is. Meg doesn't
"do" show poses, so you just have to take what she gives
you. At 6 after 5 freshenings, her udder was still high and well
attached. Her udder was lacking in the area of the fore, with
a significant shelf, and also lacked lateral attachment, which
is notable mostly because it is remarkable how much both Paco
and Maestro were able to improve on these features. Meg was accustomed
to watching t.v. with her former owner in the evening. It took
me a while to figure out why she would stand in the pasture and
call (read: holler at the top of her lungs) every night after
dinner. . . Undisputed herd queen and consistent producer of kids
better than herself, Meg was the dam of MCH
Dragonfly Calliope *D E, Dragonfly
Penelope, Dragonfly M Skylark
E, and Dragonfly M
Artemis. We lost Meg to an accident this year--2006--she will
be missed.
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