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Dragonfly Farm Senior
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updated
5/23/08
Our herd
is free of CAE, Johnes, CL, TB, and brucellosis. |
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to go to her page; click on the thumbnail photo to see a larger
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Ariadne
was the first kid born here, and is a favorite. She is naturally
uphill and level--one of those does that looks great just walking
around the pasture, and has only become more beautiful with age.
She
has the elegant silhouette characteristic of Paco's daughters;
classifier Sandi Liska called her "a beautiful profilin'
doe." For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page.
Show
record: 2 x 1st, 2 x GCH, 2
x BOB, 2 x RGrCH
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I was very happy to
be able to purchase Stella in the fall of 2005--thanks to Kim Steele
of Steele
Ballew and to Sunni Florence of Flat
Rock Farms for making it possible! In 2006, while feeding her
single buckling, she was giving me almost 5 pounds per day at one
point--and then this doe just did not want to stop milking. At 4
months fresh with once per day milking she gave a steady 2 pounds
per day. I don't know what she would have done if I had not skipped
milking her for 2 weeks before that, thinking she would dry off.
In 2007, on her first official test day, Stella milked 7.7 pounds.
My tester said that if she was not there to see it, she would not
have believed it. Her
rear and lateral attachments seem better than ever, perhaps because
of improved mineral supplementation here--I spend a lot of time
contemplating those attachments as I chase Stella around the paddock
in our daily pre-milking aerobic ceremony. For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page.
Show
record: 4 x GCH, 4 x RGCh, 4 x Best Udder
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| Sire:
OTR Merlins Gold Ingot (OTR Merlin the Charmer x
OTR Juniper's Grace) |
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We
bought Roanoak because of her very interesting pedigree. She has
really been a pleasant surprise, and we are very happy with her.
Her udder has some of the best attachments in the herd. From one
picture I have seen, it looks like Roanoak's udder is even an
improvement over Virginia's
in height and width of rear. Roanoak has at least one daughter
with a very nice udder. For more pictures and information,
click here to go to her page.
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3/26/01 |
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LA
2007 VEEV 89 |
Calli,
who thinks of herself as a person, comes from a long line of strong
characters. I love her for her grace and presence. Her 2003 daughter,
Dragonfly M Kestrel,
won her junior leg at just under 6 months, her 2005 daughter Thalia
won junior legs at both AGS and ADGA shows as a yearling, and
her 2006 daughter Atalanta
won her junior leg at less than 3 months of age. Her second freshening
udder is shown below with 12 hours of milk; 3rd freshening shown
above. As a second freshener, Calli milked 4.9 pounds with 5.2%
butterfat at 39 days fresh on one day milk test, earning her *D,
fourth place in the breed for total pounds of milk, and fifth
place for total score for 2004.
Her udder just keeps improving, and her barn records peaked at
nearly 6 pounds per day on her third lactation (2005). We just
can't figure out where she puts it all. She sustains a lactation
well; she has won two of her three legs at nearly 6 months fresh.
Always the last to be dried off for the year, she is so nice to
milk that I don't mind the frosty mornings that would otherwise
discourage me. For more pictures and information,
click here to go to her page.
Show
record: 3x GCH, 2 x BOB, 2 x Best Udder, 3 x RGChJr, many x 1st
place (I lost count), 3 x 1st place Dam and Daughter (2 x with
Kestrel and 1 x with Atalanta)
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4/1/01 |
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LA
2007 VEEV 88 |
Clio's
dam, MCH Fairlea Heidi *D 'E',
is still going strong at 12 years of age; at 10 she was still
winning Best
of Breed and Best
Udder (Heidi is on the left in that last link, with her daughter,
ARMCH Fairlea Gretchen 2*D, and her granddaughter, ARMCH Fairlea
Fleur 3*D 'E'). Like
her illustrious dam, Clio has a serene and loving disposition,
very conducive to remembering why I have goats in the first place.
For more pictures and information,
click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 8 x 1st, 1 x GCH Sr. doe, 3 x RGCH Sr. doe (received a
restricted leg for one), 1 x BOB, 1 x Best Udder
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I
am a tremendous admirer of Polly's late sire, Lucky. Due to injuries
sustained early in her life, she is not really a show doe, but
has proven to be a terrific producer of nice kids. Polly has an
extremely soft, pliable udder, with some of the best teats in
the herd. She
nursed a single kid during her first lactation at her previous
home, leaving her udder seriously lopsided. With nothing to lose,
we experimented with evening it out, with pretty good success,
and we've learned some interesting things about the differential
effects of dam-raising versus hand-milking on an udder.
For more
pictures
and information,
click here
to go to her page.
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I'm
a longtime admirer of Jurassic, and Snowbird's breeding is an
interesting combination of Jurassic, Willows and Twink's Pixie.
Her sire, Creek
Road Envoy, is a handsome buck owned by Stacy Brockett of
SM3Pines.
Snowbird's littermate brother, triple champion MCH/CH/PGCH
SM3Pines JurEn's Swell Foop, is an accomplished and stunning
young buck, and her sister, SM3Pines
JurEn's Sugar Glider, has at least one GCH win. Both littermates
are owned by Rusty Repp of Little Tot's Estate. Her dam, sire,
and many of her siblings can be seen on the SM3Pines web site,
here and
here. Very
similar in style to her beautiful dam, Snowbird has been slow
to mature, but I believe she is a doe built for the long haul.
I feel very lucky to have her here. For
more pictures and information,
click here
to go to her page.
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DOB
4/10/03 |
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(Photo
by Lorene Toth.) |
When she was a yearling, one judge informed me she was taking her home in her suitcase, and a long time breeder whom I respect said to me "It's not very often that a doe takes my breath away, but that doe did it." She is also the only goat we've had who figured out how to climb onto the roof of the run-in shed to sunbathe. Kestrel's value lies most securely in her ability to produce kids with her nice general appearance but more beautiful in the mammary department than herself. Her daughter by Funny Cide, First Flight, earned her GCH Jr leg as a yearling and promptly freshened with a very nice udder--she was unbeaten in her class in 8 straight shows as a yearling first freshener. We lost Flight to an untimely death, but we are happy to have had her sister Declare returned home. For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page. |
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DOB
5/26/03 |
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(Photo
by Emma Gould) |
Kaya is linebred on Twink's
Pixie through her son Luck of the Draw and grandson Baywatch--this
is a combination we have wanted to try ourselves, so we were very
interested to see how it turned out in this case. Her paternal grand
dam, Good Day Sunshine, was the 2006 AGS National Champion Doe at
10 years of age--another great example of the longevity that we
prize. For more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show record:
5 x 1st, 1 x RGCH
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| DOB
12/ 14/03 |
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(Photo
by Lorene Toth.) |
I am still
having trouble believing she's here--very few Sunshine daughters
do not live at Flat Rock Farm. Period. We promise to give her
her due. Erin's sire, Leprechaun, was still siring kids at 14
years old (see our own Ceili),
and we love our other Leprechaun daughter, Salutations.
Erin's dam, Sunshine, finished her MCH (with her 4th leg) at 9
years old and 9 months fresh. Sadly, Sunshine died shortly
after that, so this doe is even more valuable. For more pictures
and information, click here
to go to her page.
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