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Farm Senior Does 2 |
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updated
2/10/12
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her page; click on the thumbnail photo to see a larger version
STOLEN!!
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DOB
4/6/04 |
extended
pedigree
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2007 VEVV 88--2008
V+EV 87--2009
VVEE 88--2010
VVEV 89--2011 VEEV 89 |
I hope whoever took Skylark is totally ashamed...and
I hope she is safe somewhere waiting to be found...
Typical electric personality
from the Meg line.This doe in my favorite bright chamoisee is easily
the loudest forlorn maiden during her heat cycle that I have ever
heard...and like her mother before her, nothing can stop her from
making her way to the buck pen, either. Well, she knows where it
is, and never wanders anywhere else, so we let her have her way,
but it can be hard to wait until November to get her bred!
At 6 her udder is still high and widely attached, and she
is milking better than ever this year. For more photos and
information, including udder shots, click here
to go to her page.
Show record: 8 x 1st,
3 x GCH Sr. doe (2 ADGA legs--Ed Cavanaugh and Partricia Ricotta,
SMDGA Spring shows, May, 2010), 2 x RGCH Sr. doe (received a leg
for one)
2006 ANDDA All-American
Milking doe 2 years to under 3 (tied with Party)
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(This terrific picture
by Kieran Dean.) When
asked recently which living goat I would take home if I could have
absolutely anyone, I chose Pacifica's dam, Nonpareil. It is obvious
that this line is incredibly prepotent for the look and quality
that Nonpareil represents--I think that Pacifica is very nearly
the spitting image of her dam, although she is not quite as capacious.
And now I am so happy to have Pacifica's lookalike daughter, Sweetwater,
back--3 generations of gorgeous girls indeed. For more photos
and information, including udder shots, click here
to go to her page.
Show record: 2 x 1st,
1 x RGCH
2006 ANDDA All-American
Milking doe 2 years to under 3
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We really need
to get body shots of this pretty doe in milk, but she freshens
early each year and we just never seem to get her clipped! She
milks very well, and was the first doe in our herd to have earned
her star on 305-day test. For more photos and information,
including udder shots, click here
to go to her page.
Willow
is now co-owned by and lives with my friends Addie and Joe Pepoli
at Proctor Hill
Farm.
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I absolutely
love this doe, and I feel so lucky to have her here. Sunni, Ella's
breeder, has retained her full sister Ever After, and considers
her one of her best--and we can see why. Ella's dam is closely
linebred on Surprise, being both a Surprise daughter and granddaughter.
Ella represents a cross of the Surprise line with Kingwood, which
has proven very successful in the past. She is very elegant and
level on the move, with great legs and feet and a sweet, cheerful
disposition to boot. Ella's udder is a carbon copy of her beautiful
sister's; for more photos and information, click here
to go to Ella's page.
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Dam of the 2011 ADGA National Champion Doe, Topaz. For more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
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(Photo by Dennis
Whitlock.) Harley is a nice little polled doe of pure Flat Rocks
breeding, who is apparently the spitting image of her granddam,
Holy Terror. She is not supposed to even be here, because both of
her parents are polled--obviously a big oops on my part, but she
turns out to be perfectly normal. So we seem to have dodged a bullet,
and you will certainly not see a pedigree like this one every day.
I usually refer to Harley, who stands 17 1/2 " tall, as my
toy goat--she is really very correct, just very tiny. I love her
udder, though I have to admit it is not very gravitationally challenged.
For more pictures and information,
including udder shots,
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Deirdre is one
of our nicest does, and as such she represents a teachable moment
for me, because I did not see it at first. I just could not look
past the power of this girl to see how dairy she really is; but
judges consistently commend her on this quality. She also has a
terrific work ethic; I have no other goat who knows exactly what
she is supposed to do when she walks into a show ring, and just
does. it. Our first senior doe to earn Best Doe in Show. For
more pictures and information,
including udder shots,
click here to go to her page. |
DOB
7/5/05 |
extended
pedigree |
LA
not yet done |
(Photo courtesy of Angie Wills, Firestone Creek Farm)I am so glad to have Chickadee back here--thanks so much Angie and Jill Bullock for making it possible! I don't have many kids from either Giacomo or Snowbird, so she is doubly valued. I am looking forward to seeing her freshen this year, and getting her in the show ring and on milk test as well. |
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Our February
surprise! I really liked this doe as a kid, and so did the judges,
but for the longest time they always liked one other kid just a
little more. That's okay with us. She looks just as nice standing
in the pasture as walking in the show ring. She has a naturally
level topline and beautiful neck blending into her shoulders. Leprechaun's
get are known for their slow developement, and as Ceili is Leprechaun
in spades, we knew she was right on track. Sure enough, she has matured into a beautiful doe who I think truly deserves her excellent linear appraisal. For more pictures
and information, click here to
go to her page.
Show
record: (as a junior doe) 3 x 1st, 6 x 2nd, 1 x GCH JrDoe, 1 x RGCH
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This
doe is put together so well, I just love her. Answers to JoJo
(loudly). Milking this doe has taught me the fallacy of statements
like "That udder is terrific, she just needs to fill up that
rear a bit more." This udder is attached high and wide and
looks beautiful even empty, even though it milks down to exactly
nothing. For more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 3 x GCH and
BU (2009, Jeremy Lezniak, Franklin County Fair, 2010, Bob
Bartholomew, Saratoga County Fair, 2011,Bob Bartholomew, Blandford
Fair), 2011 ADGA National Show, 4th in the 5 year old class and Best Udder of Breed (Lauren Acton and Meghan Treadway-Carter).
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(Photo
by Declan.)
Danu is still a farm favorite. She is following a very deliberate
developmental curve that is similar to the one her beautiful dam
was on, so I am just going to wait until she gets where she is
going. For more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
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This very striking
doe, almost the image of her dam plus some white overlay. This is
an absolutely incredible pedigree: the best of Gay-Mor crossed with
2 of Twin Creeks' finest sons. Sweetwater was returned to us this
year in time to be bred to freshen for the first time as a 3 year
old. It was worth the wait; this is one of the best first udders
we have ever had. For
more photos and information, including udder photos, click here
to go to her page.
Show Record : 1 x
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(Left
photo courtesy of Dan and Glenys Gotthardt, Kyeema Ridge Farm) Electra
freshened for the first time in December of 2007 (not by design!)
and as a result, she has been kind of a sleeper here--no one saw
her but us. I knew immediately, however, that she was going to be
one of our strongest competitors, and her subsequent freshenings
more than fulfilled my expectations. For
more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page. |
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(Photo
by Kieran Dean.) I am so pleased that I bred one of my favorite
does to Turner Ashby--both Callisto and her brother Lancelot are
full of potential and personality both. This doe almost caused
me a major cardiac incident by winning Best Junior Doe In Show
at a small ADGA show in 2007..a close thing; it was nearly death
by goat show. For more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
Record : 4 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr Doe (ADGA), 1 x Best Junior Doe in
Show (ADGA)
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(Photos by Lorene Toth) This is one that hit the ground and said
"Tah-dah!" as Kellye Bussey has been known to say. She was one of those kids that looks nice all the time
running around the pasture, and one of the first into your lap
if you should happen to sit down out there. The day she finally
caught the judges' eyes as a junior doe, they couldn't take them
off her. Not a bad pedigree, either. Declan's pick for 2006. A
good case study of Hunk's ability to improve an udder. For more
photos and information, click here to go to her page.
Show
record: 5 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr, 3 x BOB Jr. |
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One
of our valued imports from Flat Rocks: an unpolled Gem daughter,
which makes her incredibly precious (because she can be bred to
a polled Gem son...). Galena is not the friendliest goat with
the prettiest face, nor is she the prettiest color, but her udder
makes up for all--according to her breeder, better than her dam's
at the same age.
Her nice general
appearance and dairy character, plus a near perfect front end
don't hurt either. For more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page.
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Beautiful little
doe in an interesting shade of gold with darker points and her
sire's patented white tail. This doe is a combination of all the
different lines we have been working with in nearly equal parts.
Also, she is a real pistol. For
more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page.
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