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Calli at 3 (left), 4 (right) and 5 years of age (below,
photo by Lisa O'Connor) |
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| DOB
3/26/01 |
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22.5"
at 4 years
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LA
2007 VEEV 89 |
Our first
MCH, our first homebred MCH, and our first ARMCH as well!!
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. This year she earned her AR title with a nice amount
of milk (see table below). For 2007 we bred Calli to Julius, sire
of of one of our favorite does ever, ARMCH
Fairlea Fleur 3*D E. Calli and Fleur's dam, ARMCH Fairlea
Gretchen 2*D E, have similar strengths and weaknesses, so we thought
we would see if Julius complements Calli as well as he did Gretchen.
We've retained Pandora
from this breeding. Calli is a prodigious producer of kids with
a high proportion of does; her score so far from 6 kiddings is
19 kids with 12 does. Nice going.
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)
Kidding
record: 2003, single
doe by Maestro (see Kestrel); 2004,
triplets
by Maestro, two does and a buck; 2005, quads
by Giacomo, two does (see Thalia),
two bucks; 2006, triplet
does; by Rio (see Atalanta) 2007,
quads, by Julius
(see Pandora), 3 does (1 stillborn)and
a buck; 2008, quads
by U'Gene, 1 doe and three bucks; 2010, triplet
does (1 stillborn) by Tuan, 1 retained (see Delphi).
305
day test data |
| Age
(yrs.months) |
DIM |
Milk,
lbs |
Fat,
lbs |
%
Fat |
Protein,
lbs |
%
protein |
High
test day, lbs |
6.01 |
285 |
746 |
39 |
5.2 |
29 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
7.0 |
81 |
339 |
15 |
4.4 |
11 |
3.2 |
4.4 |
9.0 |
151 |
426 |
23 |
5.4 |
14 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
