I
am a tremendous admirer of Polly's late sire, Lucky. Due to a
front leg injury 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. Third
freshening udder photos below. Polly showed much improved capacity
and almost no asymmetry that time around--we were very pleased!
Her 2005 son by Giacomo, Ajax,
is a herd sire in North Carolina.
Kidding
record: 2004, single
doe by Funny Cide; 2005, twin
bucks by Giacomo, 2006, single doe by Hunk, 2007, triplets,
two does and a buck by Humnk; 2008, twin
bucks by Hunk; 2009, single
doe by Hunk, 2010, twin
does by Giacomo.
 |
 |
|
October,
2003 (dry) |
305
day test data |
| Age
(yrs.months) |
DIM |
Milk,
lbs |
Fat,
lbs |
%
Fat |
Protein,
lbs |
%
protein |
High
test day, lbs |
7.04 |
132 |
279 |
19 |
6.8 |
12 |
4.3 |
2.4 |
