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Dragonfly Farm Senior
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updated
6/21/09
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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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(Photo
by Jim McGonagle) 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: 3 x 1st, 3 x GCH, 3
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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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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(Photo
by Lisa O'Connor) 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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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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My
most hearfelt thanks to Heather Marciello for entrusting me with
two of her sweetheart does (see alsoTiger's L'ily, below). Photo
above courtesy of Heather. Rosie has an absolutely gorgeous udder.
For
more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 1 x GCH Jr. doe
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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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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, where she produced Best Junior Doe in Show winner,
Pergrine. For more pictures and information, click here
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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,
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L'ily
and her best friend and half sister, Honeysuckle Rose, arrived here
in the fall of 2008. My most hearfelt thanks to Heather Marciello
for entrusting me with two of of the best examples of her breeding
program. L'ily has a gorgeous udder and is a proven producer of
same; click here to see her daughter Doe-Sy-Doe's
FS L'ily's Starlight, owned by Beulah Land Farm. For
more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show record:
1 x GCH (Lynn Benedict, May, 2009), 2 x RGCH (Pete Snyder, May 2009,
Barb Norcross, June, 2009), 1 x Best Udder
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