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updated
10/16/11
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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." Our 2008 linear appraiser's comment was "Beautiful,
beautiful doe." She is one of the few 91 EEEE does in the breed.
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: 3 x 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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Thanks
to Margiana Petersen-Rockney for helping me get these pictures!
This lovely doe is a perfect example of the value of a great brood
doe. Although she has faults that keep her from being a top show
doe, she produces kids that are so consistently better than herself
that she is beyond price. On top of that, she is sweet, affectionate,
and calm, the perfect goat personality. I just love her and I
am so glad to have been able to buy her back--she will never leave
here again. For more pictures and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 1 x 1st
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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. She had a very
accomplished family whose titles keep accumulating--see her page
for details! Snowbird is not our biggest milker nor our most spectacular
performer in the show ring, but she is just so well put toegether
in all categories of the score card that I believe she has a tremendous
amount to offer, and she will never leave here as long as I have
goats. 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 greatly 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
in her ability to produce kids with her stunning general appearance
that are 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,
Peregrine. Kestrel's daughter
by Halifax, Vesta, was also a
Best Junior Doe in Show winner, and both Vesta and Peregrine have
freshened with very nice udders. For more pictures and information,
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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 Jr Doe, 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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12/19/03 |
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2007 VEEV 88--2008
VVEV 87--
2009 V+EE 89--2011 EEEV 90 |
The longer
I have this doe here, the more I love her. She is very sensitive,
and has to try harder than those with calm personalities to be
a good goat, but she really does try. She was sold to me
because she was such a beast in the show ring at her first show
that her breeder put her on the sale page in disgust--but she
apparently had no intention of being shown the door again, because
she always behaved perfectly for us, though it took some convincing
to get her to walk with her head up. It helps that she is very
fond of horse cookies. She has been everything we have asked her
to be--great mom, beautiful show doe, happy milker. Thanks are
due to my good friend Sunni for not only letting me have this
paragon, but for not being mad that she has turned around so well!
For more photos and information, including udder shots, click
here to go to her page.
Show
record: 10
x 1st, 4 x GCH Sr., 4 x RGCH Sr., 5 x BOB, 6 x Best Udder
ANDDA Reserve All-American Milking doe 2 years to under 3 (tied
with Skylark, behind Pacifica)
ANDDA All-American
Milking doe 3 years to under 4
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I have always
particularly liked this doe's dam, Treasure
, (here's
another udder shot) who was RGCH on 5 occasions, and twice
GCH. Sadly Treasure was lost to cancer recently. Andi is an absolute
love, and a beauty as well. With that mark on her muzzle, she looks
like she belongs in a "Got milk?" ad. That's appropriate,
as she is a pleasure to milk with terrific teats.Thanks again, Kellye!
For more pictures and information,
including udder shots,
click here to go to her page.
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| DOB
3/13/04 |
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2007 VEEV 88--2008
VVEV 89--2009
VVEV 87 |
A few years back, when I asked
Sunni to choose for me the doe kid she would keep if she had room
for just one more, Penumbra was the one she sent me. She epitomizes
the best of Flat Rocks; our 2007 linear appraiser, Elizabeth Henning,
agreed that she is one of our most promising young does. In addition,
she has a personality almost too big for her body, and a level of
creativity that rivals that of the Meg/Calliope line. She believes
we should all live in interesting times, and works to make it so.
For more photos and information, including udder shots,
click here to go to her page.
Show record: 1 x 1st,
1 x GCHJr, 1 x BOB Jr Doe |
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3/16/04
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LA
2009 VVEE 88 |
(Photo
by Declan) This doe is very quiet and unassuming,
until it comes time to make her way to the milk stand--then watch
out; she is unstoppable. Obviously a dairy goat in her soul!
For more photos and information, including udder shots, click
here to go to her page.
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DOB
3/19/04 |
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LA
2010 VVEE 90 |
(Thanks,
Michael Covey, for helping me get this picture!) For her cheerful
and sunny personality, this doe is one of my favorites. She is so
much fun to interact with and to milk that she ended up not getting
bred for the show season in 2007, because her heats are very subtle
unless she is penned near the bucks. The winter days just kept going
by and I didn't want to stop milking her and move her to where she
would show that she was in season--before I knew it, it was
spring and she had stopped cycling. Fortunately Rio caught her on
one of his clean-up visits this summer, and she kidded with beautiful
buck doe twins in December. I just can't seem to avoid this situation
with this doe; she will be dry in 2009. For more
photos and information, including udder shots, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 2 x 1st |
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