(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

ARMCH Twin Creeks MB Stellaluna *D 'E' 90.0 LA VVEE89

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

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.

(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)

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

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.

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.

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, click here to go to Kestrel's page.

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

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.

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

(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