(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

ARMCH Twin Creeks MB Stellaluna *D 'E' 90.0

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

(Photo courtesy of Carlene Wheeleer, God's Love Farm.) I could not resist bringing this beautiful old lady home when she became available in 2009. Her pedigree is filled with great old Gay-Mor animals, in particular, Johnny Jump Up, a buck who shows up in the in the pedigrees of many of my favorite legendary individuals, including Apocalypse Now and Nonpareil. For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page.

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.

My most hearfelt thanks to Heather Marciello for entrusting me with two of her sweetheart does (see alsoTiger's L'ily, below). For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x GCH Jr. doe

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.

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.

Kaya is co-owned by and lives with my friend Lorene Toth at Sunnydale Farm.

Show record: 5 x 1st, 1 x RGCH              

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.

L'ily will be on lease for the show season at Seraiah Farm.

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