Dakota has always been our favorite milk goat but now she has proven herself in the show ring as well.  She is our first AGS Master Champion and ADGA Champion doe and is very deserving of those titles.  For the past four years, Dakota has won "Best of Breed" at the Oregon State Fair.  In fact, Dakota has been won "Best of Breed" in every Nigerian show she had competed in for the past four years.  You would be hard pressed to find a Nigerian who can compete with Dakota’s high and persistent milk production and her incredible ease of milking.  Even as a twelve-year-old, Dakota peaked at over six pounds daily of 5.5% butterfat milk.  We often call Dakota our “Holstein”.  Dakota easily earned her milking star on a one day milk test as a nine-year-old.  This old doe's conformation is sharp and dairy.  Show judges regularly comment on Dakota's excellent udder, shoulders, feet and legs and comment that she looks about four years of age, not twelve.  Although this flashy gal is a bit on the tall side, she is still under the AGS height limit.

Dakota has won at least 10 Best of Breed and Best Udder awards!  I think I better start counting. . .

Swirl was sold to me because she had been difficult to detect in heat at her previous home and hadn't kidded in several years.  Swirl no longer has issues about getting pregnant.  In fact, in 2006, she blessed us with a total of five beautiful doe kids.  This year, she doubled that and had 10 kids - quintuplets twice!  Swirl is small and refined and mostly white in color but has the gray and tan buckskin pattern showing throughout.  This doe is long bodied and level with a beautiful rear leg set.  I am also happy with her style, angularity, and dairy character.  I finally let her fill with milk and was thrilled with her udder.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of Swirl's udder in 2007 when it looked much better than the picture above.  Not only is Swirl's udder well attached, but it is nicely shaped and is easy to hand milk.  I am happy to have added a mature doe with these well known and wonderful bloodlines to my herd.  To top it off, this doe has a super personality and has an incredible love for her babies (even five at a time!)  We retained her 2006 daughter, Sweet Harmony, and absolutely adore her.

Swirl will be joining Guin for a new home with Victoria after her kids are weaned this summer.  Thanks again Victoria!

 

Chaebree was a beautiful kid and even won her first AGS championship at 2½ months-old.  We were even more impressed when she freshened with nicely shaped, capacious udder that is easy to milk.  This girl knows how to produce milk!  This doe is one of the most persistant milk producers in our herd and is difficult to dry up.  Chaebree is a really nice all-around doe and has stood at the front of the line-up many times when shown.  She has won grand champion at an ADGA sanctioned show and reserve grand champion senior doe at an AGS sanctioned show.  If I could improve on Chaebree's conformation, I would give her a greater area of udder attachement, tighter shoulders, and a longer, leaner neck.  Chaebree has been producing some awesome daughters when bred to Wave Runner.  For the past two years, she has had a winning daughter in the champion junior doe class at the Oregon State Fair.  She also has a yearling milking daughter in Florida who has already won several Best of Breed and Best Udder awards.  Chaebree is Shantelle's 4H showmanship goat and the two of them make quite a team.  

 

 

Born:  3/7/02     Registered:  ADGA, AGS