Chardonnay is a plain color but none-the-less there is something about her that catches people’s eyes.  Maybe it is her long body or her elegant style and pretty face.  This doe loves her food so sometimes she doesn’t look as “dairy” as I would like.  Ideally, I would like to see sharper and tighter shoulders on her. When I saw her second freshening udder full this year, I was impressed.  Her udder is well attached, has a very pretty shape, wonderful medial division, and is developing more capacity with each freshening.  Although her teats are a bit small, she is still easy enough to milk.  Chardonnay is the grand-dam of one of our favorite young does, Shiraz. 

I prayed for this little gal and was overwhelmed when she finally arrived.  Faith’s dam, Dakota, is my best milking doe and my first MCH.  Although Dakota is almost ten-years-old, she has only had one doe kid in her life.  Faith is her only daughter!   Faith has an awesome personality and practically radiates dairy character.  She is level with nice feet and legs and has strong shoulders.  Ideally, Faith would be a little longer bodied and little shorter legged.  I never thought I would "trade" Faith but a friend now has her on a "doe kid back deal".  Faith freshened with a very capacious udder and lots of milk like her dam but her fore udder attachment was a disappointment.