Gypsy1st gen Saansey GypsySaanen/GuernseyDoe (female)White DOB: 4/24/20203 yrs Gypsy is such a special girl to me. She was given to me by a dear, dear friend just days after I lost Gypsy's sire. <3
In a barn full of wonderful goats, she has my favorite personality in the herd. She just seems CHEERFUL all the time, and she has a teasing sparkle in her eye that always makes me smile.
She is also such an eye-catching girl. Anytime the goats are eating and I find myself admiring a perfect topline, it's Gypsy's. She has such a strong, level back, blending beautifully into a wide, flat rump. Just gorgeous.
She freshened as a yearling in August '21 with a very pretty udder. She's currently on an extended lactation and I'm very impressed with her consistency. She p...
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Nubbie1st gen Saansey NubbieSaanen/GuernseyBuck (male)White DOB: 2/19/20222 yrs With one chunky lil scur and a mom named Nugget, we just HAD to go with the silly name for this little man!
I actually sold Nubbie as a baby, but then bought him back a few weeks later, just to breed him to TWO of my does who needed what his dam has. Which is a high, tight, wide and capacious udder that produced over a gallon a day as a 2yo FF!
I can't wait to see what I get when I breed him to Klae (who needs more lateral attachments) and Gypsy (who needs an udder with better teat placement).
The Gypsy cross will also be line-breeding on my gorgeous Saanen buck that I lost, Echo. Gypsy is an Echo daughter and Nubbie is a grandson. And since Echo's dam had PERFECT balance and teat...
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2/27/2023 |
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I'm keeping whatever doelings she has, but bucklings will be available
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Nugget62% Saanen 25% Guernsey 12% LaManchaX NuggetSaanen/GuernseyJr. Doe (female)White DOB: 3/16/20204 yrs Nugget came out just about the tiniest baby I've ever seen... Hence the name. She got an extra season to catch up and is still smaller than my other 2020 yearlings. Between that and her not-quite-Saansey-yet breed percentage, I will be letting her go to a friend of mine after she kids this year. I kept her normal-sized doeling AND buckling last year, because her udder is absolutely magnificent and she produced a steady 8-9lbs per day!
Check out her parents!!...
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d-Bravo2nd gen Saansey d-BravoSaanen/GuernseyBuck (male)Gold DOB: 3/18/20222 yrs My first home-bred permanent buckling!! I plan to keep this guy for a long time... A handsome polled boy out of my best doe, who could ask for more!
Bravo is mostly unrelated to my herd, except through his sensational Saanen granddam.
He's calm, sweet, and easy to handle even in rut.
**I had a friend come over with a doe that didn't want to stand for Bravo. He would follow her around and flirt, she'd tell him to shove off, and he would just stop... Made my friend wonder if he had low drive, but trust me, that isn't it. He's just an actually respectful buck... Eventually she stood, and he got the job done!...
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3/7/2023 |
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I will probably be retaining one doeling
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Ruth/TiaraBritish Guernsey Ruth/TiaraGuernseyDoe (female)Red Gold GGBoA# DOB: 2/22/20204 yrs Piru Creek Tiara (barn name Ruth) has only been with me for a few days, and already I can't imagine my barn without her. She is so sweet, so calm, so graceful and gentle... Exactly what I expect from a Guernsey.
What is NOT expected from a Guernsey though, is to milk over a gallon a day, but she did that as a first freshener!
Long story alert....
I've been looking to add this bloodline to my herd for well over a year, ever since I heard about a doe in California who produced over 3,000lbs of milk in 305 days! That's solid production for a SAANEN, and absolutely mindblowing for a Guernsey...
I spent several weeks trying to set up to buy a buckling out of that big producer (Piru Cree...
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RonanSaanen RonanSaanenBuck (male)White DOB: 5/15/20221 yr Picking up Ronan was a nightmare (sellers didn't stop at our meeting place, instead making us track them down inside the massive Puyallup fairgrounds after dark), but his genetics were so worth it... Until I got him home. The very first time I saw him in daylight I noticed how weird his jaw looked. The fact that he couldn't seem to open his mouth fully, and he chewed SO slowly. I sent a video to my friend and she didn't see it, so I went ahead and bred him to the doe I'd bought JUST to breed him to (Ruth). But his jaw just kept getting worse and worse. He came to me thin, but he kept losing weight because he could barely eat. His teeth were sticking out all over the place, and if I tried to ...
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5/1/2023 |
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Whatever she has, I'm keeping!!! Sorry folks...
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Charm1st gen Saansey CharmSaanen/GuernseyDoe (female)Gold DOB: 3/16/20213 yrs Charm's aunt, Treasure, was one of my favorite goats of all time. Excellent milk production, perfect teats, large orifices, and a sweet personality. Unfortunately she passed away from a freak case of listeriosis last year, so my best friend said that I could have a daughter out of Treasure's twin sister and my sweet Timbre. Thank you Angel!!
Charm freshened with a picture-perfect udder that's very easy to milk. Her FF production wasn't what I was hoping for (a steady 5lb a day), but she was a yearling and we noticed that she was also growing an incredible amount of bone (her legs are thicker than any of my older girls!) so dried her off early and gave her some more time to grow.
And it...
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Phoenix1st gen Saansey PhoenixSaanen/GuernseyBuck (male)White DOB: 5/5/20221 yr If Violet hadn't given me a lovely buckling out of a very fancy Pearl son, I don't know what I would have done! But Violet came through! And this boy is something else... His rump is soooo big and square, and he has great feet! I just love him.
Phoenix and Bravo will be my new main herd sires, and should enable me to not only breed my own goats for years to come, but also all of the lovely does that I've sold that come back for driveway breeding each year. I'm so happy with him!...
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6/3/2023 |
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I'm tryyyyyying not to keep off-season babies, and I already kept Charm's doeling from last year. So these kids will be available!
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Ember1st gen Saansey EmberSaanen/GuernseyKid (female)Champagne DOB: 3/18/20222 yrs Bombshell, baby....
I really REALLY wanted a buckling out of Aspen and Mercor. But instead I got two of the most beautiful doelings I've ever seen in my life... Ember's color doesn't come through great on camera, but it's an amazing silvery-gold champagne color that I'm obsessed with. And her sister got the splashy multi-color pattern from her Sable background...
Once we pulled the sisters off, Aspen blew our socks off by producing 10lb (5 quarts!) of milk each day... I had resolved to be a Saansey-only herd this year, so Aspen already had a new home lined up. Probably a good thing, or I might have kept her... But I just HAD to keep Ember (and I kept her sister close!), and can't wait ...
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Nubbie1st gen Saansey NubbieSaanen/GuernseyBuck (male)White DOB: 2/19/20222 yrs With one chunky lil scur and a mom named Nugget, we just HAD to go with the silly name for this little man!
I actually sold Nubbie as a baby, but then bought him back a few weeks later, just to breed him to TWO of my does who needed what his dam has. Which is a high, tight, wide and capacious udder that produced over a gallon a day as a 2yo FF!
I can't wait to see what I get when I breed him to Klae (who needs more lateral attachments) and Gypsy (who needs an udder with better teat placement).
The Gypsy cross will also be line-breeding on my gorgeous Saanen buck that I lost, Echo. Gypsy is an Echo daughter and Nubbie is a grandson. And since Echo's dam had PERFECT balance and teat...
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7/7/2023 |
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Very exciting line breeding on a VERY impressive buck (Echo). I will probably keep one doeling if she gives me one.
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