Castle Rock Farm Reference Animals

Outside Reference Does

This page contains does born into other herds who did not live on our farm, or who spent a few years here before moving onto other herds, and are related to goats who are or were in our herd.

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MCH-GCH Gay-Mor's JJU Nonpareiel 3*D, 1*M 'E'EEEE 92
DOB 03/08/00 height 22"

Sire: Gay-Mor Berry's Johnny Jump-Up +*S
(Goodwood Lingonberry +S x ARMCH Goodwood Trillium *D)
Dam: Gay-Mor Tut's Lorna Doone 2*D AR 1570
(Heart's Delight Oreo's King Tut x Gay-Mor Berry's Fignewton *D)

Nonnie is the dam of Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S, a buck we feel very lucky to have had in our herd for several years, and we are so happy to get to incorporate her genetics in our herd. She easily earned her MCH as a young doe, and when ADGA opened up a Nigerian herd book, she went out and won her GCH as a six year old. She has beaten the big girls for Best Doe in Show three times, and between AGS and ADGA has seven best udder awards. Not only does she show well, she produces in the milk bucket, earning the top spot for one day milk test in 2003 with 6lbs. of 5.07% butterfat milk. At seven years old, she earned EEEE FS92 on ADGA's Linear Appraisal.

Picture courtesy of Kellye Bussey, Twin Creeks Farm

ARMCH Rosasharn's Buckwheat Honey 3*D 'E', 3*M VEEE 91
DOB 03/02/00 height 22.25"

Sire: OTR Magic's M Heracles
(Inavale Mr. Magic x ARMCH OTR Circe The Enchantress 3*D)
Dam: ARMCH Rosasharn's Eclipse 2*D
(ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb +*S x Stonewall's Little Luli *D)

Buckwheat Honey is the maternal granddam of Honey Heart. Not only was she the 2007 AGS National Champion, but she is the daughter of the 2005 AGS National Champion doe, who herself is the daughter of a two time National Champion buck. Buckwheat Honey is a super dairy doe, with great ribbing and dairy character to spare.

Picture courtesy of Anne Petersen, Rosasharn Farm

MCH-CH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine 'E'
DOB 01/22/96 height 21"

Sire: ARMCH Goodwood Kauri Tree ++*S
(MCH Goodwood Kenya +S x Goodwood Helvetica *D)
Dam: Goodwood Purple People Eater 'VG'
(Goodwood Mr. Periwinkle x MCH Goodwood Tahoka)

Sunshine was the 2006 AGS National Champion, and we feel quite fortunate to have her daughter, Twin Creeds WDF Sunsprite in our herd. Sunshine has exhibited exceptional structural long gevity, earning an ADGA Linear Appraisal score of EEEV FS90 at the age of 11. She's won Best Doe in Show twice at ADGA shows in Texas, and has a couple of best udder awards to boot. You can see how snuggly her udder is still attached in this picture of her as a nine year old with 11 freshenings under her belt. Her pedigree carries some of the oldest and well known names in nigerians, up close- I've even seen a picture of her sire in a coffe table book on goats of the world.

Picture courtesy of Kellye Bussey, Twin Creeks Farm

Copper Penny Misty Blue *D AR1963
DOB 2/27/00 height 22" at 5+ years

Sire: Goodwood Loganberry +*S
(Goodwood Lotto Money *S x MCH Goodwood Tahoka *D)
Dam: Copper Penny Sky Blue Glory
(Woodhaven Farmes Lonesome Blues x Lindsey Mika)

Misty is blue eyed, incredibly feminine and is, as one judge put it, "dripping with dairy character" having open ribs, very tight shoulders, smoothness of blending, strong feet and legs, and excellent capacity. She has wonderful structure and produces beautiful kids, with one of her kids earning a junior grand champion ribbon at less than three months old! Misty has a very capacious udder with wonderful texture and a strong medial suspensory ligament. I would like to see better teat shape as they are a little connical, but express easily and she produces over 4.6 lbs of 5.85% BF milk a day. She is the dam to SGCH-MCH Castle Rock Once Ina Blue Moon, who is very small, but has tremendous capacity for her size.

Buttin'Heads Mochambo Irish 5*D AR 1961
DOB 3/19/03 height 19 3/8"
LA VVEV 86

Sire: Buttin' Heads Zip of Champagne *S
(Twin Creeks BW Zip Drive *S x ARMCH Buttin'Heads Bryedal Veil 2*D)
Dam: ARMCH Buttin'Heads Habanera 4*D
(Buttin'Heads Ryeding Habit *S x ARMCH Buttin'Heads Sausage Bwhizcuit 3*D)

Bambi comes from a line of does that has produced four generations of MCH does (the first three earning their ARMCH) in a row. Overall, she is an incredibly dairy doe with flat bone, thin pliable skin, levelness over the rump, an open escutcheon, straight hocks, elegance, and great depth of barrel, though I would like to see tighter toes and greater length of body. Her udder is soft and pliable, and if all of my does had her oriffices, I'd be done with my milking in no time! I would like to see more side attachment and a stronger MSL, though when viewed from the side (this isn't the best picture of her), she does show that 1/3-1/3-1/3 udder view we look for in a dairy goat. Her daughter, GCH CRF Castle Rock Irish Cream 6*D was retained in our herd before Bambi moved on to a new home.

DHIA:

Age	DIM	#sMilk	#s BF	%BF	#sProtein	%Protein
2.01	208	540	33	6.1	21	3.9
2.10	305	920	55	6.0	37	4.0

Sarah Hawkins and Andy Pestana
7547 English Hills Road
Vacaville, CA 95688
707-448-4655
castlerocknigerians@yahoo.com