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Circe’s Twins

Posted on May 2, 2023 by admin

Cabochon WM Circe delivered adorable twin bucklings. Since Circe is a first freshener, these boys will go as wethers while we evaluate Circe’s production and udder conformation.

Circe is a elegant young doe with a lot of dairyness. She has a long, lean neck and a beautifully level topline. Circe earned her dry leg with a Grand Champion win as a dry yearling. I’m looking forward to seeing how she performs on her first milk test. She already takes top honors for large teats – I think she may bump Indy out of first place for largest teats in the herd!

Prosecco is a stong buck whose daughters have amazing udders with excellent attachments and large, well-placed teats. I have three milking daughters who have all appraised “Excellent” on mammary and who millk 1,000-1,200 pounds. One is already a finished champion at three years old. I retained another doeling last year who earned her first leg with a Grand Champion as a junior. Prosecco is the son of SGCH Carl B’s OH Sweet Champagne *M LA: VEEE 91. His sire’s dam is also a Superior Genetics VEEE 90 doe, SG Pocket Sized TB Xara.

Sire – Cabochon XY Prosecco
Dam – Cabochon WM Circe

Dryas’ Triplets

Posted on April 16, 2023May 26, 2023 by admin

Cabochon MP Dryas blessed us with triplets as a fist freshener this year. Her buckling will go as a wether and her two doelings will be available. These kids are line bred on GCH Cabochon Amelia (VEEE 91), a doe who excels in dairyiness and has one of the nicest foreudders (41) in the breed.

Dryas’s dam is GCH Cabochon PR Diamond Dust 3*M VVEE 88 (2F) who has a beautiful udder with excellent attachements, a wide arch (36) and ideal teat placement (25). Diamond is also an excellent milker who earned ADGA Elite status as a first freshener. Dryas looks like she will also be an excellent milker with 4.9 lbs on her first test.

The sire, Cabochon WS Ibn Battuta *B, is an promising young buck. His phenomenally soft dairy skin, open rib spacing, tight front end assembly, and beautiful angularity made him a keeper from birth. Ibn’s dam, GCH Cabochon Amelia (VEEE 91) is a beautiful doe with excellent production milking over 1,100 pounds. Ibn’s sire’s dam, SGCH Wyojem Wendy Kiki (EEEE 91), is a Superior Genetics Grand Champion who has many outstanding accomplishments including: 2012 National Reserve Best Udder, 2013 National Champion Nigerian Dwarf, 2014 Top Ten Milk Production, and LA of EEEE 91 at 8 years old.

Sire – Cabochon WS Ibn Battuta *B
Dam – Cabochon MP Dryas

Indy’s Triplets

Posted on April 15, 2023May 21, 2023 by admin

Cabochon PR Indian Summer 3*M had triplets again this year and they look like they are going to have Indy’s deep body and sweet personality As a yearling, earned her first Grand Champion leg along with 2 Reserve Grands. As a first freshening a two year old she milked 1,060 lbs and as a second fresehner she milked 1,207. Indy has a beautifully attached udder, scoring Excellent in mammary on Linear Appraisal. I love her beautiful foreudder (38) and her long (40), wide (33) teats make her a standout in the breed and a dream to milk by hand.

Indy’s pedigree shows her outstanding lineage with Superior Genectics and permanent champions top and bottom. Indy’s dam was of one of our best does, SGCH Carl B’s Stormstruck 2*M VEEE 91. Her sire is Cabochon XY Prosecco whose dam is SGCH Carl B’s OH Sweet Champagne *M VEEE 91.

The kids’ sire, Cabochon DJ Casanova *B, is the son of GCH (pending) Liberty Star Acres Annabelle 2*M EEEV 90 who has exceptional longevity, winning her latest Grand Championship at 11 years old at the highly competitive Bluff Country show. Casanova’s daughters have multiple show wins and production awards including a Superior Genetics daughter, SG Cabochon CN Whatchamacallit 2*M VEEV 90.

Sire – Cabochon DJ Casanova *B
Dam – Cabochon PR Indian Summer 3*M

Diamond’s Triplets

Posted on April 14, 2023 by admin

GCH Cabochon PR Diamond Dust 3*M gave us two bucks and a doe this year for her fourth freshening. The pedigree for these kids has champions top and bottom and we’re expecting them to to be excellent show prospects.

Diamond has accomplished a lot for a young doe. As a yearling first freshener, she made the ADGA ELITE list and took first place in all three rings for the only show we attended that year. As a three year old, she finished her permanent championship at the first show of the year winning Grand Champion in all three rings and Best of Breed in two rings at the Best of the Midwest show. Her beautiful udder, excellent attachments and well placed teats makes her easy to admire on the milk stand as well as in the show ring.

Diamond’s pedigree shows her outstanding lineage with Superior Genectics and permanent champions top and bottom. Diamond’s dam was of one of our best does, SGCH Carl B’s Stormstruck 2*M VEEE 91. Her sire is Cabochon XY Prosecco whose dam is SGCH Carl B’s OH Sweet Champagne *M VEEE 91.

Sire – Cabochon DJ Casanova *B
Dam – GCH (pending) Cabochon PR Diamond Dust 3*M ELITE Doe VVEE 88

Madrigal’s Twin Does

Posted on April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 by admin

Madrigal gave use two pretty doelings in a repeat breeding to Dry Ice. Both of these girls catch your eye with their beautiful top lines and elegent stance. We may be retaining one of them for our show herd.

Cabochon Madrigal 4*M is an exceceptional yound milker who completed her first lactation as a yearling with 964 lbs and and an average of 6.2% butterfat. Madrigal is a joy to milk by hand with large wide (35) and long (30) teats. Madrigal is the daughter of SG Cabochon AR Windsong 3*M who earned mulitple Elite awards and milked 1,390 lbs as a five year old. Early indications are that Madrigal will be the equal of her dam and perhaps even better.

The kids’ sire, Cabochon DP Dry Ice *B, is a young buck we kept out of a first freshener because his dam’s udder was so spectacluar and I’m glad we did. His dam, GCH Cabochon PR Diamond Dust 3*M, Elite, VVEE 88 (2F) earned all three legs of her permanent championship at the first show of 2022 and milked 1,060 pounds.

Sire – Cabochon DP Dry Ice *B
Dam – Cabochon Madrigal 4*M

Trinket’s Quadruplet Bucklings

Posted on March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 by admin

I was super excited about this breeding and had planned to retain a doeling, but Trinket decided to bless us with quadruplet bucklings instead. I guess she thought I needed help with reducing the number of kids I retain. Or maybe she wanted to give someone else the opportunity to have a fantastic new herd sire instead!

Cabochon PR Trinket 3*M is a an amazing milker producing 1,168 pounds with 6.3% butterfat as a first freshener. She started this lactation with an exceptional 5.2 lbs on her first milk test at only 18 days fresh.

Trinket has a beautifully wide rear udder arch (35), a long foreudder (35) and a good medial (23). Trinket is a joy to milk with long (35), wide (45) teats. Both Trinket’s dam and sire’s dam are Superior Genetics does who have proven themselves with Grand Champion wins in the show ring and with award winning performance on the milk stand. With her PTI21 of 126, I expect Trinket to be awarded her Superior Genetics designation as well once ADGA’s NG system issues are resolved.

The sire to these boys, Cabochon WS Ibn Battuta *B, is an incredibly dairy young buck. His phenomenally soft dairy skin, open rib spacing, tight front end assembly, and beautiful angularity made him a keeper from birth. Ibn’s dam, GCH Cabochon Amelia (VEEE 91) is a beautiful doe with excellent production milking over 1100 pounds. Ibn’s sire’s dam, SGCH Wyojem Wendy Kiki (EEEE 91), is a Superior Genetics Grand Champion who has many outstanding accomplishments including: 2012 National Reserve Best Udder, 2013 National Champion Nigerian Dwarf, 2014 Top Ten Milk Production, and LA of EEEE 91 at 8 years old.

Sire – Cabochon WS Ibn Battuta *B
Dam – Cabochon PR Trinket 3*M

Juniper’s Twin Bucks

Posted on February 25, 2023 by admin

Cabochon WM Juniper 5*M easily delivered twin bucklings on Feb 15th. This is a repeat breeding to Cabochon XY Prosecco because we really liked the resulting kid last year. These boy are both looking very promising and may be available as herd sires. As a bonus, both of the boys are have Juniper’s stunning blue eyes.

Juniper is a beautiful doe with outstanding dairy strength. She has a long, lean neck and incredible width. Some of Juniper’s strongest confromational points are her shoulder assembly, rear legs, back and rump. While Juniper only had a single as a first freshener, I am very happy with her udder and am excited to see the increased capacity she gets with her second freshening. Juniper’s teats are wide (35), long (40) and exceptionally easy to milk. As a yearling, she already had very nice foreudder extension (34), height (34) and arch (30). Juniper won her Grand Champion junior leg at her very first show. As a bonus, her blue eyes and moon spots make her a standout in the herd.

Sire – Cabochon XY Prosecco
Dam – Cabochon WM Juniper 5*M

Buckskin/Chamoise Buckling w/ Blue Eyes, R10

Buckskin and White Buckling w/ Blue Eyes, R11

Amelia’s Twin Does

Posted on February 4, 2023February 6, 2023 by admin

GCH (pending) Cabochon Amelia 3*M VEEE 91 delivered twin doelings on January 21st. This is a much anticipated breeding to Cabochon XY Prosecco and I’m planning to retain one of the girls with the other avialable to a performance home.

Prosecco’s daughters have amazing udders with excellent attachments and large, well-placed teats. I have three milking daughters who have all appraised “Excellent” on mammary and who millk 1,000-1,200 pounds. One is already a finished champion at three years old. I retained another doeling last year who earned her first leg with a Grand Champion as a junior. Prosecco is the son of SGCH Carl B’s OH Sweet Champagne *M LA: VEEE 91.

Amelia is a classically beautiful goat with a Linear Appraisal score VEEE 91 as a six year old topping her four year old score of VEEE 90. Amelia finished her permanent championship this year at seven years old and milked 1,091 lbs in 294 days, cutting her lactation a bit short so we could bump up to an ealier kidding date.

Sire – Cabochon XY Prosecco
Dam – GCH (pending) Cabochon Amelia 3*M VEEE 91

Amber’s Triplets

Posted on January 25, 2023February 20, 2023 by admin

Cabochon DP Amber 3*M kicked off our 2023 kidding season with a set of triplets on January 19th. She had a quick, easy birth and never missed a beat transitioning into her second lactation. The kids are thriving and are excellent prospects for show, 4H and home milkers. All three kids are available as of this posting.

Amber milked well as first freshener last year producing 822 lbs in 277 days. (We shortened her lactation in order to bump her up to a January kidding date this year.) Some of Amber’s strongest traits are her wide (31), level (30) rump; and her rear udder height (34). Amber had a very nice first freshening udder scoring “V” on appraisal with ideal teat placement (27). I’m excited to see how she looks as a second freshener this year.

Sire – Cabochon DJ Casanova *B
Dam – Cabochon DP Amber 3*M

High Tide’s Triplets

Posted on July 23, 2022 by admin

High Tide (a.k.a. Zoe) wrapped up our kidding season with a very nice set of triplets bred for excellent milk production and conformation. We strongly prefer a home that participates in milk test for these kids.

Cabochon DP High Tide 3*M is very dairy doe who tops the charts for milk production and is within range of being a top 10 milker as she matures. As a yearling first freshener, Zoe milked1,040 lbs in 305 days and then continued on to 319 days with a total of 1,090 lbs for her first lactation. As a two year old this year, she milked 5.8 lbs on her first test! Zoe has an incredibly soft, supple udder and milks out like a dream. We have only shown Zoe a couple of times and she has done well in the ring.

The kids’ sire is Cabochon DJ Casanova *B out of Liberty Star Acres Annabelle 2*M who has the longevity we look for, scoring Ex 90 for the third time at 8 years old. Casanova has already proven his abiltiy to sire daughters with outstanding production and excellent conformation. He is sire to SG Cabochon CN Whatchamacallit 2*M “Libby” VEEV 90 who is a 1,200 pound milker in our herd and he has several daughters in other herds as well.

Sire – Cabochon DJ Casanova *B
Dam – Cabochon DP High Tide 3*M

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