Cabochon WM Himalaya had a pretty set of twin doelings and is doing a wonderful job as a first time mom. Laya earned her first Grand Champion wind as a junior and I’ve been eagerly awaiting her first freshening to get her back in the show ring. She’s off to a great start for production, milking more than 4 lbs on her first test at only 11 days fresh.
Bodacious’ pedigree is packed with does with “Excellent” udders and general appearance who have some of the best production in the breed. Both his dam and sire’s dam are EEEE 92 does who have milked more than 1300 lbs in a lactation. His dam, SG Better Wayz Harmony Carabear 3*M EEEE 92, is the new all time breed leader in butterfat, and has been an ADGA Elite doe for the last six years. His sire’s dam, SG Better Wayz Isabelle 3*M EEEE 92, has made the top 10 list for butterfat multiple times and has been an ADGA Elite doe for the last four years.
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. At seven years old, Amelia finished her permanent championship and milked 1,091 lbs in 294 days proving she has the longevity to continue perfoming well into her maturity.
SGCH Carl B’s OH Sweet Champagne *M VEEE 91 gave us a gorgeous set of buck/doe twins this year. Both kids have beautiful top lines and are promising show prospects. It’s hard to beat their pedigree with their dam, sire’s dam and sire’s sire’s dam are all champion FS 91 does.
Ibn is an AI kid sired by SG Heaven’s Hollow Winter Soldier +B. Ibn has incredibly soft dairy skin, open ribbing, a tight front end assembly and beautiful angularity. He was one of those kids that was gorgeous from the day he hit the ground.
Ibn’s dam, GCH (penidng) Cabochon Amelia VEEE 91, is a beautifully angular doe with excellent capacity and one of the best foreudders in the breed scoring 41 on Linear Appraisal. Amelia milks more than 1,100 pounds in a lactation.
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 -LA of EEEE 91 at 8 years old
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
