Cabochon PR Kira Salek had a a beautiful red buckskin single buckling. Because Kira is a first freshener, her boy will be going to a pet home as a wether. Kira is milking really well as a yearling producing 4.5 lbs on her first test at 68 days in milk.
Cabochon CN Scarlet delivered twin doelings by Better Wayz Bodacious *B on April 13th. This is Scarlet’s first freshening and she is already off to a great start as a yearling milker making 5 lbs on her first milk test at 37 days in milk and winning Best Udder in her age class at her very first show.
Scarlet is a nice combination of her sire and dam’s best traits. Scarlet’s sire, Cabochon DJ Casanova +*B, produces stylish daughters with level toplines and correct feet and legs. Scarlet’s dam, Cabochon DP Amber 3*M is a wide doe who scored an E in rump as a 3-year-old second freshener.
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.
Cabochon DP Amber 3*M had an easy delivery of buck/doe twins on March 27th and is milking well on her third lactation. The kids are both super friendly and the doeling is polled.
Amber milked 868 lbs last year as a second freshener and her first milk test this year was 3.7 lbs at 19 days in milk. Some of Amber’s strongest traits are her wide (31), level (30) rump and her rear udder height (34). Amber has ideal teat placement (27).
Marco is sired by the 2015 ADGA Spotlight Sale Nigerian Dwarf Buck, Heaven’s Hollow Sig Sauer. Sig Sauer’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
It’s always fun to have AI babies and Nellie gave us a pair of buck/doe twins on March 24th. Nellie is a very pretty doe with a lovely topline and rump. She has a snug udder with great rear attachments and is a very productive little doe producing over 1,000 lbs as a second freshener.
One of the reasons I chose to AI Nellie to Dynamo Falcon Ziggzag ++*B, is because she has small teats and Ziggzag does a great job increasing teat size in his kids. He also passes heavy milk production and has several Superior Genetics designated daughters.
Cabochon PR Polka Dot 4*M easily delivered triplets on March 25th. These kids have the pedigree to perfom in both the show ring and the milk parlour. Polka Dot’s first freshening udder was high and wide with a nice foreudder and it looks like it’s going to be even better this year. Polka Dot has amazing production with 973 lbs in 290 days as a yearling. She also shines in the show ring earning a Grand Champion as a junior at the Quad State show in Iowa and first place yearling milker at the Best of the Midwest show in Minnesota.
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.
Cabochon MP Destiny 4*M has a single buck this year. Destiny is a beautiful and productive young doe. She has a high, wide rear udder, a strong medial suspensory ligament and well placed, easy to milk teats. As a yearling first freshener, she milked over 1,000 lbs.
GCH Cabochon PR Diamond Dust 3*M gave us two does and two bucks this year for her fifth freshening. This is a repeat breeding because I really loved her kids last year and I want to retain one for our herd. The pedigree for these kids has champions top and bottom and we’re expecting them to to be excellent show prospects.
As a yearling first freshener, Diamond 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. Diamond milked 1,059 lbs as a three year old and 1,042 last year as a four year old.
Cabochon PAN Wildfire 4*M had triplets again this year with two does and a buck. These kids are bred to be excellent show prospects and they already look the part with level toplines, good angulation and strong legs which is no surpise since their is a strong show history on both sides of their pedigree.
Wildfire is a very stylish, eye-catching doe with a lovely udder with really nice fore udder extension that scored a 37 on linear appraisal as a second freshener. Wildfire has one Grand Champion win, three Reserve Grand Champions and two Best Udder awards. She milked over 900 lbs as a second freshener.
The sire, Cabochon PR Touché *B, is line bred on our lovely SGCH Carl B’s OH Champagne *M (VEEE 91) His dam is SGCH Cabochon Petit Sirah 2*M (VEEE90). who is a second generation SGCH doe. She proved herself early in the show ring finishing her permanent championship as a three year old. She then maintained a extended lactation of 496 days producing 1,238 lbs and appraised VVEE 90 while milking through. In 2021, Petit was one of only five does to earn the coveted ANDDA Total Performer award. In 2022 Petit was appraised at VEEE 90.
Cabochon PR Indian Summer 3*M gave us a beautiful buck and doe this year. She was carrying quadruplets, but unfortunately one died putting her into early labor and we lost another during delivery. It’s always sad to lose kids, but I am grateful that we have two healthy kids and most of all that Indy is healthy and doing well.
Indy is a powerhouse in both the milking parlor and the show ring. As a first freshening a two year old, she milked 1,060 lbs and milked 1,200 lbs in both her second and third lactation. She has two Grand Champion wins and four Reserve Grand wins. Indy has a beautifully attached udder, scoring Excellent in mammary on Linear Appraisal. I love her foreudder (38) and her long (40), wide (33) teats make her a dream to milk by hand.
Bodacious’ pedigree is packed with does with Excellent udders and Excellent 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.
Cabochon WM Juniper 5*M kicked off our 2024 kidding season with triplets. I matched Juniper with Better Wayz Bodacious *B with the goal of maintaining Juniper’s width, open ribbing, dairy strength, and teat size while increasing udder height and improving shoulder assembly. The kids definitely have the width and ribbing I was hoping for. Time will tell on the rest.
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. 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 a Grand Champion leg as a junior with the judge commenting on her open ribbing and dairyness. As a bonus, her blue eyes and moon spots bring a little variety to the herd.
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.
