Blythmoor's Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats
DOES
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Myst | Blossom
| Almond Joy |Spice |
Lollipop| Tiramisu|
Ziva |Tinker Bell
A note about milking Nigerians.The average amount of milk per day for a Nigerian is about 2 1/2 lbs. (a little over one quart) per day. Younger and small does will produce less than larger and older does. A yearling milker under 19" will average just under 2# per day. A 4 year old over 22" will produce almost 3# per day. Also keep in mind that butterfat weighs less, so does with higher butterfat numbers will have fewer pounds of milk (the same volume of milk will weigh less). Good milkers will produce over a long period of time (at least 305 days).
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Kidding: 2008: unknown |
Odeon
DWC Honey Dew Blossom 2*M February 27, 2006
Sire: Dream-Weaver PC Cavalier Dam: AGS Herzinger's Princess Buttercup 1*M Blossom had quads last year, before she joined my herd. Her udder is lovely. She is an easy milker, nice teat placement and size, good attachments. I love her butterfat numbers. She qualified for the milk star at 193 days in milk. I would like a little more length in her cannon bone and straighter front legs to balance her out. She had quads again in 2010, including a super little doe that will stay with the herd. Official Milk Test
While Blossom has not been a big winner in the show ring, she always ranks high in her classes. At the NWODGA Specialty, judge Ted Brooks gave her third in a large 3 year old class -- and gave her Best Udder in the class. Blossom's daughter, Cherry Blossom, finished her CH at the Idaho shows April, 2010
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Breeding History: 2009: 1 doe (frosted buckskin) /1 buck (red/white)
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Sire:
AGS PromisedLand COM WarHawk Dam: Blythmoor CW Mulberry 1*M AJ is long and wide and has nice strong feet and legs. This little doe has a nice wide escutcheon and promises to be the good milker that her mother is. Her daughter Ziva appraised well as young stock with a +VVV and I will be repeating that breeding. First time showing: GRCH Junior
Doe at Linn County Fair (ADGA) She was shown only once in 2009, in Roseburg, and was second in a competitive yearling milker class under judge Elizabeth Henning Official Milk Test
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2009:(Snap) 1 doe kid
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Blythmoor's
Spice
Sire:
Promised Land COM WarHawk *S Dam:
Blythmoor's Winning Colors As a junior, Spice was 1st in a very competitive Intermediate Doe class at Benton County Fair and came very close to taking the Reserve CH from the dry yearling. That was her first time in the show ring. She hurt an ankle the day before Oregon State Fair, so was not able to compete. This year Spice was in contention for RCH at Linn County Fair where we showed in the AOP class. The judge commented on her nice udder attachments and dairy character. In the end, she lost Reserve to a 4 year old Togg. Spice has a nice escutcheon and her udder is beautiful. Decent teat placement, good rear attachments. It's really socked up there, and just needed more capacity as a first freshener. With her second freshening, she has doubled her milk production and butterfat has remained high. Update: Spice is just recovering from a near fatal bout of Enterotoxemia (mid-June). After a week of barely eating, she was producing barely drops of milk and I figured that would be the end for this year's milk test. . But, she came back. Her dam was a very persistent milker, and I guess Spice is also. Testing just a couple weeks after her illness, she has dropped quite a bit, but I think she'll make progress now that she's feeling better! UPDATE: After her illness, Spice went to Linn County Fair a month later and won BEST UDDER IN BREED! Milk production is down only a fraction of a pound! Official Milk Test
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Breeding History
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March 2, 2008 2009 LA: AA+A
Sire:
Algedi Farm Hurricane
Jimmy *M Dam: MCH
Pholia Farm KM Harriet 3*M Lolli is a beautiful little blue eyed doe. She was bred to Arkadian Aleutian and kidded March 1 with 2 bucks and a doe (Cybele). The milk genetics behind her are very strong and, as expected, she freshened with a beautiful udder. Good attachments, nice medial, and milked almost 3# on her first test! She should easily earn her milk star this year. SHOW RECORD: Jr. GrCH - June 2009 NWODGA show under Daniel Considine in a highly competitive dry yearling class.
Official Milk Test
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TX TwinCreeks PKM
Tiramisu Sire:
Piddlin
Acres PV Pokeman *S Dam: GrCH TX Twin Creeks Sarafina 5*D (polled) LA 92 Tiramisu kidded with lovely doeling twins on March 21. Her udder is lovely. It's buttery soft and the teats are large and milkable. She'll easily qualify for her milk star this year. The picture was not taken with a full udder. In 2009, Misu's dam, Sarafina, finished her CH in both AGS and ADGA with an ADGA BIS. She got her one day star in both AGS and ADGA by milking over 5#.
Official Milk Test
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April 10, 2009 2009 LA: +VVV
Sire:
GCH Mystic
Acres Snapdragon
+B Dam: Blythmoors Almond Joy This little doe measured 4 1/2" over the rump -- at 15 1/2" tall, she's as wide as some of her bigger herdmates. She has a lovely escutcheon. Ziva is very level on the move. Her udder is developing nicely. Official Milk Test
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Sire:
Rosasharn Tiger I Dam: Celtic
Stars Suri Not the best picture, but you can see how nice and level this young doe is. She is very dairy. Haven't measured, but she's not very big. Tinkerbell is a lovely little doe with a great milking pedigree. She has never been bred but will be bred this fall
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Member of:
American Dairy Goat Association
NW Oregon Dairy Goat Association
American Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Association
(Western Director)
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