Blythmoor's Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats

DOES

Does

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).

 


Pedigree


Producing Milking daughters

Myst's daughters, Polly (sired by WarHawk) and Gingersnap (sired by Snapdragon) are now both 2*M as first fresheners.

Kidding:
2007 (Hawk): 1 doe kid
2008 (Snap): 2 bucks; 1 doe
2009 (Cash): 2 does
2010 (Aleutian): 3 bucks

Mountain Quest MB Myst 1*M

Feb.18, 2006

21"
LA 2009: +VV + 84 (Very Good)
2010 ANDDA Bronze JUJU Award Winner

Sire: Twin Creeks PD MegaBuck

Dam: Sugar Pine Fanciful Illusion

Myst's LA score reflects what a nice doe this is. I would like better teat placement, but she's a good strong doe and one of my favorites. She milks down so easily and her udder texture is lovely. She milks steadily throughout the year.

She is a very dairy doe, very level on the move -- a strong doe that should continue to improve as the years pass.

Official Milk Test

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  average % Protein AVG DAILY MILK
2-01

263

 610 36 5.94 26 4.3 2.3
3-00 270 590 38 6.4 25 4.22 2.2
4-00 148 440 25 5.7 18 4.1 3.0

2009 Show Season:
Reserve GRCH Sr. doe at SWWDGA 5/09

Myst did very well at the very competitive NWODGA show. In four rings, she was never out of the money -- two seconds with over 10 does in the ring. She was 4th in the large 3 year old class at the Specialty.

 

 

 

 

 


Pedigree

Kidding:

2008: unknown
2009: 3 does/1 buck
2010 (Cash): 3 bucks/1 doe

Odeon DWC Honey Dew Blossom 2*M

February 27, 2006
20"
2009 LA: VEEV 88
2010 ANDDA Bronze JUJU Award Winner


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

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  avg. % of Protein  average daily milk
2-11

311

 600 43 7.2 25 4.17 1.93
3-11 155 450 28 6.2 15 3.3 2.9

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

 

 

 

Pedigree

AJ has a lot of moonspots, and a "smudge" on her face that looks like a moonspot gone wild.

Breeding History:

2009: 1 doe (frosted buckskin) /1 buck (red/white)
2010 (Snap): 1 doe (dec'd)/ 1 buck


 

Blythmoor HM Almond Joy
 March 25, 2008
(18")

LA 2009: VEV+ 85

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)
AJ was first in a very large Intermediate Doe class at Oregon State Fair.

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

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  average % Protein average daily milk
1-00 209 210 14 6.73 10 4.84 1.0
1-11 148 270 16 6.04 12 4.5 1.8

 

 

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Pedigree

2009:(Snap) 1 doe kid
2010: (Snap)1 doe, 1 buck

Blythmoor's Spice
March 19, 2008
18 1/2"
2009 LA: VV++ 84

 

Sire: Promised Land COM WarHawk *S
SS: PromisedLand CP Commanche *S VG
SD: MCH Gay-Mor's NIghtowl 2*D

Dam: Blythmoor's Winning Colors
SS: Flat Rock's Diamond in the Rough
SD: Camanna AL Hope's Gabrielle

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

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  average % Protein average daily milk
1-00

196

 150 13 8.44 7 4.55 1.0
2-00 130 220 16 7.2 10 4.5 1.7
   

 

   

Breeding History
2010: (Aleutian) 2 bucks/1 doe

Pedigree

Pholia Farm Lollipop
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

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  average % Protein avg. daily milk
2-00

147

 360 23 6.4 12 3.4 2.5
               


Pedigree

Kidding:
2010 (Snap): 2 does

 

 

TX TwinCreeks PKM Tiramisu
 August 29, 2008
Polled
2009 LA: ++V+

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

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  average % Protein avg. daily milk
1-06

128

 310 21 6.86 13 4.3 2.4
               

SHOW RECORD:
RCH at Linn County Fair, Albany, Oregon

 


Pedigree

Kidding:
2010: one doe kid

Blythmoor SA Ziva
 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

Age

Days in milk

total #  Milk total # of Butterfat average % Butterfat total # of Protein  average % Protein avg. daily milk
1-00

91

 110 11 10.48 5 4.8 1.2
               


 




Pedigree

 

 

 

Celtic Stars Tinker Bell
June 9, 2007

Sire: Rosasharn Tiger I
SS: Rosasharn's Tiger L ++B
SD: Rosasharn Ikura

Dam: Celtic Stars Suri
SS: DD Tiny Toes TR Duke of Earl
SD: Raven Crest I'm Here to Party

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

 

Member of:
American Dairy Goat Association
NW Oregon Dairy Goat Association
American Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Association (Western Director)

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