Castle Rock Farm Bucks

Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S
DOB 2/17/3

Sire: MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S E
(Twin Creeks Brave Heart +S x MCH Piddlin Acres Tiny Bubbles *D E)
Dam: MCH-GCH Gay Mor's JJU Nonpareil 3*D 1*M
(Gay-Mor Berry's Johnny Jump-Up +*S x Gay Mor Tut's Lorna Doone 2*D AR 1570)

He's the littermate brother of Sky and Cali's sire, and we were so pleased with their mammary systems (Sky has eleven best udder awards!) that we wanted to incorporate more of those genetics into our herd. He has several full siblings around the country, and his full sisters have very nice mammary systems, and his full brothers have been producing very nice kids as well. I've consistently seen an improvement in dairy character and udder capacity in his daughters and was impressed by his first freshening daughter Alum Root scoring an almost ideal MSL on Linear Appraisal. He has at least three finished champion offspring on the ground, and several daughters who have earned milking legs as well.

Montego will be spending the next several months hanging out with Penny Hamers and the Copper Penny herd in Santa Margarita, and we look forward to his return in the spring.

Rosasharn HB Mithrandir *S
DOB 4/18/06

Sire: Rosasharn TF Honey Bear*S
(Rosasharn's Tom F'U'lery *S x ARMCH Rosasharn's Buckwheat Honey 3*D E(2007 AGS Nat'l Champion!))
Dam: ARMCH/GCH Rosasharn's TL Arwen 8*D 2*M E AR1809
(ARMCH Rosasharn's Tiger L ++*S E x ARMCH Rosasharn's Elfin 7*D VG)

Mithrandir is quite shaggy, which isn't doing him any favors in this picture, but we figured we needed to get a picture of him up. Maybe this summer we'll be more inspired and actually clip some of our senior bucks. In addition to copious amounts of hair, he also has flat bone, nice angularity, and dairy character with a very sweet face and some fabulous udder genetics behind him. We already have some kids of his on the ground, and I am very happy with how they are looking with good length of body, tight toes, flatness of bone, and added dairy character.

Fairlea Barnaby Rudge *S
DOB 2/17/07

Rosasharns Julius *S
(MCH OTR Magic's M Heracles x ARMCH Stonewall's Little Luli *D)
Dam: ARMCH Fairlea Gretchen 2*D E
(MCH Fairlea Diggory Venn x MCH Fairlea Heidi)

Barnaby is the full brother (although definitely not a litter mate of) ARMCH Fairlea Fleur 3*D E, a doe I have long admired, and comes from a line of does with well attached, capacious udders. He is long, angular, flat boned and has a good amount of dairy character and really nice spring of rib. I'd like to see his front legs a bit straighter when viewed from the side. He has gotten even friendlier over time, seeminly the first to meet me at the gate, and he'll follow me around the pasture while I'm doing chores.

CRF Castle Rock Guy Noir
DOB 2/18/07

Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S
(MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S E x MCH-CH Gay Mor's JJU Nonpareil 3*D)
Dam: Cloverdale YJ Blue Raven
(Promisland CP Yellowjacket x Pecan Hollow Bonnie Blue)

Guy Noir is an example of the fact that sometimes I break my own rules. His dam (a first timer) freshened last year with a lovely udder that had it all, and having seen how well her dam's udder has held up over the years, I decided to keep this guy intact. Unfortunately, I was slow to pull this kid off of his mother, so she ended up with a very lopsided udder that wouldn't have done well in the show ring. I am quite happy with how nice Guy is looking-- he's got smoothness of blending, a very wide, open escutcheon, dairy character, and tops it all off with a very sweet personality. Update: at the 2008 AGS National Show, a group of Guy Noir's doe kids won Best Get of Sire! I'm very pleased with the general appearance and dairy character of his offspring so far this year.

CRF Castle Rock Sky Walker *S
DOB 4/13/7

Sire: Rosasharn HB Mithrandir *S
(Rosasharn TF Honey Bear*S x ARMCH/GCH Rosasharn's TL Arwen 8*D 2*M E AR1809)
Dam: ARMCH Castle Rock Sky Lupine 2*D
(Twin Creeks BW Rebel w/o a Cause *S x ARMCH/CH/PGCH Esperanza WS Sara *D'VG')

I always seem to catch Sky Walker when he is in one of his awkward-leggy-spine-hasn't-caught-up-with-the-legs growing stages. In any event, I'm really happy with the combination of bloodlines this buck represents, and am excited about getting some of Sky's genetics spread around the herd a bit more. He looks like he is going to have more length of body than his sire, walks with lots of with between the hocks, and has super straight front legs with nice tight toes. Much like his dam and granddam, Sky Walker is very affectionate and laid back, until you grab his collar and try to set him up, and then he reminds you why you pretty much never take bucks to shows. His first set of kids on the ground are very nice, all with good general appearance and dairyness.

CRF Castle Rock Mr. Lincoln
DOB 2/15/8

Sire: Woodhaven Farms Latigo
(Woodhaven Farms TKO x Woodhaven Farms Shaula Parker)
Dam: TX Twin Creeks WDF Sunsprite
(MCH-CH Pecan Hollow Willy's Dance Fever *S x MCH-CH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine E)

I had offered this buck for sale, until I started thinking about who I wanted to use this fall and realized that this buck has some really nice bloodlines and is not closely related to the other bucks in my buck pasture. He's very dairy and flat boned with a level top line, and he has lengthened out quite a bit since this picture of him was taken. I wanted to add some of Latigo's genetics to the herd since he seemed to add refinement to his daughters, and I really like many aspects of Sunsprite's mammary system and would like to see those traits in more of my herd.

CRF Castle Rock Blue Lagoon
DOB 3/19/08

CRF Castle Rock Guy Noir
(Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S x Cloverdale YJ Blue Raven)
Dam: CH Castle Rock Once Ina Blue Moon 2*D
( PGCH The Promises Pay It Forward x Copper Penny Misty Blue *D AR 1963)

If we are able to catch this guy sometime before fall, we'll try to get a picture of him that shows how pretty he can look. For now, we are thrilled to have a profile of him, which is much better than the rapidly disappearing rear-view we usually see! Even though I already own Blue Lagoon's sire and grandsire, it seemed like a good idea to keep this buck as well. He is very dairy and open, with flat bone and a very high escutcheon. His dam and his sire's dam have the two highest, widest rear udders in our herd, which also have really nice shape, great capacity, and very plumb, easy to milk teats. I also am hoping that because Moon and Raven are on the smaller side of the height scale that his daughters will be small as well. I just wish I had decided that I was going to keep him a few days earlier than I did so he would have been bottle raised and a bit easier to catch. Oh, and he does have blue eyes, though that is very, very far from the main reason I decided to keep him as a herd sire.

We are pleased to offer the stud services of our bucks. Boarding of does is available. We do ask that your does be disease-free when they are brought for breeding, as we strive to maintain a clean and healthy farm. Any doe left here for boarding must have a collar when dropped off, or she will incure an additional $10 charge so we can purchase one for her. No exceptions.

Sarah Hawkins and Andy Pestana
7547 English Hills Road
Vacaville, CA 95688
707-448-4655
castlerocknigerians@yahoo.com