 MCH-GCH Gay-Mor's JJU Nonpareiel 3*D, 1*M 'E'
DOB 03/08/00 height 22"
Sire: Gay-Mor Berry's Johnny Jump-Up +*S
(Goodwood Lingonberry +S x ARMCH Goodwood Trillium *D)
Dam: Gay-Mor Tut's Lorna Doone 2*D AR 1570
(Heart's Delight Oreo's King Tut x Gay-Mor Berry's Fignewton *D)
Nonnie
is the dam of our buck, Twin Creeks BW Montego
Bay +*S, and we are so happy to get to incorporate her genetics
in our herd. She easily earned her MCH as a young doe, and when ADGA opened up a Nigerian herd book, she went out and won her GCH as a six year old. She has beaten the big girls for Best Doe in Show three times, and between AGS and ADGA has seven best udder awards. Not only does she show well, she produces in the milk bucket, earning the top spot for one day milk test in 2003 with 6lbs. of 5.07% butterfat milk. At seven years old, she earned EEEE FS92 on ADGA's Linear Appraisal.
Picture courtesy of Kellye Bussey, Twin Creeks Farm
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 ARMCH/GCH Rosasharn's TL Arwen 8*D 'E', 2*M VEEE 90
DOB 05/02/02 height 20.25"
Sire: ARMCH Rosasharn's Tiger L +*S 'E'
(Stonewall's Apocolypse Now x ARMCH Goodwood Water Lilly *D)
Dam: ARMCH Rosasharn's Elfin 7*D
(ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb +*S x Stonewall's Alias Grace 6*D)
Arwen is the dam of our herdsire, Rosasharn's HB Mithrandir
*S. This picture was taken of her as a five year old, and that super high, wide rear udder was one of the main reasons we added Mithrandir to our breeding program. She's a deep bodied doe with very good blending, a long elegant neck, and super straight front legs.
Picture courtesy of Anne Petersen, Rosasharn Farm
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 ARMCH Rosasharn's Buckwheat Honey 3*D 'E', 3*M VEEE
91
DOB 03/02/00 height 22.25"
Sire: OTR Magic's M Heracles
(Inavale Mr. Magic x ARMCH OTR Circe The Enchantress 3*D)
Dam: ARMCH Rosasharn's Eclipse 2*D
(ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb +*S x Stonewall's Little Luli *D)
Buckwheat Honey is the paternal granddam of Mithrandir and the maternal granddam of Honey Heart. Not only was she the 2007 AGS National Champion, but she is the daughter of the 2005 AGS National Champion doe, who herself is the daughter of a two time National Champion buck. Buckwheat Honey is a super dairy doe, with great ribbing and dairy character to spare.
Picture courtesy of Anne Petersen, Rosasharn Farm
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 MCH-CH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine 'E'
DOB 01/22/96 height 21"
Sire: ARMCH Goodwood Kauri Tree ++*S
(MCH Goodwood Kenya +S x Goodwood Helvetica *D)
Dam: Goodwood Purple People Eater 'VG'
(Goodwood Mr. Periwinkle x MCH Goodwood Tahoka)
Sunshine was the 2006 AGS National Champion, and we
feel quite fortunate to have her daughter, Twin Creeds WDF Sunsprite in
our herd. Sunshine has exhibited exceptional structural long gevity,
earning an ADGA Linear Appraisal score of EEEV FS90 at the age of 11.
She's won Best Doe in Show twice at ADGA shows in
Texas, and has a couple of best udder awards to boot. You can see how snuggly her udder is still attached in this picture of her as a nine year old with 11 freshenings under her belt. Her pedigree carries some of the oldest and well known names in nigerians, up close- I've even seen a picture of her sire in a coffe table book on goats of the world.
Picture courtesy of Kellye Bussey, Twin Creeks Farm
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 Copper Penny Misty Blue *D
AR1963
DOB 2/27/00 height 22" at 5+ years
Sire: Goodwood Loganberry +*S
(Goodwood Lotto Money *S x MCH Goodwood Tahoka *D)
Dam: Copper Penny Sky Blue Glory
(Woodhaven Farmes Lonesome Blues x Lindsey Mika)
Misty is blue eyed, incredibly feminine and is, as
one judge put it, "dripping with dairy character" having open ribs, very
tight shoulders, smoothness of blending, strong feet and legs, and
excellent capacity. She has wonderful structure and produces beautiful
kids, with one of her kids earning a junior grand champion ribbon at less
than three months old! Misty has a very capacious udder with wonderful
texture and a strong medial suspensory ligament. I would like to see
better teat shape as they are a little connical, but express easily and
she produces over 4.6 lbs of 5.85% BF milk a day. She is the dam to
Castle Rock Once Ina Blue Moon, who is very small, but has tremendous
capacity for her size. |
 Twin Creeks PD Moneyinthebank 'VG'
DOB 2/13/99 height 23" at 5+ years
1 x GCH Jr., 1 x GCH, 1 x RsGCH
Sire: PGCH/MCH Willow Creek Paydirt
(Willow Creek Hoodlum x Goodwood Milkweed)
Dam: PGCH/MCH Raha Acres Twink's Pixie *D 'E' (2 x National Champion!)
(Goodwood Mr. Periwinkle
x Dav-Lyn Twinkle Toes)
This guy comes from wonderful parents, and has
produced a MCH/PGCH son- Ponders End MTB Wall Street, and is the grandfather
of our ARMCH/CH/PGCH Esperanza WS Sara *D. He stands on very straight legs with good toes, and his front end assembly
is still very tight and smoothly blended with withers sharp enough to cut
glass. He is very long with wide ribs, pliable skin, depth of
barrel, and he is level from thurl to thurl. His dam's line has
proven itself all over the country, and we can definitely see his stamp on
his daughters. They have increased length of body, dairy character,
udder capacity, and improved teat placement over their dams- they tend to be the smartest does in our herd too! Update: Banker is the sire of the 2008 AGS Reserve National Champion & Best Udder Doe, CH/MCH
Castle Rock Rainy Day Fund *D currently owned by Little Dipper
Farms. |
 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 one day we'll be more inspired and actually clip
some of our senior bucks, but since we have pretty much stopped showing
bucks, there's not much incentive to go through the trouble. 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. I am pretty happy with the
general appearance of his daughters as they have good length of
body, tight toes, flatness of bone, and added dairy character.
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 Buttin'Heads Mochambo Irish 5*D AR 1961
DOB 3/19/03 height 19 3/8"
LA VVEV 86
Sire: Buttin' Heads Zip of Champagne *S
(Twin Creeks BW Zip Drive *S x ARMCH Buttin'Heads Bryedal Veil 2*D)
Dam: ARMCH Buttin'Heads Habanera 4*D
(Buttin'Heads Ryeding Habit *S x ARMCH Buttin'Heads Sausage Bwhizcuit 3*D)
Bambi comes from a line of does that has
produced four generations of MCH does (the first three earning their
ARMCH) in a row. Overall, she is an incredibly dairy doe with flat
bone, thin pliable skin, levelness over the rump, an open escutcheon,
straight hocks, elegance, and great depth of barrel, though I would like
to see tighter toes and greater length of body. Her udder is soft and
pliable, and if all of my does had her oriffices, I'd be done with my
milking in no time! I would like to see more side attachment and a
stronger MSL, though when viewed from the side (this isn't the best
picture of her), she does show that 1/3-1/3-1/3 udder view we look for in
a dairy goat.
DHIA:
| Age |
DIM |
#s Milk |
#s BF |
% BF |
#s Protein |
% Protein |
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2.01 |
208 |
540 |
33 |
6.1 |
21 |
3.9 |
|
2.10 |
305 |
920 |
55 |
6.0 |
37 |
4.0 |
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 Castle Rock California Poppy 2*D AR
1981
DOB 4/3/4 height 20"
LA: VVEV 86
Sire: Twin Creeks BW Rebel w/o a Cause *S
(MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S 'E' x MCH Gay-Mor's JJU Nonpareil 3*D 'E')
Dam: ARMCH/CH/PGCH Esperanza WS Sara *D'VG'
(MCH/PGCH Ponders End MTB Wall Street x Esperanza ZZ Sedona Snowstorm)
Cali is
a combination of some wonderful bloodlines, and with her flat bone, pliable skin,
and spring of rib, she is showing some of the same great
dairy character her mother has, with more length of body. She stands uphill
with straight legs, levelness from thurl to thurl, angularity, and
very nice width for her size. She is usually right behind her sister
in the showring lineup, as they are very similar, and they are usually
near or at the top. While Cali's udder is not as high in the rear as
her sister, she does have the same strong MSL and very milkable teats.
DHIA:
| Age |
DIM |
#s Milk |
#s BF |
% BF |
#s Protein |
% Protein |
|
1.00 |
294 |
760 |
44 |
5.8 |
31 |
4.1 |
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2.01 |
230 |
900 |
52 |
5.8 |
36 |
4.0 |
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 Castle Rock Annabelle
DOB 3/9/5 height 20 1/2"
1x GCH Dry Doe
LA: VVEV 87
Sire: Buttin'Heads Sharp No.2 Pencil
(Sugar Creek's Sharp Shooter *S x Buttin'Heads Polished Apple)
Dam: PGCH Twin Creeks WB Christabelle *D
(MCH Goodwood Weisbaden +*S 'E' x
Twin Creeks BH Mae
Belline)
Annabelle is another sweet doe from our wonderful
Christabelle. She has a long, lean neck, a level topline, nice depth
and strength of body, and walks with tremendous
width between the hocks. She is very long and deep, with one of the widest
rumps in the herd, and looks like a much larger doe than she
actually is. She fills that escutcheon with a high wide udder
and with her second freshening, her teat placement seems to
have significantly improved over her first freshening. |
 CRF Castle Rock Western
Violet
DOB 4/5/07
Sire: Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S
(MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S 'E' x MCH Gay-Mor's JJU Nonpareil 3*D 'E')
Dam: Rosasharn's TL Esterlina
(ARMCH Rosasharn's Tiger L ++*S E x ARMCH Rosasharn's Guadalupe Moteada 3*D E)
I'm not quite sure why Violet's udder looks so
low in this picture- I'll try to get another one soon since her mammary
system actually carries her up the line in the show ring. Violet is an
example of some of the nice work that Montego can do- her rump is much
flater and longer than her dam's, and her udder capacity is a huge
improvement as well. She also has super dairy skin, very nice blending,
flat bone, a strong MSL, and a very easy to milk udder. I really like the
strength of her front end assembly and general appearance. I would
like to see a little more length of body, and better behavior in the show
ring- there's nothing quite like trying to set up a doe in the ring who
acts like she has untreated
ADHD.
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 CRF Castle Rock Honey Bee
DOB 5/18/6 height 22"
1 x Jr.GCH
LA: VVE+ 86
Sire: Lost Valley KW Stetson *S
(Gay-Mor's RA Kingwood+*S x Hill Country's Like A Phenomenon 2*D)
Dam:
Algedi Farm S Honey Heart 5*D AR 1980
(Kaapio Acre's KK Sultan *S x CH Rosasharn's UMT Tupelo Honey 4*D)
I really like the length of body on Honey Bee, her levelness while on the move, depth of barrel, sharpness, and angularity. On our linear appraisal, she received the highest dairyness score in our herd, a quality that is really most apparent when you put your hands on her and feel her super dairy skin and great spacing between her ribs. Her first freshening udder is very soft with good foreudder attachment and MSL. I would like to see more capacity to her udder, which will hopefully come with future freshenings. She has that great dairy personality we like to see, wagging her tail every time she jumps up on the milk stand. |
 CRF Castle Rock Snowberry
DOB 6/13/6
LA: VVE+ 85
Sire: Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S
(MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S 'E' x MCH Gay-Mor's JJU Nonpareil 3*D 'E')
Dam: Castle Rock
SnowFlurryCeanothus 2*D AR 1980
(Cornerstone's GN Nahbi x ARMCH/CH/PGCH Esperanza WS Sara *D'VG')
Snow is another experiment in keeping sisters
out of the same litter (Sky and Cali being my original experiment).
Snow does excel her sister in body, having a bit more power in the front
end and more depth and width- she is definitely less prone to looking like
she hasn't eaten in days. Her first freshening produced a nicely
balanced udder, with good side attachment and medial, plumb teats and a
smooth foreudder. As her copper levels have been brought up, her rear udder has also improved in height. Due to an injury suffered as a doeling, her thurls are not quite even- something I haven't seen on a doe before. It is on the side that faces the judge most often though, so I am not sure if she will be making it into the show ring as it does take away from her general appearance. |
 CRF Castle Rock Denali
DOB 3/15/07 height 20 1/4"
LA: VVV+ 85
Sire: Buttin'Heads Sharp No.2 Pencil
(Sugar Creek's Sharp Shooter *S x Buttin'Heads Polished Apple)
Dam: Twin Creeks BW Cascade
(MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S 'E' x Far-n-Best Little Darlin' VG)
Denali is a very fast maturing doe who seems to be filling out very well. She has lots of dairy character, is long and level with a very wide rump, very nice angularity to the rear legs. She has much more udder capacity than I was expecting either from her lines or for a first freshener. My only disappointment with her is that her rear udder could be higher, and she is very wiggly in the show ring and when you pull out the camera- thank goodness for digital cameras, or I would have wasted rolls of film trying to get a decent picture of this doe. |
 Buttin'Heads Sharp No.2 Pencil
DOB 3/10/04
Sire: Sugar Creek's Sharp Shooter *S
(Twin Creeks
BW Storm Surge *S x Gay-Mor gNat's Pageantry 4*D AR1732)
Dam: CH Buttin'Heads Polished Apple
(Buttin'Heads Polska Kielbasea *S x CH - ARMCH Buttin'Heads Wedding Song 3*D)
Pencil is an
extremely dairy buck with veryflat bone. He has an especially good front
end assembly with good legs and exceptionally tight shoulders, a high
escutcheon, and nice angularity. His maternal half sister from this spring
will be the first Nigerian doeling featured at ADGA's Spotlight sale at
this year's National Show. I expect this boy to be a down-size buck, who
will add some elegance, lots of dairyness and good udder attachments to
his
daughters.
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 MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S 'E'
DOB 7/31/98
Sire: Twin Creeks Brave Heart +S
(Inavale All That Jazz x MCH/PGCH Raha Acres Twink's Pixie *D 'E')
Dam: MCH Piddlin Acres Tiny Bubbles *D 'E'
(Storybook Domino x Piddlin Acres Shamrock)
Baywatch has produced some outstanding kids, with seven MCH offspring to date. He is the father of Montego Bay +*S and Cascade, grandfather of California Poppy, and Sky Lupine, and can be found further back in the pedigrees of Sara, and Mochambo Irish.
Picture courtesy of Kellye Bussey, Twin Creeks Farm
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 MCH Goodwood Weisbaden +*S 'E'
DOB 12/21/97
Sire: Gay-Mor's RA Kingwood +*S
(Stonewall's Raising Arizona +S x ARMCH Goodwood Trillium *D 'E')
Dam: Goodwood Bejou Merry 4*D
(Goodwood Alamo Messenger x MCH Goodwood Tahoka 3*D)
Weisy is the father of Christabelle grandfather of Annabelle. He seems to consitantly bring general correctness and lenght of body to his kids and grandkids. His is a slow developing line, but very long and level once they hit their growth spurt. He also seems to pass on a mellow and friendly attitude to his offspring, which we certainly appreciate!
Picture courtesy of Kellye Bussey, Twin Creeks Farm
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