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November 2011 - The Fall V-Show went off well. Most of our goats were not at their best and I didn't have help for getting pictures, but even so we ended up with Ivory taking Reserve in both rings and Freedom taking Reserve in one ring. Freddy had his pictures taken a bit earlier in the year and he took GCH finishing his championship.
July 18th 2011 - Green Gables did very well in in MDGA's Summer 2011 Virtual Show! Lots of first place & Grand Champion, Best Udder and Reserve wins. We even had a few Best in Show animals.
Sapphire took GCH, BUB, BEST DOE IN SHOW and BEST UDDER of SHOW in ring 2 with Jasmine taking RsCH. Sapphire also took GCH and BEST UDDER of BREED in ring 1 with Ivory taking RsCH. Sapphire's wins this year completed her Virtual Championship! She is now the 2nd doe to ever earn the *V title (her dam being the first)
Amber took Jr. GCH in ring 1. In ring 2, Luna took GCH with Adelita taking RsCH.
The bucks also did well with Freddy earning his 2nd V-CH leg by taking GCH in ring 2. He went on to take BEST BUCK in SHOW in that ring. In ring 2, Freddy was RsCH. Complete V-show results with reasons for placings can be seen here.
January 2011 - Milk test results are in! Sadly, 2010 was NOT a good year for us in the milk department. We had issues with pasture and hay, mastitis in several does (we have not had to deal with mastitis for over TEN years!) and had some struggles with parasites. All this contributed to significantly reduced milk production. But at least you can get a fairly decent idea of protein and butterfat even if the volume was way down. Hopefully 2011 will work out much better!
|
Doe |
Age at Freshening (yr-mo) |
Days in Test |
Total Milk in test |
Ave BF% |
Total Butterfat in test |
Ave Protein% |
Total Protein in test |
| Molly | 5-00 | 209 | 1010.7 | 5.51% | 47.76 | 4.17% | 34.58 |
| Emma | 2-11 | 291 | 990.3 | 4.97% | 40.92 | 3.85% | 31.41 |
| Daisy | 3-10 | 270 | 866.1 | 5.85% | 45.37 | 4.63% | 33.79 |
| Ivory | 4-11 | 266 | 784.3 | 5.69% | 41.91 | 4.17% | 29.75 |
| Lucy | 3-00 | 263 | 987.9 | 4.92% | 46.82 | 3.67% | 29.74 |
| Misty | 6-11 | 262 | 768.0 | 6.28% | 45.36 | 4.48% | 30.67 |
| Rosebud | 6-00 | 265 | 773.9 | 3.63% | 30.80 | 3.12% | 24.31 |
| Sapphire | 2-00 | 290 | 724.3 | 6.12% | 36.64 | 3.77% | 25.19 |
| Zephyr | 4-01 | 263 | 622.3 | 5.31% | 29.94 | 4.47% | 23.96 |
| Grace | 3-00 | 258 | 602.7 | 6.80% | 37.71 | 4.41% | 24.22 |
| Nutmeg | 3-00 | 290 | 609.8 | 5.73% | 31.86 | 3.59% | 20.17 |
| Trillium | 2-00 | 260 | 508.3 | 4.39% | 26.33 | 3.33% | 21.92 |
| Summer | 1-11 | 207 | 445.9 | 5.51% | 23.09 | 3.92% | 16.86 |
| Arthur | 8-05 | 83 | 175.5 | 4.69% | 8.23 | 3.07% | 5.39 |
January 21st 2011 - PUPPIES! Dixie and Caesar had their first litter - 4 girls and 4 boys. View pictures and prices by clicking on the pictures below.
October 16th 2010 - Green Gables did very well in in MDGA's Fall 2010 Virtual Show! Lots more first place and GCH wins...
Hope started her show career living up to her name. She took GCH MiniNubian Jr. doe and also went on to earn Best Junior Doe in Show in ring one!
Jasmine did equally well in Ring 2 taking GCH MiniNubian Jr. doe and Best Junior Doe in Show in that ring.
Molly finished her virtual championship by taking GCH and BUB in ring 1. She is the first doe to earn the *V title. GO MOLLY!
Emma followed closely behind Molly as usual taking RsCH in ring 2. She also took Best Udder of Breed in Ring 1. Complete V-show results can be seen here
July 20th 2010 - Green Gables did very well in in MDGA's Summer 2010 Virtual Show! Lots of first place and GCH wins...
Emma took GCH, BEST DOE IN SHOW and BUB in ring 1 with Molly taking RsCH, while Molly took BEST DOE IN SHOW, BEST UDDER IN SHOW, GCH, and BUB in ring 2 with Emma taking RsCH.
Allie took Jr. GCH in ring 1 with Jasmine taking Rsch. In ring 2, Polly took RsCH.
The bucks also did well with MoonBeam earning his first V-CH leg by taking GCH in ring 1. In ring 2, both GCH and RsCH bucks were originally from our herd - congratulations to Susan Dove who owns these beautiful bucks! Complete V-show results can be seen here.
May 30th 2010 - We have added another buck to the farm! Many thanks to Sally of Beloved Farms for letting us bring this beautiful moonspotted buckskin buck home.
December 2009 - Our first year of Milk Testing is over. Wow, what a learning experience! We are very happy with the results! Most of our milkers earned their milk stars this year. Some of the younger does will have to wait for next year. Results of the testing are posted below (bold indicates where milk star was awarded):
|
Doe |
Age at Freshening (yr-mo) |
Days in Test |
Total Milk in test |
Total Butterfat in test |
Ave BF% |
Total Protein in test |
Ave Protein% |
| Molly | 3-11 | 253 | 1179.8 | 61.70 | 5.08% | 41.46 | 5.57% |
| Arthur | 7-06 | 253 | 1184.0 | 61.39 | 5.29% | 38.93 | 3.03% |
| Rosebud | 5-00 | 253 | 1141.8 | 50.43 | 5.08% | 28.59 | 3.45% |
| Misty | 5-11 | 256 | 986.3 | 69.05 | 6.63% | 41.13 | 4.14% |
| Ivory | 3-11 | 256 | 970.8 | 51.62 | 5.27% | 35.7 | 3.62% |
| Daisy | 2-10 | 256 | 889.5 | 54.25 | 5.57% | 34.85 | 3.72% |
| Emma | 1-11 | 254 | 849.3 | 48.90 | 4.71% | 30.37 | 3.24% |
| Below does did not quite earn their stars in 2010 | |||||||
| Zephyr | 3-01 | 234 | 740.7 | 45.20 | 5.41% | 32.19 | 3.66% |
| Nutmeg | 2-00 | 255 | 663.4 | 39.18 | 5.77% | 20.74 | 3.32% |
| Grace | 1-11 | 257 | 486.0 | 32.26 | 6.30% | 19.68 | 2.87% |
| Lucy | 2-01 | 248 | 790.7 | 40.88 | 5.23% | 28.34 | 3.51% |
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This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.
September 10th 2011 - Breeding Schedule for 2012 kids posted.
August 2nd 2010 - Added a page for our 'Guardian Angels' of the herd... Our Livestock Guardian Dogs!
July 1st 2009 - launched our new website! We will be adding more information and updating pages as we get time. Keep checking back for more!
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