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I purchased Sierra and Constance from Donna as a pair. I was under the impression when I bought them that they were both of Donna's breeding. Not until after Sierra tested CAE+ I was told by Donna that one of the Ober does was not of her breeding. She has never described to me which goat was not of her breeding (they have very different structure and coloring so they are easy to tell apart).
I purchased Sierra and Constance from Donna as a pair. I was under the impression when I bought them that they were both of Donna's breeding. Not until after Sierra tested CAE+ I was told by Donna that one of the Ober does was not of her breeding. She has never described to me which goat was not of her breeding (they have very different structure and coloring so they are easy to tell apart).
I purchased this doe from Donna, she told me from the get-go that this doe was not of her breeding. This doe initially tested "suspicious" and then the retest (which took about twice as long as a normal test) came back positive.
Honey is very colorful but she is a bit of a sassy Doe, and her first daughter (who is now owned by a woman in Covington, WA) also has both the colorful and sassy traits. In 2005 I am going to breed her to a Saannen to see if that produces a bit more mellow baby.
I had the pleasure of being there when this girl as she came out. Her mom wasn't producing enough milk when she was first born, so she actually got calf colostrom and formula for the first week, and she was doing so well that I just kept her on it. She is a VERY sweet girl!
Shadow got her name because she follows me everywhere. She is my little sweetheart, and gets to come inthe house now and then for a visit.
Mountain is a rescue. She was a "neighborhood stray" near a friend's house. She got bred by another neighbor and my friend took her in for the winter. In the spring she had tripplet boys, 1 of which was stillborn. The other 2 are thriving. She is a really nice goat, but has a baaaad habbit of escaping and eating the neighbors expensive decorative plants, which was not making a "good neighborly" situation. My ranch was pretty much her last chance. Fortunately, I have plenty of room and darn good fencing, so she doesn't get the opportunity to wander.
Mountain will be bred this year to my Alpine buck in hopes of getting some BIG, colorful wethers!
Mr. Bond is a cute little people lover. But he has an independant side. I take him hiking on our pack trips right now. He can come until he starts to smell bad. He happily follows along, but when we stop for breaks, he can get distracted, I have to make sure he knows we are leaving or he won't notice. Once he knows we are leaving, he comes running to catch up.
Rocky was abandoned by his mom at a local Sannen dairy farm. The breeder didn't want to raise him, so she gave him to me. He is a very people oriented guy. I have decided to use him for at least one year breeding, if the babies are awesome I will keep him, otherwise I will wether him and use/sell him for a pack goat.