Dam:  Twin Creek's BH Homemade Vanilla

Sire: MCH Green Gate King Midas

D.O.B. 6/06/00

After a brief departure from our farm, Jupiter has returned home, and we're happy to have him.  Jupiter has matured into a beautiful buck, being very long bodied with great width.  He exudes dairy character as well as power.  Although he's not a flashy buck, he's sure a valuable asset to our herd.  Since being on milk test, we've come to realize that in addition to his great general appearance, he consistently throws daughters with outstanding milk qualities.  His first daughter, Peek-a-boo, made the 2003 Top Ten list for both Butterfat (#4), and Protein (#6).  Unfortunately, she missed the overall milk quantity by just 8 lbs.!  We also love his daughter, Rosie (Peek-a-boo's granddaughter).  She's just a milking machine, and has easily the strongest topline in the herd.

Sadly, we lost Jupiter this past spring ('08).  He never, ever cared for the winters, and it all finally caught up with him.  He will be missed.

Dam: Cactus Ridge Moonbeam

Sire: Morningstar Farm LK Sundown

D.O.B. 5-20-03

Dusty, as my daughter calls him, is really developing into a nice little buckling.  I had originally planned on selling him, but once he began turning out so nice, I just had to change my mind.  That, combined with the tremendous mammaries in his pedigree ought to make him a great asset to any herd.  This guy is unbelievably sweet - really.  He'll stop eating grain just to come and get hugs & kisses! 

On December 11, 2006, I made the heart-wrenching decision to put my boy down.  Ten days prior, he apparently contracted Listeriosis.  Although it was caught immediately and treated (he was treated for several things), it left Dusty with a severe seizure disorder and right-sided paralysis.  Surprisingly, he never lost his mental status, and quickly became very dependant on me.  I spent nearly every waking moment (and some sleeping moments!) with him, turning him, feeding him through a syringe, changing his blankets, etc., but in the end, it was just no life for a boy that had been so full of it prior to this.  I sobbed and sobbed, and know in my heart that there will never, ever be a boy equal to my Dusty.

Irish Whisper RA Raisin' Cain AI

Dam: Morningstar EM's Morning Dove

Sire: Stonewall's Raising Arizona

D.O.B. 3-21-05

YEA!!!  Finally - some Arizona kids!  And, boy, Cain is really something to write home about!  Cain is a big boy, and is structurally very correct.  That said, his front end assembly is near perfect!  His feet and legs are ideal, and he has super-tight toes.  We're using Cain fairly heavily this fall to see if he's going to live up to what his genetics dictate!

Cain's daughters have turned out to be all that we thought, if not a little nicer!  So far, he dramatically improves rear udder height and attachment, lateral attachment and teat size/placement.  He seems to leave foreudders alone.  He also puts awesome general appearance on at least 90% of all his kids (if not more).  Yes, the mammary systems are very nice, but it's the general appearance that's so outstanding.  Below is a picture of one of his daughters, out of a dam whose mammary system was somewhat sub-par.  What an improvement!  I'd take a whole herd full of those udders!

We've decided to keep Cain's son by ARMCH/GCH Sugar Creek Nate's Patience, "Willie".  Willie's first daughters are here, and again, they're exactly as expected.  Willie does improve foreudders and overall teat size, although the general appearance is not quite as outstanding - still above average, though, that's for sure! 

Morningstar EM's Morning Dove (Dam)

Irish Whisper Society Paige, dtr. (left); CH Sugar Creek C Widget, dtr. (right)

Irish Whisper Halloween's Jason

Dam:  Sunn Vista Molasses

Sire:  Irish Whisper Indiana Jones

D.O.B. 10-31-07

ADGA: D1465221

Jason, and his Halloween littermate Freddie, were just troublemakers right from the very start!  Both have moved on, but they were both very similar in style.  Both boys were very, very long bodied and had lovely angulation.  Of course, mammary potential is outstanding given Lassie's udder, as well as the other mammary systems in their pedigree.  Both of these boys excelled at escaping too! <g>

Irish Whisper Rosie Russian

Dam: Irish Whisper RingAround Rosie

Sire: Irish Whisper RB Black Jack

D.O.B. 05-09-08

Russian is one of triplet bucks out of Rosie.  Being a solid black boy, he's very striking and quite correct.  Given the mammary systems of both his dam and paternal granddam, we feel that he will only be able to contribute positively.

Irish Valley Cycas Jerusalem

Dam: GCH Willow Run Wild Jamaica 8*M

ds: +*S Winterwood's Z Wild Party

dd: Meyer's SRVN Jetamio

Sire: One Oak Hill Hesston Cycas (sire to 2006 National GCH Recorded Grade Sr. Doe!)

ss: *B Becca's Hesston

 sd: One Oak Hill Carillon

D.O.B. 4/14/02

GCH x 1 (Shown once!)

Salem is all that I could ask for in a buck; he's got wonderful general appearance, is extremely long-bodied, has dairy character to spare, and is out of one of the nicest LaMancha's that I've seen.  His dam, Jamaica, is absolutely stunning and I'm so very happy to have her boy here.   At his first show, Salem went GCH! We've got confidence that Salem will finish his championship without any problem.  Thanks to the Gosnells of Irish Valley Farm. 

Salem is, without question, one of my favorite goats!  If I didn't know he was a goat, I'd swear that he was a dog - he follows me everywhere, goes on long walks with me, and whenever he see me coming, he wags his tail like a maniac!  Yep, this boy is all personality inside a gorgeous body!!

Shammy's TU Drakkar

Dam: GCH Rockspring V Dutch Delacroix EX90 VEEE

Irish Whisper No Pure Thoughts *B (aka "Tard")

Dam:  Little Orchard T Pure Heaven

Sire:   Shammy's TU Drakkar

D.O.B.  04/15/2007

This solid white buck has been pretty stylish right from the beginning.  I absolutely LOVE his dam, and I'm really hoping that he will throw the style he exhibits as well as the mammary system of his lovely dam, Heaven.  Tard has had a couple rough patches, but now seems to be on the right path.  He's quite a big boy, and like his sire has length and depth to spare.  We're really hoping that he matures enough to use this fall. 

Autumn Acres BZ Dare Devil

(purebred lamancha)

Dam:  Kastdemur's Dew U Dare

Sire: Autumn Acres Black Zephyr

D.O.B. 3/17/06

JGCH x 1 (restricted leg pending), 1xst (shown one time)

   Holy Smokes!!!  This little doe from the Autumn Acres herd is really stunning.  She's incredibly loooonnngggg AND smoothly blended, AND is loaded with general appearance, AND has everything going for her!!  In addition to Dev's extreme length, she stands on nice strong feet and legs.  Dev's mammary system is lovely, being very, very well attached, beautifully shaped, and has a nicely extended, smooth foreudder.  Her teats are a placed a little bit on the outside, but nothing that I can't tolerate, given all the other great qualities she has.  As a second freshener, Dev's capacity nearly doubled, with a high milk-test weight of 10.2 lbs.  Maddie picked this doe out, and boy did she make a good choice.  Our thanks goes out to Tammy from Autumn Acres!!

   Dev has been bred to Perry for spring kids.  We're expecting these kids to be freight-train long, though they will also be somewhat slower to mature - worth the wait, we think!

SOLD

Piddlin' Acres Tarzana

Dam: MCH Piddlin' Acres Doe C Doe 'E'

Sire: Piddlin Acres Suzuki Samuri

D.O.B.: 12/20/00 - 7/5/07

1st x 2, 3rd x 1

 Little Tarzana - My namesake-after I tumbled out of the hayloft, <g>, is quite a little doe. Unfortunately, she’s not fond of picture-taking, and made it very difficult to get any good shots. Nonetheless, her personality demands your attention and affection. We have high hopes for Tarzana, as her dam is so very outstanding, as well as her sire. Additionally, her paternal granddam, Far ‘N Best Suzuki is exceptional in her own right. Tarzana is very wide, both front and rear, and tracks ideally. If she had been standing ‘normally’, you’d also be able to see her wonderful length, and more of her dairy character. But, as usual, Tarzana has plans of her own...<g> Many of Samuri’s daughters have kidded now, and he has consistently produced lovely mammary systems, with Tarzana being no exception.  Her udder is the prettiest in my herd - beautifully shaped, great medial, nice teat size and placement, very good attachment everywhere, although I'd like to see a smoother foreudder.  She has plenty of capacity, and Harvey Considine placed her 1st out of 17 goats at her first show as a milker - at nearly 5 months fresh! 

Sadly, we lost our beloved Tarzana on July 5, 2007.  She died 5 days after suffering a stroke.  She remained loving and loyal to the end - still wagging her tail every time she saw us.  She and Fancy were members of our family, and she will be mourned....

Gay-Mor's RA Wood Nymph

Dam: Gay-Mor's Fleet Kricket 3*D

Sire: Stonewall's Raising Arizona

D.O.B.: 2/21/00 - 6/9/06

1st x 1, 3rd x 3, Best Udder x 1

   "Fancy" is one of the first does we purchased from Gay-Mor, based solely on the strength of mammary systems in her background. Boy, were we surprised when we saw what a gorgeous girl she is! Unfortunately, as a junior, she acted like a devil spawn in the show ring, and was barely containable. Fancy's personality is just hysterical - I call her my little 'blonde' - she's just a bit dingy, but just as sweet as the day is long.

She really is a nice doe from great milking lines. Her strengths are her general appearance, width, great legs and feet and the sweetest personality ever. Her escutcheon is really high and wide with the perfect arched shape, with an absolutely perfect udder to fill it in. I LOVE THIS UDDER!  Buttery texture, great orifices, attached high and wide with great lateral attachments, and a nice foreudder.  If I had to find any fault, I’d say that her rump is a bit steep, however, it is long and flat.

It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I have to report that Fancy passed on June 9, 2006 (forever a sad day).  As one of my foundation goats - I loved her as I would a member of my family; to me, she was one of the family.  She asked for little, and in return gave unconditional love and unending entertainment (she gave new meaning to the word 'character'). 

Passed over The Rainbow Bridge on June 9, 2006....

Irish Whisper NK Working Girl

Dam: Velvet Acres Centerfold (Inavale Cherokee Maiden x Flat Rocks Flash)

Sire: Gay-Mor's Lucky Northrup King (Twin Creek's Luck of the Draw x Gay-Mor's Krysanthemum)

D.O.B. 5-4-03

Show Record: GCH Sr. x 1 (ADGA leg)

"Wee Gee" has got to be the sweetest dam-raised kid I've ever seen!  She was so incredibly shy at first, and has now blossomed into a very, very sweet little thing.  Aside from her adorable personality, she's an extremely correct doe, and pretty true to the style of kid that King is throwing.    WeeGee has a beautifully attached udder with super soft skin and nicely placed teats.  Her downfall is that she doesn't have a whole lot of capacity.  She kidded this year with a single doe, and that may be part of the problem. 

At Wee Gee's first show (ever), she garnered GCH Sr. doe - and with hardly milk!  She was very, very stressed, and literally didn't eat or drink a thing the whole time we were at the show.  But, luckily the judge could see beyond her lack of milk, and saw what beautiful mammary attachments she has, as well as beautiful conformation.  Udder picture is of Wee Gee's littermate sister, "Bunny".

SOLD

Irish Whisper Calendar Girl

Dam: Irish Whisper Workin' Girl

Sire: Velvet Acres Flash JackDaniels

D.O.B. 3- -06

Callie is structurally very correct, and has quite a bit of depth of body.   We feel that she has tremendous potential in the mammary department, given who her parents are.  Their dam, Workin' Girl, has an incredible mammary system that is just loaded with attachment, and their sire, J.D., has been throwing beautiful udders.  

Callie's first freshening udder was super tiny but looked to be well attached.  We're going to give Callie another year to see what she can do.   Update:  Callie freshened with a single kid, and has gain some capacity.  She still needs more capacity to be competitive, so hopefully she'll kid with more than just one baby next time!

SOLD

Flat Rocks Meshach *D

Dam: Willow Creek Holy Smoke

Sire: MCH Flat Rocks Flash 'E'

D.O.B. 10/7/1995 - 12/8/2008

 This picture doesn't begin to show what a lovely doe Meshach is, nor how horribly unhappy she was at being photographed!  Nonetheless, she cooperated *somewhat* <g>, although her attributes aren't shown well.  This doe is deep and wide, and has a near perfect mammary system.  I'd have to say that Meshach probably has the highest rear udder in my herd.  Her udder has incredible lateral attachment, perfectly placed plumb teats, and tons of capacity.  Her udder's only weakness is the foreudder - she has a shelf and could use more extension.  Oh well - she's still a huge asset to the herd!  I did make an attempt at showing Meshach, which I'll never do again.  She was stressed out more than I've ever seen, bloated up and basically flipped out.  

At 13 yrs. old, Meshach is still going strong.  This crazy old goat has become one of my all time favorites.   It appears that this old gal's reproducing days are long past, but she's more than welcome to live out a life of leisurely retirement right here - she's earned it.

Retired; Meshach died in her sleep the morning of Dec. 8, 2008 - a long life, well-lived.

Sugar Creek Red Sky At Night 4*D

Dam: ARMCH Jobi Lovely 3*D

Sire: Piddlin Acres Red Hot Number

D.O.B. 3-17-02

(not yet shown)

     "Opie" as she's called around here, is quite the little doe.  She hasn't quite yet figured out that she's a goat, and is really very perturbed about having to live with other goats (she resided in the house with me for awhile).  Although she's quite small, she's got to be the most vicious goat on the farm!! (of course, it's only aimed at other goats - no matter their size).  Opie is just the most beautiful color of red, and has depth and width to spare.  She's recently undergone a growth spurt, and is now showing some improvement in length of body.  Opie's udder is a lovely shape, very soft, has a great medial and nice teat placement.

Retired

Piddlin' Acres RA Alkaseltzer *D

Dam: MCH Twin Creek's MB Effervescence, 1st x 2

Sire: Piddlin Acres Red Adair

D.O.B.: 4-17-00

Little ‘Alkie’ had quite a wait to finally arrive here in Michigan, but she’s well worth the wait.   She consistently produces some of  the nicest kids of the season - really spectacular!  Plus, her udder is amazing - really snug, tons of overall attachment, nice teat size (although they point out somewhat) and beautifully shaped.  She's just as sweet as can be, though a bit orally fixated <g>.  She's so wide that, as Val puts it "she could carry a bowling ball between her legs!" - and she always passes this on to her kids.  This little girl has quite the personality - she's absolutely hilarious!   She's just total entertainment to watch - a performer from the word go.  Alkie is my daughter's showmanship partner, and it's just amazing to see her go to work in the show ring!  She actually makes herself look good! <g>  Although I'd consider Alkie a brood doe, I can always count on her to provide us with consistently nice babies, like Godiva.

Sadly, we lost Alkie during a C-section.  She is very much missed.

Irish Whisper Indy's Anna

Dam:  Sunn Vista Molasses

Sire:   Velvet Acres Itty Bitty Indy

D.O.B. 3/1/07

2nd x 1 (shown once)

I was so happy when Lassie kidded - she hadn't settled for a couple years after a rough kidding.  Luckily, Lassie presented us with two beautiful kids - Anna and her brother, Indiana Jones (who we're retaining as a herdsire).  Anna is a beautiful white buckskin, and given her genetics, her udder should be out of this world!  We're sure keeping our fingers crossed on this one!

We really need to get an updated picture of Annie - she's long and very dairy, and has freshened with a lovely udder.  She's definitely going to be on our show string!

Annie has been sold to a young lady wanting to start show her ND's - We think Annie will do very well for her, and we wish Michaela all the best!

SOLD

Tootsie, as an adult; Tootsie as a baby...

Dam: Sugar Creek Red Sky at Night

Sire: Caesar's Villa STS Gun Slinger

D.O.B. 4-28-05

Well, Tootsie.  She's just a bit spoiled, and certainly much larger than her kid photo above.  Tootsie is a very big improvement over her dam in many areas - overall udder attachment and especially in the front end assembly.  But, like her dam, she is quite the easy-keeper.  Her udder is tightly attached with beautiful texture and nice, plumb teats.  I'd like to see her teats a bit larger, but I'm spoiled by the large teats of the other does.  She's still quite easy to milk, and can't forget what a character she is!  We're retaining her little doe, "Circus Freak" who is linebred on Gun Slinger.

SOLD

Irish Whisper Fancy Ginger

Dam: Gay-Mor's RA Wood Nymph ("Fancy", now living across the Rainbow Bridge)

Sire: Velvet Acres Flash JackDaniels

D.O.B. 5/9/06

What stands out most about Ginger are her big, beautiful eyes, so reminiscent of her mother's expressive eyes.  But, she's also got her mom's wonderful personality and calm, entertaining disposition.  Ginger is now even more special to us since the untimely, tragic loss of her dam.  Although we've got very high hopes for Ginger, she will always remain with us no matter how she turns out.  Ginger's 2nd freshening udder remains very tightly attached, but with not as much capacity as we had hoped.  Her udder is somewhat deceiving, however, since she milks completely down.  We're hoping that more maturity will bring added capacity - the only thing needed to make her perfect!

SOLD

Dam: Sugar Creek Sandflea

Sire: 4 Fun Gay-Mor Pot-O-Gold

D.O.B. 3-  -05

I bought Leda based solely on the consistency of her sire, "Indy".  So far, Indy has produced some exceptional kids, and those that have freshened have had superb mammary systems.  Added to that are the wonderful qualities that her dam exhibits, so we figured we couldn't go wrong.  We're so happy to have our "Li'l Loleda"!

Leda has freshened with another glued-on udder.  No matter what I did, Leda just wouldn't stand still for her udder shot (which was taken at 2 days fresh).  She also has beautifully shaped, plumb teats that are easy to milk. I'll keep trying for a better shot, but her attachment is very apparent.  Leda remains a very easy keeper, and here that means 'fat'... <g>, but we still think she has a lot to offer.

SOLD

Irish Whisper SW Circus Freak

Dam:  Irish Whisper GS Tootsie Pop

Sire:  Irish Whisper Shotgun Wedding

D.O.B. 3/16/08

Well, I didn't name her!  But, she's one mischievous little doe - and amazingly brave!  She's *always* the one who leads the others into trouble!  Like her dam - and granddam - she remains very much a sweetheart, so her troublemaking is easily forgiven.  She also is looking like she'll be an easy keeper as well.  It's so interesting to watch this line develop - each generation seems to gain general appearance and structural correctness, but they all retain those incredibly sweet dispositions.  The "Opie" line is really turning out to be quite productive.  Circus Freak will be bred to kid late spring/early summer.  Sadly, it looks like Circus aborted during the time that she had disappeared.  Her udder is nearly dried up.

**Circus Freak, along with White Bread, disappeared from the farm on October 18, 2008 - into thin air without a trace.  We are keeping up all hope that they both show up.

Update:  They've been found!!  They were posted on Craigslist for sale - and all the while just about 3 miles from home...

Circus has had a very hard time adjusting to the large herd.  I feel so bad for her.  Because I feel she would do best in a smaller herd, I've decided to put her up for sale.

SOLD

(picture taken with about 3 hrs. of milk and very unwilling)

Irish Whisper Spiked Vogue

Dam:  Irish Whisper W Glamour Girl

Sire:  Heatherwood C Spiked Sangria

D.O.B. 05/11/08

Show Record:  GCH Jr. x 1 (shown once)

From the moment Vogue was born, we knew she was a keeper.  If I had to sum her up in one word, it would be 'elegant'.  She's just so correct and feminine without sacrificing depth or width.  At her first - and only show, - and as the youngest doe there - she walked away with Grand Champion award!  "Vogue-E-Oh-Doe", as we call her, looks like a perfect little Oberhasli.  If she freshens anything like her dam, she'll finish in no time at all!  This is one doe to watch!

SOLD