One*Oak*Hill Hesston Angel

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DAM:  One*Oak*Hill Tweed Abalone

SIRE:  Becca's Hesston

D.O.B. 03-10-2000

   We were so excited about the thought of adding Angel to our LaMancha herd.  Now that she's here, we're even more excited!  Angel is a very, very large girl.  She's very high-headed, has a lot of length and width, and stands on a very strong set of feet and legs, even at almost 9 years old.  Actually, she's held up quite well, and looks like a much younger doe. 

   We will be breeding Angel to Perry for spring kids, and then Angel will hit the show circuit - I think for the first time in her life!

Autumn-Acres Jolly Rancher

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DAM:  One*Oak*Hill Tweed Jostle

SIRE:  One*Oak*Hill Hesston Cycas

D.O.B. 03-02-2002

   Jolly is quite the character!  She's a big, bold doe who's general appearance is the first thing you notice.  Jolly is also incredibly playful, and just a goof, even at nearly 7 yrs. old.  Jolly is a very correct doe with excellent breed character and overall conformation.  She's everything you'd expect from this breeding, and is every bit as nice as her full sister, CH Autumn-Acres Jamica, who is simply awesome.  We admire the 'Hesston' animals for their stature, overall size and bone, and correctness.  Jolly is just another great addition to our herd, and we can't wait for her to hit the show ring!  I don't think she's ever been shown before, so watch out for this girl - she demands your attention!  Oh yea, and she's got ONE wattle!!!<g>

   Jolly has been bred to Perry for spring kids.  This breeding should be simply phenomenal and we expect kids with exceptional size and bone.

(Purebred Lamancha)

Dam:  CH Longvu X Dark Serenade

Sire:  Lucky*Star QM Paragon (Quixote Jo's Monet x Lucky*Star's F Krystal)

D.O.B. 2/22/04

   "Nia" is an absolutely gorgeous girl.  She's the epitome of style and grace, loaded with dairy character, and incredibly smoothly blended.  Nia's biggest - and most obvious fault is her legs; she does not stand on strong, straight legs and has weak pasterns.  Our vet feels that she has a problem with the hormone, relaxin, which has cause her legs to become really quite crooked (despite copper and Bo-Se bolusing).  She does NOT seem to throw this deficiency.  Her daughters are every bit as smoothly blended and feminine as she is, and two have been retained in our herd.  I really believe that Nia has a lot to offer as a brood doe, so we're definitely keeping her around.  Plus, she has one incredible will to milk!  Heck, I can't hardly ever dry this girl up! 

   Nia will be kept dry this year, and will, no doubt, milk through another year.

Little Orchard T Pure Heaven 10*M

(Purebred Lamancha)

Dam: Little Orchard Pure Jazz

Sire: Li'l Dutch MP Trooper

D.O.B. 3-21-05

2x 1st; Best Udder in class; 1x 2nd; 1x 4th

   Ahh, Heaven - perfectly named.  This is MY girl; she's always by my side, and simply a joy to be around.  Added to that is the fact that she's just stunning!  She's not flashy in color, but boy - this girl has some general appearance!  Heaven has a long bone pattern, is incredibly tall, and is very balanced overall.  Her mammary system is just stitched on, and she has a lovely, well-extended, smooth foreudder.  Her rear udder is quite high and wide, has great lateral attachment and a nice strong medial.  Although I'm biased, I think her mammary system is flawless. I absolutely love my Heaven!  We've long admired the Little Orchard animals, and Heaven is the perfect example of why!   I keep trying to get out to be shown, since she's just so perfect, and every year it seems that something comes up.  This year she contracted a minor case of mastitis which left her very uneven on one side.  So, home she stayed, along with me.

   Heaven has been bred to Perry for spring kids.  This is a linebreeding on those gorgeous Little Orchard girls, and we'd be surprised to get anything but perfection.

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!

Autumn-Acres Little Vixen

DAM:  GCH Willow Run Marek Venus

SIRE:  Autumn-Acres Black Zephyr

D.O.B. 04/30/2006

   Well, Vixen.  Although I love her dearly, she's completely neurotic, but in a good, funny way!  She just becomes overly bonded to some humans, and overreacts occasionally.  But, she's a real beauty.  She epitomizes general appearance as well as dairy character; she's long and deep, and stands on nicely angulated, strong legs with good feet.  Her downfall - she had a precocious udder as a dry yearling, and freshened with mastitis.  She's nearly crazy when it comes to infusing her udder with meds.  We have been able to evaluate her mammary system, though, and it's very nice.  She has a high, wide rear udder with excellent attachment, strong medial and division of the halves, perfectly placed plumb teats, and she excels over her dam in foreudder.  Vixen has a nicely extended foreudder that is smooth.  Despite her mastitis and resulting scar tissue, her overall udder texture is soft and smooth.  I'm really hoping that after dry treating her, she'll freshen evenly come spring.

   Vixen has been bred to Perry for spring kids.  Another cross that should produce large, high-headed offspring with great mammary systems!  THANK YOU, Tammy, for this beautiful, very entertaining doe!

Heatherwood Don't Tempt Me

DAM:  Autumn-Acres Z Temptation

SIRE: Autumn-Acres T Jrome

D.O.B. 2006

   "Temper", as I call her, is quite a bit like Loco, the doe listed below.  She's a long-boned, very streamlined, feminine doe, that is chamoisee in color.  She's just as sweet as can be, and could actually benefit from assertiveness training <g>.  Nonetheless, she too, stands on a strong set of feet and legs, and is medium in size.  We're looking forward to breeding her to Perry, and expect these kids to excel in general appearance and dairy character.  I haven't yet seen her mammary system, but with Jrupent as her paternal grandmother, we look forward to seeing her fresh!

Irish Whisper My Valentine

(Recorded Grade)

Dam: Honey Hill Kerry

Sire: 3-Wishes Kosh

D.O.B. 2/14/04

3x 1st; Best Udder in Class; 2x 2nd

I bought Valentine solely on the strength of her mother's mammary system.   Kerry, Valentine's dam, has an incredible udder, being very high and wide with excellent overall attachment.  Kerry has lived at my neighbor's house, and has been their family milker for years.  Once I saw her in milk, I knew that I just had to have a kid out of her.  Both of Valentine's parents are actually purebred LaManchas, but my neighbor never registered them, so Valentine will be registered as a Recorded Grade. Valentine is a big girl, having wonderful length and width.  She remains very feminine despite her power and strength.  And, she's just the most loving girl!

Valentine has been bred boer this year so that Maddie will have her market wether (provided she has at least one buck!).