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>

    We're having trouble getting Jolly bred, but we've got our fingers crossed that she'll settle to Tucker.

Left: Heaven, as a 4 yr. old.  Right: Heaven as a yearling.

Little Orchard T Pure Heaven 10*M

(Purebred Lamancha)

2010 LA: V+EV 88

Dam: Little Orchard Pure Jazz

Sire: Li'l Dutch MP Trooper

D.O.B. 3-21-05

Show Record: RGCH x 1

1st x 4, 2nd x 1, 4th x 1

Best Udder in Class x 4

   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!  Heaven has gone to a few shows this year, and has placed 1st every time, and going RGCH x 1.  She's finally growing into her large frame and her general appearance is out of this world.  He biggest problem is that she starts to absorb her milk if she's bagged for more than 14 hrs.  This has hurt her in the show ring - the judges said that she'd have gone grand if only she would hold her milk!  Quite a compliment given our competition.

Autumn-Acres Little Vixen

2010 LA: VVVV 87

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 in both foreudder extension and smoothness of blending (and I'm a foreudder lunatic!).  Despite her mastitis and resulting scar tissue, her overall udder texture is soft and smooth. 

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 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 stands on a strong set of feet and legs, and is medium in size.  She's freshened for a second time for us now, and her udder is very capacious with great attachment and soft texture.  Although her teats are properly placed and perfectly delineated, they curl a little bit (which I don't care for).  But, that's about all I don't like about her.  She's slower to mature but proving to be well worth the wait!  Temper will be taking the year off - a well deserved break.

Irish Whisper Devil Wears Prada

(Purebred LaMancha)

2010 LA: VVV+ 85

Dam:  Autumn-Acres BZ Dare Devil

Sire:  Irish Whisper No Pure Thoughts *B

D.O.B. 03/08/08

Prada is a very flashy, striking doe.  She's a chocolate and white pinto color, and is built quite a bit like her dam - long and elegant.  She's gained a bit more depth of body over her dam, but is also not quite as large-boned.  Still though, she's a looker! 

Heatherwood Angel Heart

DAM:  One*Oak*Hill Hesston Angel

SIRE:  Little Orchard SC Perry *B

D.O.B. 4/19/09

Irish Whisper Miss Vivienne

DAM: Autumn-Acres Little Vixen

SIRE: Little Orchard SC Perry

Show Record: 1st x 1

D.O.B. 1/31/09

Heatherwood Cry Me A River

Dam: One*Oak*Hill Hesston Angel

Sire: Autumn-Acres Hanky Panky Up

D.O.B. / /2010

River has freshened quite nicely - and it's clear what Hanky Panky is doing - he's putting those high, wide rear udders on his daughters - or at least this one.  The picture above is taken at just a few days fresh, but it's better than nothing.  I'll be working on a body shot too!

On May 2, 2011, I came home to find River laying by the side of the road, all broken up.  She had been hit by a car/truck, and was just laying there.  She suffered a severe break to her rear leg, broken ribs, and a head injury.  My dear friend, Kim, offered to care for her at her place where she has a much smaller herd.  River underwent months - literally months - of intensive care treatment and physical therapy.  Her leg is now fully healed, although a little ugly.  And, her head injury seems to have healed itself as well (but really - how do you tell??<gg>).   River still is, and will remain, an extremely valuable brood doe - especially now that we longer have her beautiful dam.

Heatherwood Tickle My Temper

Dam: Heatherwood Don't Tempt Me

Sire: Irish Whisper LOP Barbaro

D.O.B. / /2010

Tickle has freshened beautifully, and is quite the producer!  At a little over a week fresh, she's milking 8+ lbs./day.   Right now her biggest problem is that she's milking off any weight she gains.  So, Tickle was *finally* (and it wasn't easy) dried up this past October, and she's already putting on weight and growing nicely.  I just can't wait to see her as a second freshener!  I just adore this girl.

Irish Whisper My Paloma

(Recorded Grade)

2010 LA: VVVV 86

Dam:  Irish Whisper My Valentine

Sire:  Irish Whisper No Pure Thoughts *B

D.O.B. March, 2008

Show Record: GCH x 1 (leg received - Jr.); RGCH x 2; 1st x 6

Paloma is another very typical kid sired by No Pure Thoughts.  She's solid cream, long and smooth, with an outstanding escutcheon.  Her drawback is that her pasterns are on the longish side.  They seem strong, and we bolus all our goats with Bo-Se regularly.  She too, is just a sweetheart.  She's probably got the most bone out of all No Pure Thoughts kids, and she is being retained.  Paloma freshened light on one side of her udder, but even so, it's just a beautiful udder.  As a first freshening doe, she never placed lower than 1st in limited showing.  She followed up with a beautiful second-freshening udder, and again has never placed lower than 1st!

Irish Whisper Circe Du Soleil

50% Lamancha 50% Nigerian Dwarf

Dam: 3-Wishes Daisy

Sire: Goodwood Monarch

D.O.B. 2/14/2001

MDGA Reg. #XL01027

Show Record: RGCH x 1, 1st x 1

Although Soleil isn't a purebred LaMancha, I consider her to be an exceptionally valuable member of the herd.  She's just a beauty to see, being very correct and exceptionally stylish.  She excels in dairy character as well, and has a nicely attached udder.  Soleil always has beautiful kids that sell quickly, and she milks nearly a gallon a day for an extended lactation.  She more than earns her keep!!  Oh, and she's a complete sweetheart - and smart too!!  Yes, I'm biased...<g>