Dam: Tupence Oreo

Sire: Valley View Redstart Tumblewood

D.O.B. 9-15-99

RGCH x 1, BUIS x 1

We were so tickled pink to be able to acquire this girl!  I just can't wait to get her into the show ring - she's long and level, plenty of width and yet is very feminine and loaded with dairy character.  Her udder is just as snug as they come, beautifully shaped and soft, and has clearly one of the best - if not the best - udder in my herd (not that you can tell by the horrible, hairy picture above!).   After a nasty kidding a couple years ago, Lassie has proven to be difficult to settle. 

Well, we had plans on retiring Lassie, but her will to kid again brought her back into the game.  Since she wouldn't leave the buck barn (just longingly staring at the boys <g>), we decided to go ahead and breed her.  YO was her chosen date, for which she seemed quite grateful.  She kidded with a single chocolate cou clair buckling that is currently being used in Southern Michigan.  Even at 11 yrs. old, Lassie's mammary system is just as snug as it was when she was much younger.

Dam:  Rocky Pines Stormy Night

Sire:  Irish Whisper Goin' Bananas

D.O.B. 11/2002

Words can't describe how happy we are to have Summer here!  Once upon a time, I owned her dam, Stormy, and bred her to Bananas, and off to Maine she went.  Over the years, I've admired this doe for her dairy character, strength in feet and legs, and oh-that-udder!  Since Summer is now an aged doe, very few kids, if any, will be available.  I just can't wait to get her into the showring!  And yes, even at 9 yrs. old, her udder is still glued on and productive.

Dam: MK Elpaal VAS

Sire: Piddlin Acres Suzuki's Sidekick

D.O.B. 2-11-05

Shadow is just that - a shadow of her dam, Polly.  Shadow is a very elegant little girl, and would do well in the show ring if her attitude would improve a little ~.  Shadow kidded with quads - 2 bucks, 2 does, all gorgeous.  Her udder is tightly attached with great texture and nice big, easily-milked teats.  She's really milking well, milking nearly 4 lbs/day - she's a keeper!

As a yearling, Shadow miraculously survived a horrible bout of Entero.  Her body temperature was too cold to even register on the thermometer.  This poor little girl was the sickest I've ever seen in a goat, and still survived the ordeal.  However, that is not to say that there isn't residual damage.  Clostridium will emit neurotoxins, and although she's healthy and happy now, she still has some trouble with coordinating her front legs.  It's probably too noticeable for the show ring, but since she's such a beautiful doe, she can just stay home and be an outstanding brood doe.

Irish Whisper Shadow's Echo

Dam: Irish Whisper Shadow of Doubt

Sire: Irish Whisper RA Rainsin' Cain AI

D.O.B. 04/2007

Show Record: RGCH x 1

          1st x 2

           2nd x 1

Echo is a doe that we got back a couple years ago, and needless to say, we're very happy we did.  She has lovely general appearance and a nice mammary system to match.  Added to that, she's milking well - about 4 lbs/day.  We're going to add Echo to the show string and see how well she does - watch for this one!

Well, we made it to one 3-ring show where Echo did great!  After her first show (for which she was peeling miserably from being sunburned), we got a tip on how to clean that up, and the next day she won both her classes and went Reserve!  We're just very proud of this girl.

Dam: Irish Whisper JM Peekaboo *D

Sire: Irish Whisper JS Sweet Success

D.O.B. 11-21-03

Well, Patticake has some issues....  She was a single kid born to Peek-a-boo and was still somehow so twisted up that neither goat barely survived the kidding.  Patticake incurred a broken rear leg during the whole ordeal, and although it was immediately splinted by the vet - and is now fully healed - she refuses to use it while walking.  She'll use it to scratch her ears and to occasionally balance herself, but that's it.  She's got some psychological issues concerning the whole leg.  Plus, she lived in the house with me over the winter so she's now got some serious issues being a goat.  Poor little thing.... :o(   But, I just love this little doe - if it wasn't for that rear leg, she'd be one of my top show prospects.  She's got tremendous length and depth of body, and just oozes dairy character.  Plus, her mom made Top Ten as a yearling doe, so the genetics are awesome as well.

I should mention that in the udder picture, Patticake was NOT bagged.  That particular day was the day after one of her kids was sold, so she was only nursing one.   Still, and although I'm biased, I think her udder is just beautiful!  Patticake is, and continues to be, my very best brood doe!

candid picture left; right: 2 weeks fresh, 12 hrs. bagged

Irish Whisper RingAround Rosie 3*D

Dam: Irish Whisper JS Patticake

Sire:  Twin Creek's KM Jupiter's Moon

D.O.B. 2/13/2006

Rosie is one of quads born to Patticake in 2006.  She looks quite a bit like Patticake, both in coloring and in conformation, although I think she may be a little longer bodied than Patticake.  Rosie is the product of a tight linebreeding and we're really hoping for some serious mammary genetics!  Like her mother, Rosie is a very easy keeper, and tends to gain weight easily. 

Update:  Rosie has turned out to be quite the little dairy doe!  She's milked off all of her 'baby-fat' and is looking beautiful.  Additionally, she's milking well and has a beautiful mammary system.  As much as we'd like to have her on our show string, Rosie just doesn't have the temperament for it, so she'll stay home and make pretty babies for us.

Irish Whisper W Goldilocks

Dam:  Irish Whisper Patticake

Sire:  Sugar Creek C Willful

D.O.B. 4/2/07

1st x 1 (shown once)

I'm so excited about Goldie - she has that certain 'look-at-me' aire about her, and for good reason - she's gorgeous!  If she turns out anything like her older sister, Rosie, then she'll be a keeper for sure!

Sure enough, Goldie freshened beautifully.  We love her mammary system being so tightly attached, nice-sized teats, and a lovely foreudder.  Unfortunately she freshened with mastitis last year, and although she was treated and dry treated, she was slightly uneven this year also.  But I feel that she really has a lot to add to the herd, so she's staying right here.  Her buckling by Cain is currently residing in Vestaberg at the Maple Ridge herd, and already has some daughters with their Jr. legs!

left: bad picture of a pretty doe; center: 1st freshener; right: 2nd freshener, 1 week fresh, 12 hrs. bagged

Irish Whisper W Cottonelle

2009 ANDDA ALL-AMERICAN 2 YR. OLD

Dam:  Irish Whisper Cottony Soft

Sire:  Sugar Creek C Willful

D.O.B. 4/17/07

RGCH x 1

1st x 3

Cotton is just a stunning doe, all the way around.  This picture really needs some updating!  She freshened with a beautiful "Willie"-type udder (high, wide, tightly attached with nice-sized teats, not that you can tell by the above picture...).  She's also lost quite a bit of her 'baby-fat' and is now a beautiful, sleek, long-bodied, sharp dairy doe. 

Irish Whisper W Soda Pop

Dam:  Irish Whisper Tootsie Pop

Sire:  Sugar Creek C Willful

D.O.B. 4/22/07

Although bottle-raised, Soda's really inherited her dam's personality...entitled <g>!  Soda, like her dam, is also a real sweetheart.  She's really a nicely put together package also.  So far, Willie is putting beautifully clean, wide escutcheons on his kids, and adding quite a bit of dairy character.  Soda is a high-headed, very stylish doe.   Soda freshened with a beautiful udder. She has tons of attachment, a beautiful udder floor, nice sized, plumb teats, rear udder height and width, and a nicely extended foreudder.  I'd like to see a bit more capacity, but I expect that to improve as time goes on.  Definitely a keeper!

Irish Whisper Tommy Girl

Sire: Irish Whisper RB Black Jack

Dam: Irish Whisper Workin' Girl

D.O.B. 03/28/2008

Tommy is probably the last kid out of WeeGee, so she's very special to us.  She was sold when she was younger, but has returned to us as a dry yearling.  You can't tell from these pictures, but Tommy has a ton of general appearance.  She freshened with a decent udder as a first freshener, although I'd like to see more division between the halves and added capacity.  Now that she has freshened again, Tommy's mammary system is quite nice!  I find it so amazing how much some udders can change between 1st and 2nd freshenings - and this is one of them.  We've retained Tommy's buckling by Ironman - Polo Sport.

Irish Whisper Sugar Cain

2010 LA: V+VV 87

Dam:  Irish Whisper Ringaround Rosie

Sire: Irish Whisper Raisin' Cain AI

D.O.B. 02-22-09

Sugar is a lovely, *rare* <g> daughter out of our completely neurotic Rosie.  I love everything about Rosie excepting the fact that she refuses to walk when she's in the show ring - and I mean literally.  But, Sugar is a big improvement in that area.  Sugar freshened with a beautiful mammary system - very typical of the Cain daughters.  We're looking forward to seeing what another freshening holds for this doe.

Irish Whisper WB Chamomile

Dam: Irish Whisper Fancy Ginger

Sire: Irish Whisper White Bread

D.O.B.  / /2009

Cammi is a doe that we just got back.  She was sold as a kid, freshened once, and was dried up shortly thereafter.  But, from what's remaining of her udder, she looks to have perfectly plumb teats that are nice and large, and has a large area of attachment.  Another freshening will really tell us more.  Structurally she's very correct, and I'm looking forward to seeing how she does in the show ring.

Triple S Farms Bella

Dam: Irish Whisper SK Iceberg

Sire: Triple S Farms Stampers (Sugarcreek Willful x IW SK Euphrates)

D.O.B.  / /2009

Bella is an absolutely gorgeous doe.  Her general appearance is exceptional.  She's just the kind of doe that always catches your eye no matter what she's doing.  Bella kidded with twin bucks (that she's raising), and her udder is very promising.  Normally we pull kids at birth (which we did), but Bella kept getting out and stealing all the other bottle babies.  It was a nightmare - the babies were screaming and Bella was screaming, so I just decided to let her have her soon-to-be wethers <g>.  Unfortunately Bella is not friendly, but we're working on that.  We're planning on breeding Bella back late this year for late spring babies.

Irish Whisper Ima Single Lady

Dam: Sugar Creek Red Sky at Night

Sire: MI Sugarcreek XC Yippy Skippy

D.O.B. 1/21/10

"Ima" is absolutely gorgeous, and every bit as wild.  She's a bright red chamoisee with white splashes and has her sire's adorable waddles.  We did pull her at birth for bottle feeding, but Opie literally nearly died of depression, so we let her have her only baby, and now she's way more than a wild child!  We plan on working with her and getting her into the ring next year.