Dam: MK Elidah DC (MK Queen Ester x Piddlin Acres Deb's Chocolate)

Sire: Velvet Acres Scandal (Piddlin Acres Chitty Bang Bang x Piddlin Acres Suzuki's Samuri)

D.O.B.  5/13/02

One word sums up this solid black doe - WOW!  She's one of those does that doesn't necessarily catch your eye at first, but once you start looking closely at her, it's hard to find a flaw.  She has nice length of body, super wide ribs, great skin, and just overall wonderful dairy character.  And then there's her mammary system...although still a bit immature, this udder is incredibly attached everywhere with nice long teats that have huge orifices - a dream for milking!  Her rear udder is high, wide and tight.  Her foreudder has nice extension although there is a small shelf present. 

Polly has started this kidding season off by presenting us with a single buckling on Dec. 20, 08.  Of course, it's totally freezing here and we're in between two awful snowstorms.  We're going to let Polly raise her little boy, as we don't have any other babies his age that could keep him warm. 

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.

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.

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.  She's definitely on our show string!

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. 

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

Irish Whisper W Cottonelle

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. 

Emmie, 5 months fresh, and being dried up

(I'll get better pictures in the spring!)

Irish Whisper W Plain M & M

Dam: Irish Whisper Passionat Kisses

Sire: MI Sugarcreek C Willful

D.O.B.

Emmie has returned to us after being sold as a young kid.  She's a first freshening 2 yr. old, and despite the not-so-good picture above, she's got a really lovely udder and nice conformation.  Her milk capacity is only average, but I'm assuming it will increase with more freshenings.  Emmie is one of those does that just kind of blends in with the rest of the herd, however, I think that she's really going to shine as a second freshener.  She's got all the right parts in all the right places, and if we can get her to be just a little bit more cooperative, I think she'll be unstoppable!  We think so much of Emmie that we even kept her buck kid by IW Raisin' Cain, "Sting".