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Nigerian Dwarf Senior Does

Right photo of Arwen @ 4 1/2 yrs old, unclipped 4th freshening and 5 yrs of age above, giving us over 1 qt. of milk, being milked once a day in the AM at 22 days fresh here, with twins on her.

Twin Creeks AH Arwen Dark Buckskin with White Poll DOB: 12.21.02 (Triplet) Triple Registered! AGS, NDGA & ADGA 1x AGS Res.Champion Jr. Doe 1x NDGA RsGCH Sr. Doe Has not been shown since 2004 Daughter of the 2004 National Champion Buck and 2005 Reserve National Champion Buck Sire-MCH/PGCH Little Rascals American Hero 'E' 2004 NDGA National Champion Buck and 2005 Reserve National Champion (Flat Rocks Romanov x Piddlin Acres Flashdance 'VG') Dam- Twin Creeks Thunder's Juliet 3*D (MCH PGCH Piddlin Acres Blue Thunder ++*S 'VG' x MCH/PGCH Twin Creeks Midsumernitedream 2*D 1*M 'E') Extended Pedigree A total of 9 MCH's in Arwen's 4 generation pedigree, with 3 being PGCH's as well, along with being the Daughter of the 2004 National Champion Buck and 2005 Reserve National Champion Buck, is pretty impressive. Her sire is also line bred on the infamous MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D (now deceased) who was the cornerstone of the Flat Rocks herd. On her dam's side her pedigree shows consistency in both the show ring as well as the milk pail. Arwen excells in general appearance and dairy character. She has extremely thin and pliable skin with open ribbing. She also has wonderful feet and legs, standing straight up on her pasterns with tight toes. Arwen is our Herd Queen and an excellent mother and easy kidder. She has produced 14 kids in just 4 freshenings! She exhibits great dairy temperment having very cooperative milking manners. As frosting on the cake, she always seems to produce flashy kids. Arwen has more than adequate sized teats & good teat placement, nice sized orifices which make her a breeze to milk. She is 9 months into her 4th lactation at the time of this writing and still producing almost 1 qt of milk a day ~ and we are only milking her once a day! I love her long, level lactations! Arwen is bred to Lost Valley MR Micah *S for January 2009 kids.

Photo used by permission of Kim Hatcher Granddaughter of 2002/2003 Breed leader for milk production; 2003 breed leader and record breaker for milk production with 1601#'s/305 days! Great Granddaughter of the 1999 #1 leader for milk production, butterfat, and protein.

Jobi Lacie Buckskin DOB: 4.11.05 (Twin) Height ~ 20 1/2" Triple Registered: AGS, NDGA, ADGA SHOW RECORD: ADGA 2x-1st, 1x GCH NDGA 2x-1st, 2x GCH AGS 2x-1st, 1x GCH SIRE: Rosasharn SS Unity +B *S (Rosasharn's TL Summer Sol *S x ARMCH Rosasharn's Uni 3*D 'E' DAM: Jobi Laci (Goodwood KW Roy Rogers x Jobi Lilac 3*D AR ) Lacie's Extended Pedigree Lacie is a feminine doe with lots of sharpness, pliable skin and a wide and deep barrel. She also possesses great spring of rib. Lacie has a capacious udder that is socked on with long, plump, near plumb teats. She is my favorite doe to milk. Her udder is butter soft and milks down to nothing, having a good MSL and good fore extension. Her rear udder is high but it lacks extension and would benefit by having more definition of the halves. Lacie loves people and attention. She is the only goat we have with wattles. Lacie's Paternal GrandDam ARMCH Rosasharn's Uni 3*D 'E'

Blossom as a Jr. Doe, 2006 Summer 2008 Blossom, First Freshening udder at 19 days fresh.

Sandy Hollow CS Cherry Blossom Gold with Gold eyes DOB: 3.25.06 ADGA/AGS SHOW RECORD: Has not been shown yet SIRE: Rosasharn GX Cashew *S (Rosasharn TL Galaxy *S *B 'E' x ARMCH Rosasharn's P'Nut B'udder Cup 3*D 'VG') DAM: Sandy Hollow SU Hopscotch 7*D (Rosasharn SS Ultimate *S x Sandy Hollow UK Mulberry 6*D 2*M) Blossom's Extended Pedigree This stunning doe came to us courtesy of Sandy Hollow's 2006 herd dispersal. We are so pleased to have her! Blossom's picture speaks volumes of what a pretty doe she is! She is a deep, reddish gold, with that desirable smooth haircoat. Blossom can be very shy at times, and other times she quietly comes up for her share of lovin'. She came to us quite skittish but she has come a long way and has really *blossomed*. =) Her conformation is wonderful as you can see ~ a long & level flat rump, level topline, really sharp, high withers and open escutcheon. Everyone who visits us is wow'd by this doe! Blossom freshened at 13 months with a pretty udder with good attachments and with good capacity. Her 2nd freshening udder shows a bit more capacity than last year, but we were hoping for more. At 5 1/2 months lactation she is still producing 1 qt. of milk a day. Her udder texture has improved and her teats seem to be slightly larger. She has very good sized orifices making her very easy to milk. I wish her teats were more plumb. She is a cooperative doe on & off the milk stand and seems to enjoy being milked. Blossom is an extremely devoted mother and easy kidder. Her kids all have had a very sweet, loving temperment. Dam, Sandy Hollow SU Hopscotch 7*D on the left; Maternal GrandDam Sandy Hollow UK Mulberry 6*D 2*M center; ARMCH Rosasharn's P'Nut B'udder Cup 3*D 'VG') on the right

Fayth 3 weeks and 2 1/2 months old

Joyful Hearts GD Fayth DOB: 4.19.07 Buckskin w/White Poll Double Registered! AGS & ADGA SIRE: Rosasharn HB Gideon *S *B (Rosasharn TF Honey Bear *S x ARMCH/GCH Rosasharn TL Arwen 8*D AR1809 2*M 'E' ) DAM: Sandy Hollow DM Hershey Kiss (Sandy Hollow SU Domino *S x Sandy Hollow HB Gum Drop 3*D ADGA: 1 x GCH, 1 x BoB, 1 x Junior Champion; AGS: 1 x GCH) Fayth's Extended Pedigree Fayth has a stellar milking and show pedigree behind her. Fayth is a long bodied, elegant dairy doe who excells in general appearance, with a soft, smooth haircoat, good spring of rib, thin dairy skin, and is very feminine. She has a lovely temperment and is an easy kidder and good mother. We are pleased with her first freshening udder. Very nice sized teats that express easily, nicely attached udder and good MSL and udder texture. Since she freshened at only 13 months of age with a single doe, we are giving her a 2nd freshening chance. Fayth's maternal grand dam, Gum Drop is a very dairy doe with a nicely attached udder who milked 3 lbs of milk with 8.8% butterfat on her first freshening one day milk test at 17 days fresh! Mulberry has won Best of Breed and GCH with ADGA as well as 1 x GCH with AGS and was an extremely sylish doe with a high, wide escutcheon, having lots of capacity. Fayth's maternal Great Grand Dam, Maisie, died due to hypocalcemia, however, she qualified for her AR Dairy Star during her first lactation, milking 4.1 pounds at less than a month fresh! Sandy Hollow DM Hershey Kiss Gum Drop on the left, Grand dam ARMCH/GCH Rosasharn TL Arwen 8*D 'E' 2*Mon the far right

JR. DOES