Dedicated to a healthy Legacy and putting milk in the pail!
We are offering a few of our mature, proven milkers (2 & 3-year-old does) for sale this year that are ready to breed for next spring's kidding season to make room in our barn.
Structural Major Category and Final Score Ratings (Reading the Final Scores)
E = Excellent 90 & above
V = Very Good 85
This year, 2022, was our first LA experience. We learned so much great information on our does and were very pleased with the final scores that ranged from 78 to 86 - and four were first fresheners!
Currently at end of lactation DOB 5/15/2019 840 Microchipped/DNA/Triplets & Twins LA Score VVE+83 Good Milker!
Sire: *B Bramblestone Spiced Tea Dam: Swallow Hill HQ Kahlua
Sire's Sire: CH *B Bramblestone Celtic Quinn Sire's Dam 4* M Bramblestone Sun Tea Dam's Sire: Kid Dreaming Harlow Quinn Dam's Dam: Swallow Hill MM Zinfandel
Currently at end of lactation DOB 5/15/2019 840 Microchipped
Twins/Single +VVE+ 82 Good Milker!
Sire: *B Bramblestone Spiced Tea Dam: Swallow Hill HQ Kahlua
Sire's Sire: CH *B Bramblestone Celtic Quinn Sire's Dam 4* M Bramblestone Sun Tea Dam's Sire: Kid Dreaming Harlow Quinn Dam's Dam: Swallow Hill MM Zinfandel
SOLD Currently at end of lactation DOB 4/18/2020/840 Microchipped
Single/Twins ++VG 79 Good milker!
Sire: *B Bramblestone Midnight Mouse Sire's Sire: *B Old Mountain Farm Field Mouse Sire's Dam: 5*M Old Mountain Farm Taylor Quinn
Dam: 4*M Bramblestone Quianna Quinn Dam's Sire: *B CH Old Mountain Farm QuentinQuinn Dam's Dam: 3*M Buttin' Heads Calligraphy
SOLD Currently at end of lactation DOB 5/1/2020/840 Microchipped
Triplets G+E+ 78 - Good Milker!
Sire: *B Bramblestone Spiced Tea Dam: Swallow Hill TE Rosebud +VEV 86
Sire's Sire: CH *B Bramblestone Celtic Quinn Dam's Sire: Swallow Hill FF Total Eclipse Dam's Dam: Keema Ridge Menolly
Currently at end of lactation DOB 5/1/2020/Single
++E+ 82 Good Milker!
Sire: *B Bramblestone Spiced Tea Dam: Swallow Hill TE Rosebud +VEV 86
Sire's Sire: CH *B Bramblestone Celtic Quinn Dam's Sire: Swallow Hill FF Total Eclipse Dam's Dam: Keema Ridge Menolly
(E) = Excellent Score of 90 and above (V) = Very Good - 89 - 85 (+) = Good Plus - 84 -80 (A) = Good 79 - 70
(F) = Fair - 69 - 60 (P) = 59 and below
The categories are as follows:
1st = General Appearance 2nd = Dairy Strength 3rd = Body 4th = Mammary
Our does scored beautifully as our oldest doe is only 4 years old and as noted in the "Blue Book", goats last appraised before the month of their 5th birthday are reappraised, their new score may be higher, or the same as their previous score.
Scores for animals previously appraised in or after the month of their 5th birthday can be raised or raised but cannot be lowered during subsequent appraisal sessions.
Young Stock appraisals were suspended for this year - no young stock was appraised.
This year we had nine does that had freshened. Out of the nine, four were first fresheners. Due to our Linear Appraisal being scheduled for Mid-September, none of our does were clipped as we were already experiencing cooler weather during the day and lower temperatures in the evening.
Our does received their normal hoof trims and we clipped the hair above the hoof and cleaned the does ears. I did not want to take any chance with the does getting sick with pneumonia by shaving their beautiful fuzzy bodies. Our appraiser said she totally understood my reasonings and said the fact they were not shaved was fine - it did not matter in terms of the appraisals being done.
The only reason I am selling some of our older stock is that we are limited in space, so I've had to make some difficult cuts.
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