Breeding For An Elegant Dairy Doe That Dances Like a Ballerina and Milks Like a Cow
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THE YOUNGER GUYS
To see our up-and-coming bucks, please click HERE.
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OUR MOST SENIOR HERDSIRES
(Ordered By Age, Oldest to Youngest)
Rosasharn Tom's Water Tabby+*S
(ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb+*S "E" x ARMCH Goodwood Water Lilly 2*D "VG")
Rosasharn TL Curry*S
(Rosasharn's Tiger L++*S "E" ++B x Rosasharn UMT Wasabi 5*D 4*M AR "VG")
TX Twincreeks CAS Patronus*S(MCH/CH Piddlin Acres Bobby's Casanova 2007 LA-91 EEE x MCH/GCH Gay-Mor's JJU Nonpareil 4*D 1*M 2007 LA-92 EEEE)
Rosasharn GX Star Anise*S
(Rosasharn's Galaxy*S++B "E "++B x Rosasharn UMT Wasabi 5*D 4*M AR "VG")
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| Our Handsome Homeboys, ARMCH/CH DAWNLAND TABBY'S HALIFAX+S "E" (Rosasharn Tom's Water Tabby+*S x Stonewall's India Wilkes) And the Assistant Goatkeeper. This photo was taken in the January of 2008. Halifax died at Dragonfly Farm in Spring 2010, leaving a legacy of many beautiful offspring. |
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR GUYS.....
REGARDING THE SALE OF BUCK KIDS.....FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.....Our bucks have been carefully chosen from well-known herds across the country. In our search for suitable sires that will pass on the dairiness and milk productivity which are our goals, we have selected bucks from parent lines showing ongoing CONSISTENCY in producing quality animals of strong conformation. We hope to see that same consistency in our goats as our breeding program evolves. However, because we are still a young herd and are just starting to see our daughters freshen--and, although we are very pleased with what we are seeing!--we plan to sell very few buck kids at this point in time. Intact males sold in our farm name will possess: 1/a quality dam, well-conformed, with a strongly-attached and correctly-shaped udder; 2/depth of pedigree evidenced with both paternal and maternal genetic lines (translation: the kid will be "backed up" by multi-generations of correct animals, strong udders, and milk production potential); and 3/correct general appearance, free of both structural and AGS/ADGA disqualifying faults at the time of sale. (We do not offer a mature height guarantee, however.)
SHOWING OUR BUCKS.....Admittedly, we feel that we have some real babes in our buck pen! However--both because of time constraints, and our belief that the best test of a herdsire is in his daughters' conformation, mammary systems, and milk production potential--we do not plan to show our bucks on a regular basis, though occasional trips to the ring won't be ruled out!
BREEDING SERVICES.....We do not offer breeding services.
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ROSASHARN TOM'S WATER TABBY+*S
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We are most pleased with the quality of our Water Tabby offspring and have retained (or re-purchased!) several of his daughters and two exceptional sons. Tabby consistently passes on his hallmark dairiness and refinement and it's quite easy to spot his influence upon the Dawn Land Farm herd.
We are using Water Tabby heavily for the 2010-2011 kidding season. Although he is still settling his does, Tabby is getting up in years and we are eager for him to "make hay while the sun shines." As well, we have many of his daughters freshening this year. For further information about Tabby-based breedings, please check our Kidding Schedule for specifics: CLICK HERE.
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| Tabby Has Matured Into a Long-Bodied, Refined Buck--Exactly What We Want to See in His Daughters! |
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| ROSASHARN TOM'S WATER TABBY+*S
SIRE: ARMCH GOODWOOD TOM THUMB+*S "E"--1997 and 2000 AGS National Champion Buck
SS: ARMCH Goodwood Kauri Tree++*S
(ARMCH Goodwood Kenya+S x Goodwood Helvetica*D)
SD: Goodwood Guadalupe 4*D
(Willow's By George x Goodwood Zippy Mariri 3*D)
DAM: ARMCH GOODWOOD WATER LILLY 2*D "VG"--2000 AGS National Champion Senior Doe & 2000, 2001, 2003 Top Ten Milker
DS: Gay-Mor's RA Kingwood++*S
(Stonewall's Raising Arizona++S x ARMCH Goodwood Trilium*D)
DD: It'l Do's Chalktah*D
(Goodwood Loganberry*S x Goodwood Hey Hey Paula)
DOB: 3/2/02 (Triplet)
HEIGHT: 20-1/2 inches at 17 months; Unofficial at 9 Years--22 inches
HES: 87.7 (2003)
PROGENY IN HERD:
BUCKS: Dawnland Tabby's Mohawk--2009 (Dam: Lost Valley TB Checotah), Dawnland Tabby's Riverdance--2011 (Dam: TX Twincreeks WDF Butterfly Dance)
DOES: Dawnland Tabby's Sashay--2003, Dawnland Tabby's Zing--2003,
Dawnland Tabby's Danay--2005, Dawnland Tabby's Morning Glory--2007, Dawnland Tabby's Seneca--2009, Dawnland Tabby's Whirlabout--2011, Dawnland Tabby's Nico--2011, Dawnland Tabby's Star Stone--2011, Dawnland Tabby's Sweetfern--2011, Dawnland Tabby's Sundari--2011
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Tabby's genetics are precious, with roots in some of the most influential foundation lines of the Nigerian breed, and given that distinctiveness, we feel very fortunate to have Tabby here as our primary herdsire. He is one of the last two buck kids--as well as one of the last surviving siblings--of the ARMCH Tom Thumb/ARMCH Water Lilly cross, so the relative rarity of his lines makes him even more special.
Consistent with his name, which means a multi-coloured fabric, Water Tabby is a flashy black and rust buckskin heavily broken with white. He is a small and refined buck with a long, level topline and nicely angled rear legs. Tabby's front end shows excellent chest width and tight shoulders. He has wonderful dairy character and always passes on his wide ribbing and flat bones to his progeny. Tabby is as sweet as he is handsome, another nice quality he universally passes on to his kids.
PROGENY UPDATE: Tabby now has several daughters who have earned their AR's; one milked 900+ pounds as a two year old, under-twenty-inch second freshener! In the tradition of Rosasharn, his daughters show nice butterfat figures too. Tabby is also passing along his correct dairy refinement--his AGS "E"-rated son, ARMCH/CH Dawnland Tabby's Halifax+S, now deceased, but last standing as herdsire at Dragonfly Farm; his 2007 son, Rosasharn's WT B-Bo*S, standing at Rosasharn Farm, his 2007 daughters, B-Na and B-Trix, also at Rosasharn; or his daughters and two sons here, several of whom are pictured below.
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| Tabby's FIRST First-Freshening (Yearling) Daughter, Dawnland Tabby's 2Step--June 2004--Photos Courtesy of Cheryle Moore-Smith |
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| In 2005, Dawnland Tabby's No Plain Jane*D (AR) Milked Over 900 Pounds As An Under-Twenty-Inch, Two Year Old Second Freshener! |
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| Photos Courtesy of Carlene Wheeler |
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| Dawnland Tabby's Sashay (Tabby x Inavale Boot Scoot)--A Typical Daughter Showing Length of Body, Lots of Dairy Character, and a High, Tight, and Widely-Attached Udder. Photo at Age Four, Milked Out. |
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Sashay's (Tabby x Inavale Boot Scoot) Second Freshening Udder
(Both Photos Courtesy of Cheryle Moore-Smith)
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| Dawnland Tabby's Zing*D 1*M AR, Littermate to Sashay above. Sixth Freshening Udder. |
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| ARMCH/CH Halifax+S "E", Now Deceased. Photo at 3 Years, Courtesy of Joanne Karohl |
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| Dawnland Tabby's Morning Glory, 2007 Daughter Out of Sandy Hollow UK Sweetpea--Photo at Age 18 Months. |
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| Dawnland Tabby's Silver Fox, 2007 Daughter Out of Rosasharn Bella's Linda Lou--Photo at Age 3.5 Months. |
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| Dawnland Tabby's Mohawk, 2009 Son Out of Lost Valley TB Checotah (ARMCH Lost Valley Tae-Bo+*S "E" x MCH/CH Lost Valley Sundancer 2*D "E".) Mohawk is being retained and we have high hopes that he will emulate his paternal half-brother, the late Halifax "E". Photo at Age 14 Months. |
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| Dawnland Tabby's Seneca, 2009 Daughter and Littermate to Mohawk Above. Photo at 14 Months. |
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ROSASHARN TL CURRY*S
We are really pleased with Curry's ongoing kid crop. Like his proven (and famous!) sire, ARMCH Rosasharn Tiger L++*S "E"++B, Curry has been extremely consistent in passing on tight front ends, length of body, refinement, dairy character, and LONG teats. We plan to use him quite a bit for 2011, pairing him with our more "powerful" does.
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WHAT'S BEHIND THIS FELLOW...
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| Maternal Granddam, ARMCH Rosasharn's Unagi 4*D 3*M "E" |
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| Sire, ARMCH Rosasharn's Tiger L++*S++B. First Two Photos Courtesy of Anne Petersen. |
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| Paternal Granddam and Maternal Great-Granddam, ARMCH Goodwood Water Lilly 2*D "VG". Photo From the AGS 2000 MCH Gallery. |
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| Even As A Baby Buck, Curry Showed His Sharp Dairy Character and Upstanding Profile! (Photo Courtesy of Anne Petersen) |
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| Curry at Four Years. We are quite pleased with how Curry has matured and believe him to be one of the best Tiger L sons to come out of Rosasharn. He is a super sharp buck, full of dairy character, and is prepotent for passing those traits to his offspring. His first daughter to freshen here in 2010 has a lovely udder, very typical of what his sire produced: high and wide in the rear, soft as silk, and productive for three pounds a day. |
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| 2008 Daughter Out of TX Twincreeks WDF Butterfly Dance. Photo at Age 4.5 Months. |
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| First Daughter to Freshen: Dawnland Curry's Vocalise, a TX Twincreeks Butterfly Dance Daughter. Photo is of Her 2011 Second Fresh Udder. |
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ROSASHARN TL CURRY*S
SIRE: ARMCH ROSASHARN'S TIGER L++*S++B "E"
SS: Stonewall's Apocalypse Now+*S
(Stonewall's Raising Arizona++S x Stonewall's Lily Dale*D)
SD: ARMCH Goodwood Water Lilly 2*D "VG"
(Gay-Mor's RA Kingwood++*S x It'l Do's Chalktah*D)
DAM: ROSASHARN UMT WASABI 5*D 4*M AR
DS: ARMCH Rosasharn Under My Thumb+*S "E"
(ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb+*S "E" x ARMCH Goodwood Water Lilly 2*D "VG")
DD: ARMCH Rosasharn's Unagi 4*D 3*M
(ARMCH Rosasharn's Tiger L+*S ++B "E" x ARMCH Rosasharn's Uni 3*D 2*M "E")
DOB: 8-06 (Single)
HEIGHT: Unofficial at 5 Years--23 inches
PROGENY IN HERD: DOES: Dawnland Curry's Vocalise (2008); BUCKS: Dawnland Curry's Zeus (2011)
Curry is our beloved Rosasharn Tom's Water Tabby*S's "money in the bank" and his valuable genetics are most welcome. The product of an ARMCH Rosasharn Tiger L++*S "E" grandfather/granddaughter line breeding, by our calculations, Curry is 75% Tiger L/Water Lilly--a very good thing indeed! Tiger has been a pivotal sire at Rosasharn, improving the udders of every doe to whom he has been bred, and particularly excelling at producing high and wide rear udders.
Like most of the Rosasharn boys, Curry started out small, refined, and somewhat effeminate, and required several years of maturation to reach his manly glory. But what a buck he has grown up to be! Curry just might be one of the nicest Tiger L sons to leave Rosasharn: sharp, sharp, sharp and consistently throwing his exceptional dairy character to his kids. We've retained two Curry daughters so far, and they are both "cookie cutter" for elegant style. As well, his first daughter to freshen here, Vocalise, has a well-attached udder very characteristic of what Curry's sire produced, with an especially high and wide rear. We are very pleased with Curry and predict that he will have an increasingly significant impact upon our breeding program as our beloved Water Tabby*S ages out of breeding.
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TX TWINCREEKS CAS PATRONUS*S
We waited a very long time for this boy and are absolutely thrilled to have a Nonnie son here--click HERE to see why! Look for more kids in the spring of 2010 as we pair him with some of our best senior does...
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| Patronus at Four Years. Standing 19.5 inches, he's a small but powerful buck, wide in the chest and escutcheon. We especially like the levelness and width of his rump. Please note: my barn helper's shirt is paint-spattered! |
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| 2010 Daughter Out of TX Twincreeks WDF Butterfly Dance. Patronus is passing on levelness and length of body, excellent width front and back, pretty dished heads, and long necks. Super dairy character too! Photo at Age Three Months. |
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TX TWINCREEKS CAS PATRONUS*S
SIRE: MCH/CH PIDDLIN ACRES BOBBY'S CASANOVA (2007 ADGA LA--91 EEE)
SS: Piddlin Acres WB Viagra*S "E"
(MCH Goodwood Weisbaden+S "E" x MCH/CH Piddlin Acres Picachu*D)
SD: CH Piddlin Acres SC Bobby Sox
(Piddlin Acres Shortchange x Piddlin Acres Symphony)
DAM: MCH/GCH GAY-MOR'S JJU NONPAREIL 4*D 1*M "E" (2007 LA-92 EEEE)--7 Best Udder Awards (AGS & ADGA) and 3 BIS (ADGA) and #1 for milk production 2003 AGS One-Day
DS: Gay-Mor Berry's Johnny Jump-Up+*S
(Goodwood Lingonberry+*S x ARMCH Goodwood Trillium*D "E")
DD: Gay-Mor Tut's Lorna Doone 2*D
(Heart's Delight Oreo's King Tut x Gay-Mor Berry's Fignewton*D)
9/12/07 (Triplet)
HEIGHT: Unofficial at 4 Years--19.5 inches
PROGENY IN HERD: DOES: Dawnland TCP Butterfly Wings (2010); Dawnland TCP Penobscot (2010)
With his first daughter being born in Summer 2009--and showing improvement over her dam in terms of: bone and substance, escutcheon arch, and overall body width--Patronus is beginning to show his true value as a buck. It's not surprising that Patronus is producing quality, because he has very solid show and milk genetics--tried-and-true over many generations--backing up his pedigree. His dam, Nonpareil, is a pivotal doe in the ND breed, being breathtakingly beautiful, and one of very few to ADGA Linear Appraise with a score of 92 EEEE (2007). Nonpareil has shown her worth in the milk pail too: as a third freshener in 2003, she earned the #1 spot for milk production on AGS One Day Testing (with 6.0 pounds!) Patronus's sire shows similar conformational quality, earning MCH/CH status and a very respectable Linear Appraisal score of 91 in 2007. We are certainly looking forward to having Patronus continue to pass on all these good things to his future kids--the conformational strengths of his sire line as well as the dairiness and milking productivity of his dam--and we also look forward to seeing his first daughters freshen here in 2012.
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| PAINTED PEPPER RJ SOLEIL*S*B, son of our Dawnland Tabby's Zing*D 1*M AR "VG" and Rosasharn's SP Jupiter*S, a son of ARMCH Rosasharn's Eclipse 2*D 'E', 2*M EEEV 91 2005 AGS NATIONAL CHAMPION at age 10. We have just received notification from ADGA that Zing has earned her SG designation--way to go, old girl! |
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| FAIRLEA ARSENE LUPIN*S, son of ARMCH Fairlea Fleur 3*D E AR#1950 ADGA 3*M and MCH Twin Creeks WB Firestorm*S "E" |
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ROSASHARN GX STAR ANISE*S
We are VERY pleased to have Star re-join our herd, after a sojourn away with our friends at Weathertop Farm in NY. We especially prize his genetics, since Star is a rare son of Rosasharn's TL Galaxy*S++B "E". Looking at his pedigree, which crosses Top Ten ARMCH Uni lines with those of ARMCH Eclipse, we expect Star to pass on loads of milk. Not surprisingly, Star is a very refined buck, like his half-brother, Curry (profiled above) and our foundation herdsire, Water Tabby, and we just love his dairy looks. Star will be paired with some of our most promising does for 2012--check out our Kidding Schedule for more information HERE.
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| Baby Photo at Age Eight Weeks |
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| Photo at Age Four Years |
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| CH Algedi Farm Drops of Jupiter*S LA 2011 EEE 91 E 23" (Permanent score)--Why is this beautiful buck pictured here? Well, we are proud to "name drop" in this instance because Star Anise is so closely related to Jupiter--Jupiter's sire is Star's dam's littermate and Jupiter's dam is full sibling to Star's sire--that it's almost like having Jupiter in our buck pen! A big deal when you consider that... Jupiter now has three finished champion kids to his credit, including a daughter with an LA score of EEEE 91 and five BDIS, and two daughters with DHIR milk stars. Photo Courtesy of Kalee Rousso--Please Click on Jupiter's Photo to Go To Algedi Farm. |
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