Nizhoni's BB SHIHARA

Welcome our newest doe - Shihara! She is now a week old and just as cute as can be. We have HIGH hopes for this little one. She has a great pedigree and hope she will take the place in my daughter's heart of the double teated doeling that Patience threw.

Alyssa has had a hard 3 years in the goat project from Willow having a false pregnancy, to a doeling that died at birth, to Patience's double treated doeling.....We so hope this one will be the CHARM for her. She is out of Nizhoni's Arwen Evenstar and MCH Steele Ballew's Blue Bayou (will kind of replace the little buckling that had double dwarfism we hope!) WE are really looking forward to what next year will bring to our herd with the 3 new doelings and the 3 Seniors and the new Herdsire. Though, we do have a few outbreedings we will do so we can keep the lines going we are working on. Will keep posting on breedings as they happen and if there is a breeding that interests you, please feel free to email us NMgoatgal@gmail.com Thank you for checking on our progress!

Farm News

Things have been busy around here. We are finished kidding and have been busy giving shots, burning horns, and selling a few babies around here. After kidding, it's beginning to look a little sparse in the goat pen (until the spring again! LOL) We have two more for sale: the black and white wether (Willow's son) and the Black Mini Oberhasli Missy. We were going to keep her but we really don't need two mega milkers like her mother Miss Priss. We are drowning in milk and the Nigies aren't even milking full time yet. We just finished a show and it wasn't as good for our farm as the last show - oh well, you can't win them all! Chicki and Entei both took 2nd and were the youngest in their classes AGAIN. Joie did 6th - not where we expected her at all but she is still one of my favorites - she really has a nice easy to milk udder and though it isn't as big as Willow's she has a lot in there. Talk about sweet - great in coffee!!!! My daughter just got her new doeling from Nizhoni's and she is a doll - I hope to be able to post a picture of her on Monday. She is 4 days old and cute as a button. Lots of great genetics behind that little kid!
D.

Udder Shots

A Friend of mine suggested I post the udder shots of my does so folks can get an idea of what nice udders my girls have. Willow's udder shot is in January's post so you can go see her's there. Her is Joie's. I know these aren't the best as the baby had been eating BUT. She has lovely foreudder attachment - very smooth and her teats are nicely placed. When she is milking, I will get a better rear udder pic but these will have to do for now. I believe this little gal is going to do good things for our Farm!
She hates to show but seems to like to be milked. She is a first Freshener and she didn't kick at all when i relieved the side the baby wasn't nursing from. Joie just may be a JOY to milk! yippee.
D.

Joie Kidded a beautiful Doeling

This darling little girl was born this morning to Nizhoni's Joie de Vivre (Nizhoni's PV Desert Prince X MCH Twin Creeks KM Fairytail Princess) and PrairieWood Dreamweaver (MCH prairieWood Pinnacle Blues X PrairieWood Calico) Momma has a lovely FF udder and we are liking this little girl. PrairieWood Dreamweaver has thrown nothing but girl's this year! We will be keeping CBF Diamond in the Skye" Not a bad way to finish out our kidding year.Overall, it was a decent year. Blessings, D.

My CBF Entei

See the little grey goat in the middle just to the right of the judge in red? He will be our new HERDSIRE. And, he will be the first one carrying our farm name. After the favorable comments by the two judges, I'm excited! Despite being the youngest, and littlest goat in the whole show, he recieved very positive comments from this Judge. He said he "expects this tiny little buck kid, when he matures, to go strait to the front of the line". He placed him 5th because most of the other bucks in his class were nearly twice his size (the class was Jr. Bucks 6 m0 and under). He commented on his long level topline and wide escutcheon. WE were pretty sure we wouldn't win the class with a 4 week old buck but it was fun showing our first two Nigie babies of the year. Entei's sister Chickorita also recieved some similar comments so we are please that this breeding produced such nice kids for us.

Matthias the Goat show mascot

Matthias went to his first goat show and everyone LOVES this little guy. So many people came over to see him and comment on what a well behaved puppy he is. We had some folks who are also dog fanciers say he has really nice legs and that we couldn't have picked a nicer breed of dog. We were very encouraged that we were blessed with the perfect dog for our breeding program (tee hee) Thanks again Cindy!!! WE will be looking forward to his first set of puppies next year when he and his girlfriend GRACIE are ready. Gracie belongs to my friend Sandy who got me started with this breed of dogs. I'M HOOKED!

D.

Willow FINALLY kidded!

Today, 6/3/07, El Cerro Wind in the Willows finally kidded with two big buck kids. Both are VERY nice looking boys. The Black and White one might be retained but the Chamoisee will be up for sale in a 6 weeks. Both boys are nice and angular! I like the wide wide escutcheon on the black and white one. I couldn't expect anything less than these nice boys from a Jr. Champion buc)