2005 News and Highlights
November
I wasn't sure where to put this on my website, so I'll put it here for now. A couple of years ago my youngest daughter came home from school to tell me that their teacher had, as part of a religious parable comparing sheep and goats, told them that goats are dirty, sly, eat tin cans, and every other common and insulting misconception about goats. I was so shocked and disappointed that I sat right down and wrote the following article, entitled "Why do Goats Get Such a Bad Rap?" I made copies for every child in my daughter's class, and welcome anyone who likes to print the article out for their own use and to educate others who might be unfamiliar with what tremendous benefit these creatures have been to mankind, from earliest history to now. Enjoy!
Why do Goats Get Such a Bad Rap?
October
After taking a long vacation of almost two and a half years from kidding, our homebred National Champion doe Zinnia presented us with beautiful triplet does! We are retaining all of these pretty girls - look for pictures soon.
The does have started coming in heat right and left and we have started breeding for early spring 2005 babies. Check out the Kidding Schedule for the latest developments!
September
We have received word from the AGS and ADGA offices that our lovely
Critter Creek Sparkles has qualified
for her permanent champion status in both registries. Yay!
Our gorgeous Fancy Free, a 6 month old daughter of MCH Fantasea and Shadowfax, not only earned her ADGA junior leg at the Washington County Fair in Brenham, TX, she went on to be Best Junior Doe in Show!
August
Lots of news this month! I just got word that Twin Creeks WB Fanciful is
now a Master Champion! Congrats to her owner Melissa VanOrsdell for showing her
so successfully!
We would also like to congratulate Suzanne Nevada on her big wins at the Alaska State Fair and her two new pending Master Champions: MCH Twin Creeks WB Sebastian Bach*S and ARMCH Twin Creeks PM Scarlet *D. Sebastian was also Best Buck in Show over the big boys in the two ADGA shows! Great job Suzanne!
July
It's been a quiet summer. Show season is over and we
have a bit of a rest between the last summer kidding and the beginning
of the fall show and kidding season.
Congrats to Cheryl Sugar on her new MCH....Twin Creeks WB Talk About Me! "Gabby" is a daughter of our beautiful Zinnia and was the 2004 AGS National Champion Junior Doe. She grew up nicely we think!
I recently updated Twink's Pixie's page - go take a look!
I just found out about another Twin Creeks doe who finished this summer: MCH Twin Creeks BH Shining Sand, owned by the Stangeland family in Washington. Shining Sand is a 2nd freshening Bay Watch daughter. Congrats - she's obviously well loved and well cared for!
Buck Sale! We have too many bucks in the buck pen, so are offering two mature herd sires for sale at this time. Check them out here.
June
Congrats to owners David and Katrina Aguirre and family on
AGS 2005 Reserve National Champion
MCH Twin Creek BW Aragorn *S
This is the second year in a row that Aragorn has been Reserve Champion at the AGS National Show - not bad for a two year old!
We won't be attending the 2005 AGS Nationals this year. I'm really going to miss being there this year but it's just too far for me, my aging Suburban and the goats to travel in the summer heat, and I don't want to be away from my family here in Texas that long. Best of luck and safe travel to all of those from all over the country who are attending!
Our spring/summer show season ended with a bang with a 4-ring dual sanctioned (AGS/ADGA) Nigerian Dwarf show in Duncan, OK. Here's what we did:
Good
Day Sunshine 3 x Best of Breed (Challenge Winner)
Sparkles
2 x GCH Senior, 1 x Best Udder
Fantasea
1 x GCH Sr, 1 x RsCH Sr, 2 x Best Udder
Seashell
1 x RsCH Sr
Butterfly
1 x RsCH Sr
Fancy
Free 1 x GCH Jr
Disco
Darlin 1 x RsCH Jr
Adagio
3 x Jr CH Buck, 1 x RsCH Buck
Shadowfax
1 x RsCH Buck
Not a bad way to finish the show season! We will now be drying the herd off and doing some "family stuff" for the rest of the summer, and will be hitting the show ring again in September.
Good Day Sunshine is our first finished champion doe in ADGA! We're very proud of our elegant old lady! As of our last show of the spring season she had earned 6 Best of Breed or Champion Challenge titles and one Best Doe in Show!
May
We had a thrilling time at a 3-ring ADGA show on May 21st. We took GCH, Reserve and Best Udder under all 3 judges. Fantasea was Best Udder in all 3 rings, with Good Day Sunshine, Sparkes, Black Dahlia and Fantasea all taking grands and/or reserves. I think the doe we are proudest of tho is Good Day Sunshine. At the age of 9 years, with 11 freshenings to her credit, she was Grand Champion in 2 rings and BEST DOE IN SHOW under judge Aaron Carter! She seems ageless, with the feet and legs, dairy character, naturally level topline and elegance that many much younger does can't match. As a first freshening yearling one judge called her "exquisite" and now at 9 years she's been called "a poster child for longevity in this breed". And to top it all off she has one of the sweetest personalities in the barn!
April
Just got word from Gary Whitehead
that Twin Creeks WB Meadowlark earned her 3rd leg this past weekend so should be the
newest Twin Creeks Master Champion! Meadowlark is the dam of our promising young
buck, Pecan Hollow Wind of Change.
Thanks Gary and Sandra for doing such a great job with her!
Our winning Breeders Trio under judge Melinda Butler at the Texas Caprine Club Mini Mania
Left to right: MCH Meadowlark (owned by Sandra Whitehead), Madam Butterfly and MCH Fantasea
March
Congratulations to Gary and Sandra Whitehead on their newest Master
Champion - Twin Creeks MB Effervescent 2*D. "Effie" is sired by
Megabuck (a Twink's Pixie son) and out of MCH
Piddlin Acres Tiny Bubbles. Effie is short in stature but her mammary system
can compete with the big girls any day. She can really put it in the milk pail
too, earning her milk star last year with 5 pounds of milk!
January
Twin Creeks Farm is now TX Twincreeks Farm
We have a new name! Beginning this year we will be using the herdname "TX Twincreeks" in order to maintain the same herd name with both AGS and ADGA. Same quality goats - just a very slightly different name!
As we've done for the past 8 years, we began our show season at the Fort Worth Stock Show. Due to a combination of factors, this show has gotten progressively smaller over the last several years, but the competition continues to be strong in quality if not in quantity. This show has always been a good one for us and this year was no exception. In the two ring show, Clementine was GCH under both judges, and Best Udder under one, finishing her MCH with a total of 4 GCH's. Her herdmate Chardonnay played bridesmaid to her under each judge, earning 2 more Reserves, and Clementine and Chardonnay were awarded "Best Pair" twice. Most of our home bred does were not fresh for this show, but we did get a RsCH on Goodnight Moon, and best Breeders Trio with Ariel, Miata and Goodnight Moon.
