NIGERIAN DWARF HERD SIRES

Meteor - May 2008

Dam - Sunshine at 10 years old

DOB: 01/27/07  23-1/4" at 4+ years

Sire: Dill's OH Catamaran *S

(Dill's GO Old Hickory *S x PromisedLand Feline Lucky 3*M 3*D)

Dam: MCH/CH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine

(ARMCH Goodwood Kauri Tree ++*S x Goodwood Purple People Eater)

4-generation pedigree here.

ADGA Linear Appraisal 2009: VEE  FS88 (Very Good)

ADGA Linear Appraisal 2010: +VV  FS84 (Good Plus)

AGS Show Record: 2 x CH Senior Buck, 3 x GCH Buck, 2 x RsCH Buck

ADGA Show Record: 3 x GCH Buck, 2 x RsCH Buck

As Sunshine approached 11 years of age it finally occurred to me that with all she has accomplished in her life: finishing her permanent championship in both AGS and ADGA, winning AGS National Champion at 10 years old, earning two Best in Show wins, appraising Excellent at 11 years old, and still maintaining near perfect feet and legs and a high, tightly attached udder, that I should really keep a herd sire out of her! Meteor is very long, stretchy, tight-shouldered, great feet and legs and tops it off with his surprising random black-and-white coloring and a sweet as sugar temperament.

Meteor has now moved to Calico Creek Farm in Washington, and we have retained his son Poseidon as a replacement.

Meteor is the sire of Maid of Honor and Foolish Heart.

Ginseng at 8 months

Paprika at 5 years old

Paprika at 9 years old

DOB: 02/08/09  23-3/4" at 2+ years

Sire: Dill's XM Bo Didley *S

(MI Sugar Creeks TW Tunes XM *S x MCH PromisedLand CP Shaboom 4*D LA VEEE 90)

Dam: MCH/CH Piddlin Acres WB Paprika

(ARMCH Goodwood Weisbaden ++S x Piddlin Acres Pandoras Box AR 2*D)

4-generation pedigree here.

ADGA Linear Appraisal 2010: ++E  FS82 (Good Plus)

AGS Show Record: 1 x RsCH Junior Buck, 2 x RsCH Buck

ADGA Show Record: 1 x RsCH Junior Buck, 2 x RsCH Buck

Ginseng brings back in one of our favorite old herdsire lines, Goodwood Weisbaden for dairy and breed character, combined with show quality, productive mammaries and longevity. Ginseng's dam, Paprika, returned to the show ring as a 9 year old after a long hiatus and promptly went GCH in 4 out of 5 rings, and earned a Best in Show award. She is extremely sound after 9 lactations and her udder is still held up high, tight and wide with excellent texture.

Ginseng is a very pretty, stylish buck and I'm very pleased with the general appearance and dairy character that he is passing on to his kids. They are long bodied with wide, flat rumps, straight front legs and good rear leg angulation.

His first daughter to freshen, Kanika, is all I could hope for, and he is also the sire of Cotton Blossom and Lacy Lakeview.

Maternal Sister to Ginseng:

MCH/GCH Piddlin Acres PV Tansy *D

Pictured above in all his hairy, rutty glory!

DOB: 02/23/09  22" at 2-1/2  years

Sire: Pecan Hollow SFB Constantine

(Twin Creeks BW Sanfranciscobay *S x Pecan Hollow Creme-D-Mint)

Dam: MCH/CH Dill Pickle LB Constantine

(Lost Valley BDC Little Bear x CH/MCH Dill PIckle LT Gothika)

4-generation pedigree here.

ADGA Linear Appraisal 2010: +++  FS81 (Good Plus)

I went to Pecan Hollow farm to pick up a different buck kid but Eclipse's dam caught my eye so much I could not leave without one of her boys. Constantine is an extremely long-bodied, elegant and correct doe with a snugly attached udder with good MSL and large well placed teats, all traits we hope to see Eclipse pass on to his offpsring. Eclipse combines many of the most influential "oldies but goodies" in the breed, including 2 x AGS National Champion winners Goodwood Tom Thumb and Raha Acres Twink's Pixie, National Champions Water Lily and Good Day Sunshine, and multi-champion and champion producers Nonpareil, Bay Watch and Gothika. His paternal half-sister is our gorgeous Rockin' Robin. Eclipse should be an udder buck as well as passing on the outstanding general appearance and dairy character that runs deep behind him.

Eclipse is the sire of Oasis.

                          Dam - Constantine                   Paternal Grandam - Creme-D-Mint

DOB: 05/31/09   Polled!  23-7/8" at 2+ years

Sire: Dragonfly TA Lancelot du Lac

(Stonewall's Turner Ashby x ARMCH Flat Rocks Here for the Party *D)

Dam: Twin Creeks AH Chiaroscuro 3*D  LA 2009 VEEE FS90

(PGCH/MCH Little Rascals American Hero x MCH/GCH Twincreeks BW Fantasea 2*D 1*M)

4-generation pedigree here.

ADGA Linear Appraisal 2010: ++V  (Good Plus - Young Stock Appraisal)

AGS Show Record: 1 x GCH Buck

I have been so pleased at the way Chiaroscuro turned out in Joanne Karohl's herd, and jumped at the opportunity to bring in a son of hers. Chiaroscuro's assets can speak for themselves in these photos, and Rembrandt's paternal granddam is another favorite of Joanne's, the lovely ARMCH Here for the Party. Lots of milk and dairiness in this pedigree. Rembrandt himself is very stretchy and stylish, with nice shoulders and a very calm, sweet personality.

Rembrandt's junior kids so far are lovely, being extremely dairy with good general appearance. See Pretty Noel, Pretty Monet, Wine and Roses and Black Magic Woman. Noel and Black Magic have earned their junior legs.

                              Dam - Chiaroscuro          Paternal Granddam - ARMCH Here for the Party

                                            Photos of dams courtesy of Dragonfly Farm

DOB: 04/06/2010   20-3/4" at 1+ years

Sire: Pecan Hollow C Total Eclipse

(Pecan Hollow SFB Constantine x MCH/CH Dill Pickle LB Constantine)

Dam: MCH/SGCH Little Rascals Black Dahlia 2*D 1*M  EEEE FS92 Exc (Permanent Score)

(Flat Rocks Flash x Piddlin Acres Miss Kitty *D)

4-generation pedigree here.

One of a litter of quad bucks that Dahlia graced us with in her 11th year, Edge of Night has a near ideal rear leg set and escutcheon arch, combined with excellent dairy character and lots of style. I regret that these photos don't do him justice - will have to try again soon. Gorgeous mammaries on both sides of his pedigree. His dam is an ADGA Superior Genetics doe.

          Dam - SGCH Dahlia              Paternal Granddam - Constantine

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DOB: Aug 2010

Sire: Piddlin Acres BD Rick O Shay

(Dill's XM Bo Didley *S x MCH/CH Piddlin Acres V Tessa's Boots)

Dam: GCH Piddlin Acres PM Sunflower *M *D

(Velvet Acres Patriot Missile x MCH Piddlin Acres PV Water Flower)

Very pretty gold-and-white young buck that I think represents some of the best genetics Piddlin Acres has to offer. Will be bred to some of our proven champion does this fall.

Dam - GCH Piddlin Acres Sunflower             Paternal Granddam - MCH/CH Tessa's Boots

DOB: 12/26/2010

Sire: MCH/CH TX Twincreeks Meteor Shower

(Dill's OH Catamaran *S x MCH/CH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine)

Dam: MCH/GCH Twin Creeks BW Fantasea 2*D 1*M

(ARMCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch ++*S ++B x MCH/PGCH Raha Acres Twink's Pixie *D)

High time we finally kept a herdsire out of Fantasea! We also retained both this boy's littermate sisters, Sea of Dreams and Sea Siren. At 9-1/2 years of age, when Fantasea freshened for the 8th time, her udder was absolutely outstanding - as good as it had been in her prime if not even better! I expect Poseidon to get plenty of use as soon as he's old enough.

                            Dam - MCH/GCH Fantasea                 Paternal Grandam - MCH/GCH Good Day Sunshine

Dam - SGCH Algedi Purple Rain

DOB: 03/05/2011

Sire: CRF Castle Rock Mr. Lincoln

(Woodhaven Farms Latigo +S x TX Twincreeks WDF Sunsprite)

Dam: SGCH Algedi Farm H Purple Rain 4*D  2010 LA VVEE  FS90, 2011 LA VEEV FS90

(Rosasharn's UMT Hamachi +B *S x CH Rosasharn's TL Zenith 3*D  LA EEVE)

4-generation pedigree here.

So pleased to be able to add this very dairy and stylish buck kid to my herd sire lineup. He is out of ADGA Superior Genetics doe Algedi Farm Purple Rain who excels in all areas of the scorecard and is a heavy milker as well. Rain's full brother is CH Algedi Farm H Drops of Jupiter *S, who currently has 3 finished champion offspring, as well as get that are proving themselves in the mailkpail and on linear appraisal. One of her full sister's, Lady Venus, is a finished champion as well. On the sire's side, Mr.Lincoln's littermate sister Tuscan Sun recently completed her her AGS and ADGA championship. Rainmaker traces back to the historic and influential Goodwood, Stonewall and Willows bloodlines that have had an enduring postive impact on this breed, including our wonderful old doe MCH/CH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine (Sunsprite's dam) who was 2006 AGS National Champion. Rainmaker is long-bodied and high headed with a good rump and lots of refinement, with a wide, correct rear leg set.

Dam - Blue Raven

DOB: 02/28/2011

Sire: CRF Castle Rock Harvest Moon *S

(Rosasharn's TL Sitka Spruce *S x CH/MCH Castle Rock Once Ina Blue Moon 2*D)

Dam: CH/MCH/PGCH Cloverdale YJ Blue Raven 2011 LA VVEV  FS87

(PromisedLand CP Yellow Jacket x Pecan Hollow Bonnie Blue)