Joie de Vivre Nigerian Dwarf Goats

Upcoming breeding for March: Joie De Vivre Soirée 6*M Elite x Dragonfly PS Rhapsody. Soirée is one of my Elite does who has been included on the Elite list since her first lactation. Soirée’s dam SG Up at the OW Jubilee 5*M has been on the Elite list each lactation and continues to rank in the 99th percentile. Soirée’s sire is Farm Oldesouth M Soleil *B, his pedigree is loaded with strong producers from the Promisedland and Rosashan herds. All does in his three generation pe...digree have been in the ADGA or AGS Breed Leader Top Ten and have high LA scores. Dragonfly PS Rhapsody is out of Dragonfly SOL Fantasia, she won the reserve national champion as a Junior. Rhapsody’s sires dam SGCH Flat Rocks Charydbis won best udder at the ADGA nationals. Rhapsody’s full brother was the 2019 ADGA Spotlight Sale buck and sold for $2300. Reservations are available for this breeding. Located in Winters CA, willing to work with transport. Clean disease tested herd negative for CAE, CL, Johnes, Brucellosis, Q Fever and TB. Planned Pedigree Sire: Dragonfly PS Rhapsody SS: Dragonfly IH Poseidon SD: Dragonfly SOL Fantasia - Junior Reserve National Champion 2016 Dam: Joie De Vivre Soirée 6*M Elite DS: Farm Oldesouth M Soleil +*B DD: SG Up at the O.W. Jubilee 5*M Elite https://adgagenetics.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx

I am super excited about this pairing of Camanna HS Blueberry Sundae 1*M x Buffalo Clover D'Artagnan. Sundae had a wonderful year in 2019 as a first freshener, milking 1120lbs of milk, 65lb BF and 54lbs protein on her 305 day lactation. She also appraised well VVEV 87, exciting for a first freshener! Unfortunately Sundae did not kid in 2020 so I can't wait for her kids this year. Sundae is due to kid in March. Sire to these kids is Buffalo Clover D'Artagnan *B, two of his daughters made it to the ADGA Elite list as first fresheners in 2020.

Time for some breeding announcements... first up is SG Up At the OW Jubilee 5*M Elite doe. Jubilee is confirmed bred to my new buck CUAtLilRedBarn Quickie. Jubilee is truly an exceptional doe, she has been on the ADGA Elite list since her first freshening as a one year old in 2017. All of her daughters in milk (Soirée, Extravaganza and Carnivale) have also made the elite list as first fresheners. CU At Lil Red Barn Quickie is the grandson of SGCH CU At Lil Red Barn Gwen Qu...inn 4*M the 2017 ADGA Reserve National Champion. Jubilee is due to kid in May and there is one reservation spot available for a buck kid. https://adgagenetics.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx

There are some interesting online goat courses coming up through the University of Maryland

Sold! I have two super cute nigerian dwarf wethers ready to go to their new homes. The boys are just over 6 months old and will be excellent pets, they were bottled raised so they are very friendly and well socialized. I would like to place the boys together as they are such good buddies. They are vaccinated, disbudded and were surgically castrated two weeks ago. I castrate all my wethers at 6 months to reduce the risk of urinary calculi. Winters, CA.

Farm Oldesouth M Soleil +*B earned his "+" milk volume production designation following freshening of his first limited kid group, his first set of daughters freshened as two year olds. Soleil also has one daughter Joie De Vivre SOL Soirée 6*M who made the ADGA Elite list. Soleil comes from exceptional milking lines, every doe in Soleil's four generation pedigree has been in the ADGA and/or AGS Breed Leader Top Ten and has a "Very Good" or "Excellent" linear appraisal final score and udder rating. His dam SGCH/ARMCH NC Promisedland SIA Sunra 3*M, 4*D, +DLT, is an USDA elite doe, and was in the AGS top ten for butterfat in 2013. His sire CH Oldesouth ZV Marquise *B,*S, is an absolutely stunning buck. He scored 90 on his 2015 linear appraisal and has a number of outstanding offspring.