3 year old Grace during Linear Appraisal (above 4 pics)

2 year old Grace (2 pictures above)

Sire: Jacobs Pride Show Me Zanzibar +*B 90 EEV

    SS: SG Jacob's Pride Rock Show *B  VEE 89    

   SSS: SGCH Will-O'-The-Wisp Red Rock +B VEE 90, INBA 1997 Res. All American & INBA 1998 ALL AMERICAN)

     SSSS:  Amberwood Settin' The Style *B

      SSSD:  Will O The Wisp Gilded Lily

            SSD: SGCH Tawa's Tessa 1*M EEEE 91, TOP TEN #2 milk #9 p/s

            SSDS:  SG Crown Point Edens Cloud Dancer *+B

            SSDD:  Tawa's Gloria Vanderbilt

     SD: SG Jacobs Pride Rocks Zan 8*M EEEE 92  05' USDA-DHIR Elite Doe - 96%, 07' USDA-DHIR Elite Doe - 97%,04' TOP TEN in butterfat

           SDS: SGCH Will O The Wisp Red Rock +B VEE 90, INBA 1997 Res. All American & INBA 1998 ALL AMERICAN

                  SDSS: Amberwood Settin' The Style *B   

                  SDSD: Will O The Wisp Gilded Lily     

          SDD: SGCH Jacobs Pride Damara 7*M 89 VVVE  05' USDA-DHIR Elite Doe - 98%  01' TOP TEN in milk & protein

                   SDDS: SG Homestead Golden Opportunity           

                     SDDD: SG Six M Galaxy Princess Jazmin 6*M 99' & 01' TOP TEN Breed Leader in milk

Dam: SG Black Mesa Poppy's Princess 10*M  91 EEEE

             DSS: M's Sagebrush SDGV Aragon  +B       

           DSSS: Show-Down Granac's Vindicator *B

                  DSSD:  Blue Thunder Aurora

             DSD: Reuel Stella's RY Sassafras 2*M 87 ++VE

                   DSDS: Reuel Rufus' J.J. Ryan *+B

                    DSDD: Reuel Stacey's AM Stella 1*M

       DD: SG Black Mesa Flash's Poppy 9*M 90 EEEV  Elite Doe

       DDS: SG Ragels Ziegenhof Guajillo  +B

        DDSS:  The Blue Thunder Tundra

        DDSD:  Sunny-Haven Silkie

            DDD: SG Jacob's Pride Yo Flasher    8*M 2002 Top Ten Milk Production

                  DDDS: SG Kastdemur's De Exhibitionist +*B 90 EEV

                   DDDD: SGCH Jacob's-Pride Yonina 7*M   87 VEVV 1999 Top Ten Milk Production                               

SG Black Mesa Princess Grace (Grace) 11*M

Born 4/21/09

ADGA #1498882

CAE Status: Negative

G6S Status: Normal

Linear Appraisal Score:

V,Ec,V FS V  As a 4 month old

85 V+V+ At 1 year old

83 V+V+  at 2 years old

87 VVV+ at 3 years old

INBA Extended Lactation Award

DHIR Milk Test Results:

Summer 2012:

Grace continues to amuse and amaze us.  She is such a clown, always goofing around.  Her latest trick it to shut the gate to the dairy deck so that she has it all to herself and the other goats are shut out.  She finds it entertaining to watch them trying to get onto the deck to wait their time to be milked.  Grace's other trick this year is to out produce all the other does.  She usually wins our informal daily milking contest. Once she is milked out and has had her complimentary animal cracker treat, she loves to chew on the bell that hangs on her collar.

Winter 2011: 

Grace finished her first lactation, milking for 18.5 months.  Even though she was still going strong in the milking parlor, we dried her off due to her advancing pregnancy.  For a goofball, the girl sure knows how to make milk!

Summer 2011:

Grace decided not to kid this year so we kept her in milk.  She has now been milking for about 15 months and is giving just shy of a gallon per day.  Not bad for a first freshener that had only a singleton kid last year.

Summer 2010:

Grace is still a clown.  About the only time she isn't fooling around is in the milking parlor.  She milked close to a gallon a day at peak - which is pretty great for a yearling first freshener.  After milking, then it's back to jumping on the Ranger (four wheeler), leading the goats out on browsing walks, and practicing her ear control. 

Summer 2009:

Every year we have a kid that is a clown.  This year her name is Grace.  Grace delights us with her antics and has a penchant for getting into trouble.  During our Linear Appraisal she insisted on breaking into the arena and stealing the show, so we put her in the "Prep Pen" where she promptly got her head stuck in the fence and remained there for over an hour.  She was quite content staying there since it was right in the way.  Finally when it was her turn to go into the arena to be appraised we extricated her, and then, just to show us that she can be a serious goat, she scored beautifully! 

Fly, Gracie, Fly!!   (Yearling Grace)

Grace as a yearling

Grace at 4 months old

Newborn Grace

The Goats At BMR

Senior Does

Kids

Bucks