DOB: 4/29/16
I have long been a fan of Old Mountain Farm JustPlainEd, so, when I was given the opportunity to be his forever home, I was so very honored. He is the sire to our does: Old School Creamery Annie Bies (amazing udder that you have to see!), Old Mountain Farm Love Bug, and Old Mountain Farm Squid Ink. I've seen several of his daughters in other herds who have beautiful, well attached mammary systems and I'm so very excited to see where he takes our herd. He is definitely a buck to build a herd on.
I have to thank Wyl and Cheryle Moore-Smith for their friendship, kindness, generosity, mentoring, as well as their passion for this special breed of goats.
Photo courtesy of Cheryle Moore-Smith, Old Mountain Farm.
Photo courtesy of Cheryle Moore-Smith, Old Mountain Farm.
Sire: SG Old Mountain Farm Nightshade
SS: SG Old Mountain Farm Cernunnos
SSS: NC Promisedland Tur-Beau
SSD: Old Mountain Farm Tiana Quinn
SD: Old Mountain Farm BrownI'dSuzn
SDS: Old Mountain Farm Obsidian
SDD: Fairlea Flower Power
Dam: CH Old Mountain Farm Millet
DS: SG Old Mountain Farm Cernunnos
DSS: NC Promisedland Tur-Beau
DSD: Old Mountain Farm Tiana Quinn
DD: Old Mountain Farm Mary Jane
DDS: Inavale Paradigm 'E
DDD: Denning Hill Michi Kasu
Cheryle says of Ed's dam, "Old Mountain Farm Millet was a beautiful doe who moved to another farm after kidding here. Despite her only once a day milkings here, and a stressful 18 hour truck ride, she stepped off the transport truck, walked into her first three show rings as a six-year-old and easily became a finished champion. The first time in full hair coat only a couple of hours after arriving at her destination."
Photo courtesy of Mark and Jennifer Weir, Agape's Prize Farm.
When Julie Mannix was kind enough to send Old Mountain Farm Anna Jay and her three daughters to me, I had a difficult time picking which doeling to retain and which to move into other homes. The best compliment to a buck is their beautiful progeny and Annie was my "gateway" to understanding Ed's value.
I just love the outline of this doe! No doubt, this is where the chocolate smoky color comes in amongst his gold coat.
Photo courtesy of Camanna's Petite Paradise.
Both of his grandsires are this very beautiful and influential buck!
Photo courtesy of Duva Appleman
DOB: 5/8/16
When I first saw the stacked pedigree on Hurricane, I knew he was very special. To look at him, you cannot help but admire his straight/ correct legs, uphill stance, and true dairy strength. He is long, has a beautiful front end and beautiful width. His daughters are both productive and correct... the true test of any good herdsire.
Hurricane combines the lines that I'm already working with and is a perfect addition to our herd. He's a distant "cousin" of our beloved Beans and related to many of our Dawnland goats.
Photo courtesy of India Blue Farm.
Photo of dam's 2nd fresh udder- courtesy of Kyeema Ridge Farm.
Sire: Kyeema Ridge Banjo Patterson EEEE '91
SS: Dawnland Tabby's Checkerspot
SSS: Rosasharn Tom's Water Tabby ++*B
SSD: TX Twincreeks Butterfly Dance
SD: Dragonfly HX Tanunda EEEE '92
SDS: GCH Dawnland Tabby's Halifax VEE '88
SDD: SG Dragonfly IH Electra VVEE '89
Dam: SG Kyeema Ridge MS Madison Blues EEEE '91
DS: Tiny Angels Moon Shadow
DSS: Morning Star NR Moonshine
DSD: Morning Star Jewel of Denial
DD: SG Rosasharn KB Peppercorn 5*M EEEV '90
DDS: Rosasharn TL Lady Killer Bee
DDD: Rosasharn's UMT Wasabi 4*M
As a 4 year old, Maddie earned a linear appraisal score of EEEE '91! Her great-great-granddam (Lenton Rose) is one of my favorite "OG's" that i remember from starting my first herd in Maine. For Glenys (Kyeema Ridge Farm) to take those genetics and, then, blend them with some of the best from the Rosasharn lines was pure magic. I love so many of the breeding choices that she pulled together!
Photo courtesy of Kyeema Ridge Farm.
I never post photos going back 4 generations but I so loved this doe when I first started back with Nigerian Dwarf goats in 2003. I remember being in awe of her incredible length and depth of body as well as her capacious mammary system. Her daughter, Morning Star NR Rosebud "Rosie" was one of my first goats ever. When I see her outline, even now, I think she is perfect. Such a true DAIRY goat.
Photo courtesy of Tiny Angels Farm.
An LA score of EEEE '92 speaks to the quality of this beautiful doe. Besides yelling the entire time and refusing to be set up, Tanunda was in the top 10 in her class at the 2014 ADGA Nationals at just 4 weeks fresh. She earned two of her CH legs despite the fact that she hated leaving the farm.
Photo courtesy of Kyeema Ridge Farm.
Moon Shadow's sire (Moonshine) was the littermate brother of one of the first goats I ever owned. I was a huge fan of his granddam, Gay-Mor JJU Lenton Rose!
Moon Shadow sired some of these amazing animals:
CH Weedy Tavern Farm Lilly LA'93
SGCH Weedy Tavern Farm Naomi LA 90
SG Kyeema Ridge MS Black Shadow LA88
SG Kyeema Ridge MS Madison Blues LA91
and is paternal brother to:
Tiny Angels Levi Blues- sire to 3 finished champion daughters
Photo courtesy of Kyeema Ridge Farm.
DOB: 7/16/19
Polled/ Homozygous for Blue Eyes
Beans was my souvenir that I brought home from a trip back to Maine. He is a line breeding on CH Weedy Tavern Farm Lilly LA93 EEEE! I love everything about his dam, grand dam, and pedigree so it wasn't hard to fall in love with this unicorn goat. Yes, he is also moon-spotted, blue-eyed, and polled which is all icing on the cake. The udders, show records, and LA scores that are behind this dude are just the best.
VE L.L. Bean
Sire: Tiny Angels RNB Super Tramp
SS: Tiny Angels OH Rhythm'N'Blues
SSS: Humble Acres O Henry
SSD: CH Tiny Angels A Blu Bonnet LA90 VEEE
SD: MaineSecondWind LB Levita LA91 VEEE
SDS: Tiny Angels Levi Blues
SDD: Old Oak Farm Sweet Pea
Dam: CH Tiny Angels RNB Sassaneq
DS: Tiny Angels OH Rhythm'N'Blues
DSS: Humble Acres O Henry
DSD: CH Tiny Angels A Blu Bonnet LA90 VEEE
DD: CH Weedy Tavern Farm Lilly LA93 EEEE
DDS: Tiny Angels Moon Shadow
DDD:
As a 2 year old, Tiny Angels RNB Sassaneq became a finished champion! I was fortunate enough to meet her in person and she was breath taking.
Photo courtesy of VE Farm.
CH Weedy Tavern Farm Lilly is one of only two Nigerian Dwarf goats to ever earn a LA score of 93! Not only was her udder true perfection, but her topline and flat rump was just breathtaking. I think that Beans looks a lot like his famous grand dam and he also has that beautiful topline and rump. In 2019, when I picked Beans up, I was able to meet Lilly in person and she was just as beautiful on the farm as she is in photos.
Photo courtesy of VE Farm.
DOB: 1/21/2022
Speak EZ is not only a conformationally beautiful animal but his pedigree boasts 4 out of 4 grandparents with superior genetics designations. This guy is a linebreeding on SG Old Mountain Farm Elton Jay ++*B who happens to be the full brother to top ten milking animals such as Old Mountain Farm Jewel, Creeping Thyme Farm Thelma, and Creeping Thyme Farm Whoa! The kids that we've seen are very correct and we are excited to see his impact on the future of our herd.
DOB: 1/21/2022Sire: Better Wayz Sirocco's Legacy +*B
SS SG Old Mountain Farm Elton Jay ++*B (Elite)
SD: SG Old Mountain Farm Sirocco 4*M, Elite EEEE91
Dam: Better Wayz Heartsong Carabear
DS: SG Old Mountain FArm Elton Jay ++*B (Elite)
DD: SG Better Wayz Carabear 2*M EEEE91 (Elite)
This doe shares the sire and the dam that are the two main cornerstones of A Better Way Farm. This combination consistently produces beautiful milking animals.
Photo courtesy of A Better Way Farm
SG Bettter Wayz Carabear is one of the foundation animals for Kathy Beck Mullins herd at A Better Way Farm and her progeny have consistently been beautiful animals.
Photo courtesy of A Better Way Farm
DOB: 6/12/2022
Bold Bean combines two of my favorite Nigerian Dwarf goats: Honey Lemon and Beans! Honey and Beans are both very dairy animals and Honey's udder is well attached/ incredibly capacious... which made him a slam dunk as a herdsire for our breeding program. His littermate sisters did quite well at the 2023 State Fair with Honey Bean winning Grand Champion Junior Doe/ BIS on the 4-H day under the care of Kodie Bradley and Lemon Eclair winning 1st place in her class in the open show.
Sire: VE L.L. Bean
SS Tiny Angels RNB Supertramp
SD: CH Tiny Angels RNB Sassaneq, VEEV 89
Dam: FeatherNScale Honey Lemon
DS: SG Old Mountain Farm Bold Elk
DD: SG Painted Pepper Lemon Meringue, VEVV 88
Honey Lemon is a stunning doe that lived with me for 3-4 years until I sold her to a young lady at KB&CO Farm. Honey was not a cull but I wanted to set her new owner up for success and I really feel that she is in a home that can shine. Honey is extremely dairy with a gorgeous, well-attached, productive udder.
As a 2 year old, Tiny Angels RNB Sassaneq became a finished champion! I was fortunate enough to meet her in person and she was breath taking.
Photo courtesty of VE Farm.
DOB: 1/14/2023
When I contacted Winning Streak Farm to put my name on the list for a buckling next year out of CH Phoenix Farm IDA Special FX, I learned that her single reserved buckling had just come available. Well, the stars and planets aligned and this beautiful guy is sitting happily in my barn right now! I pray that he gives me daughters as beautiful as all of his dam/ granddams.
Photo courtesy of Winning Streak Farm
Sire: GCH Wood Bridge Farm Count On Me +*B
SS: GCH Wood Bridge Farm Undeniable ++B
SD: GCH Wood Bridge Farm CountNBlessns
Dam: Phoenix Farm IDA SpecialFX
DS: Phoenix Farm BW Buzzards Bay +*B (AI)
DD: GCH Phoenix Farm IDA Special Order
Photo courtesy of Winning Streak Farm.
"Effie" is the littlermate sister to a buck that lived with me: Phoenix Farm IDA BJeweled Sako *B. One look at this beautiful doe and her dam, and you'll see why I love this line so much! Photo courtesy of Winning Streak Farm.
This doe scored an EEEE91 and has one of the most beautiful udders I've ever seen. She and her daughter, Effie, look like they could be twins and I absolutely love the consistency here. Photo courtesy of Winning Streak Farm.
DOB: 3/9/2023
Sire: American Jewell Aquarius
SS: Dawnland LVL Maritime Legacy
SD: Dawnland CDR Ambrosia
Dam: Dawnland CDR Sugar Bee
DS: Dawnland HHR Corde du Roi
DD: Dawnland RR Little Bee
photo courtesy of Connie Maine, Rocking Maine Farm