Reference Does

We finally retired good old Rumor in 2008.  We figured she deserved a rest.  While only 8 years old, she had freshened nine times and given us a lot of great progeny to work with.  While a powerful, respectable doe, it was time to move on.  She will live out her life here. 

Chanel was a very sweet doe who we lost to listeriosis.  She was pregnant at the time with her 2nd litter.  Her 1st daughter, Bambi was retained. Chanel was the daughter of Aquarius and Jobi Spring.

Fiesta has given us 14 offspring in just 3 kiddings. (Nine of those were does). The last kidding, with sextuplets, was hard on her, so we have decided to not breed her again.  She will be part of the retirement herd.

Pholia Farm HB Cleopatra 2*M

Cleo has some great qualities- body capacity, large teats, and nice color, but has been a less than stunning milker and not of show quality.  Her offspring by Aquarius are quite nice though.  So she is being placed with a home milking family.

Pholia Farm HB Pip Squeak 2*M

Cheeky Beaky, as she is known, was only 1.1 pounds at birth and didn't develop the best body structure.  She gave birth easily to twin daughters, that we have retained.  She will stay here as a pet.

Eclair was an improvement on her dam (Sienna), but not a top milker or show doe.  We felt she was better placed in a pet home. She went with Pico and is well loved.

Pico lacked in some structural categories and in milk production, so she went wit h Eclair (above) to a lovely pet home.  Her daughter, Dewdrop, is still part of our herd.

Goodwood KW Spider *M

With some reluctance we decided in 2007 to pull Spider out of our breeding program. Her milk production has been lower than we would like and her orifices are tight.  We have a lovely daughter coming along.