Nigerian Dwarf Reference Dams
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Dav-Lyn
Twinkle Toes 'E'
21-1/4" AGS 90.0
Excellent at 9 years of age!
Sire: MCH Willows White Light'n 'E'
Dam: Dav-Lyn Abigale
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4 x GCH, 2 x RsCH
What an awesome old doe! Twinkle Toes was shown
very rarely for most of her life, and now at 9 years of age is proving she
still has what it takes! As obvious in this picture taken in May 2001, her
rear udder is still held up high and tight, with near perfect udder floor
and teat placement. AGS Classifier and judge Sandi Liska commented that
she had about the best feet and legs she'd ever seen on a Nigerian Dwarf
of any age!
Sadly,
Twinkle Toes died last year before being able to finish her MCH.
Owned by Elaine Wynn of Little Rascals Farm.
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Goodwood Zippy Mariri 3*D
DOB: 04/13/89 21-1/4" HES 89.15 AGS 86.4 at 11 years old - a
perfect score on rear legs!
Sire: Goodwood Zeppo +S
(Pine Cone Valley Domino x Pine Cone Valley Black Satin)
Dam: Goodwood Swahili 2*D
(Goodwood King Sunny Ade' x Willows So Forth *D)
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1 x GCH, 2 x RsCH
Mariri was one of my very first does, and she was very special. Being of foundation type,
she wasn't as refined as many modern dwarfs, but was extremely long,
level, wide and correct, with incredibly wide, flat open ribbing. She more than proved her worth as a brood
doe, being in the pedigrees of many outstanding individuals, including
at least 4 daughters who have earned their milking stars. She is the
granddam of at least two finished champions, MCH Goodwood Fox and 2-time
National Champion Buck ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb+*S. Her daughter Twin
Creeks BH Zinnia 4 *D is our first home-bred AGS Master
Champion and was the 2002 National Champion, and her last daughter,
Grande Finale, just earned her MCH as a 2nd freshener.
Mariri passed away on September 29, 2000, one day after delivering
her final beautiful doe kid, aptly named "Grand Finale". She
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Goodwood Purple People Eater VG
DOB: 03/11/92 20 1/4" AGS 89.1 at 6-1/2 years of age
Sire: Goodwood Mr. Periwinkle
(Goodwood Alamo Messenger +S x Goodwood Alexandra)
Dam: MCH Goodwood Tahoka
(MCH Goodwood Kauri Tree +*S x Goodwood Souvenir) |
1 x GCH
Purple is a paternal half-sister to our great doe, MCH Raha Acres
Twink's Pixie, and was a perfectly lovely doe in her own right. She
showed
well and proved to be a very valuable brooddoe. (See her daughters MCH
Goodwood
Good Day Sunshine and Twin
Creeks Yuletidetreasure *D.) She won her first official milking leg over
about 2 dozen other milkers at the age of 6, after taking home numerous
blue ribbons over the years. Purple had excellent dairy character, with near perfect dairy skin and ribs, and her udder
had a broad area of
attachment that was still tightly held up at 7 years of age.
Purple died of kidding complications in October 1999. |
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WGF Roxie
DOB: 04/02/94 20 1/2"
Sire: Dav-Lyn Toby
(Goodwood Juniper x Dav-Lyn Sugar)
Dam: Dav-Lyn Sugar
(MCH Willows White Light'n 'E'x Willows May Day) |
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The result of line-breeding on MCH White Light'n, Roxie looks like a
miniature Saanen.
She is the dam of
MCH Twin
Creeks BH Phantom Bride *D.
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Twin Creeks BH Homemade
Vanilla *D 'E'
DOB: 01/13/98 20-1/2" at 2-1/2 years AGS 90.9 Exc
Sire: Twin
Creeks Brave Heart +S
(Inavale All That Jazz x MCH Raha Acres Twink's Pixie *D 'E')
Dam: MK
Hannah
(HBF Palladin x Goodwood San Antonio Rose) |
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1 x Best Udder
Vanilla is a gorgeous, powerful, correct doe with the most capacious
udder in our herd. As a 3 year old on a one-day test she was the
high milker out of 11 participants with 4.9 pounds of 5.6% BF milk.
Vanilla now resides at Jobi Goat Dairy in Brenham, Texas.
Joanne's herd is on official DHIA test and we are thrilled to announce
that Vanilla was #5 in the AGS Top Ten for 2002!
Vanilla is the dam of
the beautiful MCH Betty Davis.
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Twin Creeks LS Suncatcher
*D VG
DOB: 03/11/98 20-1/4" AGS 89.2
Very Good
Sire: MCH HBF
Luckey Strike 'E' +S
(MCH Willows White Light'n +S 'E' x Goodwood Mermaid)
Dam: MCH Goodwood Good Day Sunshine 'E'
(ARMCH Goodwood Kauri Tree +*S x Goodwood Purple People Eater VG) |
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2 x GCH Senior Doe,
3 x
Best Udder
Grand Champion Senior Doe
and Best Udder - AGS 2001 National Show!
Suncatcher comes from one of
my favorite maternal bloodlines, and is a lovely example of why I value
this line. She is very dairy, with a beautiful head, thin skin,
flat ribbing, and an outstanding escutcheon and rear leg set. We would
like to see more length of body and levelness of topline, especially
over the rump.
As a 4th freshener she has
fantastic capacity while retaining her near-perfect teat placement and
wide and smooth attachment all around. This exquisite mammary system
earned her Best Udder at the 2001 AGS National Show!
Sadly, we lost Suncatcher
this fall, 2004. She was looking better than ever and carrying triplets
but was a little "off" for a day or two and then died as if in
her sleep. I suspect ketosis - I just didn't realize the
seriousness of her condition until it was too late. This was a
tremendous loss as she was our best Good Day Sunshine daughter to
date.
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Above photo by Aaron Jones - thanks Aaron!

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Twin Creeks BH Yuletidetreasure *D
VG
DOB: 12/24/97 20-1/4"
Sire: Twin
Creeks Brave Heart +S
(Inavale All That Jazz x MCH/PGCH Raha Acres Twink's Pixie *D 'E')
Dam: Goodwood
Purple People Eater VG
(Goodwood Mr. Periwinkle x MCH Goodwood Tahoka) |
2 x GCH Sr,
5 x RsCH Senior, 1 x Best Udder in Show
Treasure was my first Brave Heart daughter and she has delighted me in
every way. She has outstanding general appearance and a very capacious
mammary system with plumb, easily-milked
teats. On a one-day milk test as a 18" tall first-freshener, she produced 3.6 pounds of 5%
butterfat milk, easily earning her star. She got a late start to
her show career, but shows consistently well, although she is often the
bridesmaid rather than the bride!
Treasure
kidded November 19th, 2004 with gorgeous twin does sired by Piddlin
Acres Hot Sauce which we are retaining. Treasure finally succumbed
to the aggressive cancer she has been battling for the last year. We
didn't want her to suffer any longer so had her humanely euthanized a
few weeks after kidding. She will be badly missed.
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MCH
Twin
Creeks BH Morning Lark 2*D
DOB: 10/01/99 22"
AGS 90.1 Exc
Sire: MCH Twin
Creeks BH Bay Watch *S 'E'
(Twin Creeks Brave Heart +S x MCH Piddlin Acres Tiny Bubbles *D 'E')
Dam: Dav-Lyn
Jackpot *D
(Mtn Retreat's Clear Cut x Willow Creek Honeycomb G+)
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Morning
Lark is a powerhouse, being wide, long, very deep-bodied and
having good feet and legs, while showing excellent dairy character in
her angularity throughout and pliable dairy skin. She has a
beautifully-shaped, capacious udder with good division and plumb
milkable teats. On a one-day milk test as a first-freshener she
earned her star with 3.5 pounds of 5.3% butterfat milk.
She has
passed on the strengths of her strong general appearance and mammary
system - see her daughters Hummingbird
and MCH Meadowlark. We like her daughter Meadowlark so much we
are using a herdsire out of her! |
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Twin
Creeks LRM Hummingbird
DOB: 12/19/00
Sire: Little Rascals Mufasa VG
(Flat Rocks Flash 'E' x
Goodwood Jordan's Moonseed)
Dam: MCH Twin Creeks BW Morning Lark
2*D 'E'
(MCH Twin Creeks BH Bay Watch *S 'E' x Dav-Lyn Jackpot *D) |
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x GCH Sr, 1 x RsCH Senior, 1 x Best Udder
Hummingbird
is much like her beautiful dam, being very wide, deep and powerful, and
broad and level over the topline. Her udder is very snugly attached both
fore and rear, with near-ideal teat size and placement.
Hummingbird has been sold
to Gena Herzinger in Idaho. We hope she does well for you Gena!
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MCH
Twin Creeks Hawk's Betty Davis 2*D E
DOB: 01/03/02 21-5/8" at 21 months AGS
Classification 90.3 Exc
Sire: Twin Creeks MF Prairie Hawk *S
(Goodwood
Maltese Falcon *S x MCH Raha Acres Twink's Pixie *D E)
Dam: Twin
Creeks BH Homemade Vanilla *D E
(Twin Creeks
Brave Heart +S x MK Hannah)
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x GCH Junior, 1 x RsCH Senior, 2 x GCH Senior, 1 x Best Udder in Show
Betty is a gorgeous long, tall
elegant doe, with near ideal general appearance and dairy
character. She comes from a background that excels in mammary system and milk
production. Betty has a very capacious udder, although we would like to see
tighter attachment and better teat
placement. On a one-day test she milked 4.4 pounds
of 4.66% BF milk, easily earning her star. Her son Aragorn,
sired by MCH Bay Watch, is a finished champion and has been twice
AGS Reserve National Champion Buck !
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MCH
Piddlin Acres Hop Scotch *D E
DOB:
08/21/95 22-1/4" AGS 90.2 Exc
Sire: Piddlin Acres Shazamm!
(Goodwood Mendelssohn x Piddlin Acres Alamo Fiesta)
Dam: Piddlin Acres Tic Tac Doe 'E'
(MCH Gladys Porter Zoo Ali's Tex x Willow Creek Tin Lizzie 'E')
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2
x RsCH Senior, 3 x GCH Senior, 2 x Best Udder
Hop
Scotch is a very deep-bodied doe, with outstanding angularity and dairy
character. Although she could be more smoothly blended she has
outstanding feet and legs, wide, flat open ribbing, and tremendous depth
of body. Her udder may have the broadest area of attachment of any in
our herd, with a perfectly smooth foreudder that goes on forever.
These are attributes she maintained until her death from kidding
complications at 11 years of age.
On her
last one-day milk test she did 4.1 pounds.
Hop
Scotch is the dam of Harmonica.
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Far-n-Best Little Darlin'
DOB: 11/29/94 21 1/8"
AGS Classification 88.4
VG
Sire: Majyk Hill Star Shine
(Willows by George x Majyk Hill Farm Star)
Dam: Far-n-Best Ace of Spades
(Far-n-Best Flag x Far-n-Best Flopsy)
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(Picture taken at 7 years old - not fully uddered up.)
Although
not a show doe herself, Darlin has more than proved her worth as a brood
doe through her daughters and granddaughters. Darlin excels
in dairy and breed character, with a lovely head set on a long, slim
neck, tight shoulders and sharp withers, very flat, wide-spaced ribs, thin
skin and a very deep barrel. She passed on these
characteristics, along with her lovely mammary system, to many of her
daughters and granddaughters. See her beautiful daughter in our
herd: MCH
Clementine,
and her granddaughter MCH Mithril
Silver. A granddaughter, MCH
Stellaluna, is owned by Joanne Karohl in Mass.
At 12
years old we have retired Darlin' from the kidding pen and will continue
to enjoy her progeny in the herd.
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MCH Piddlin Acres Tiny Bubbles *D E
DOB: 02/10/96 19 1/2"
AGS 90.0 'E'
Sire: Storybook Domino
(Storybook Zoser x Storybook Nefertiti)
Dam:Piddlin'Acres Shamrock
(Piddlin Acres Prophecy x HBF Archuletta)
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3 x GCH Senior Doe, 3 x Best
Udder
Bubbles is a compact, powerful doe with a lovely udder that is capacious and beautifully-shaped with a broad area of attachment and
a well-extended foreudder.
Her influence is most
strongly felt in our herd through her son, MCH Bay Watch
++*S, who has
produced multiple Master Champions and star milkers to date. She also
has several daughters in other herds who have earned junior and milking
legs, including a MCH/GCH daughter, MCH Twin Creeks MB Effervescent 2*D
owned by Pecan Hollow Farm.
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