Thank you for your interest in our dairy goat herd. We have been breeding Nubians since 1974, and all of our Nubians are registered purebreds. Our herd has been on continuous DHIR testing for over 20 years. We show very little. Usually we attend 2 fairs, our local Clackamas County Fair's large open dairy goat show and Oregon State Fair. And sometimes we attend a nearby club show or 2, although we didn't go to those in 2005. We have won both Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor awards at Oregon State Fair for 7 of the last 10 years, including the past 4 years. Our herd was Linear Appraised in May 2006. They did very well overall, with 10 does scoring 90 or above and most of the rest of the herd in the upper 80's.
We are breeding for long, tall, DAIRY type Nubians with strong bodies and correct udders for production with longevity. We practice line breeding as the path to consistency. Our foundation animals over 25 years ago from the Goldthwaite herd were crossed with the Manzanita/Sarco Creek bloodline. Eventually we were fortunate to purchase, jointly with Sue Heublein of the Moonjumpers herd, GCH++*B Trillium Trails Proud Venture. Venture was linebred on GCH Trillium Trails Carmel Corn 9*M LA 12-04 EEEE, who was the 1992 ADGA National Reserve GCH and Reserve Best Udder. Venture's influence on the Nubians of the Pacific Northwest has been considerable, especially in general appearance, size, and breed character. Most of our herd at this point has been a result of crossing our lovely Venture daughters with +*B Goldthwaite Jose Carreres, who was from the original Goldthwaite "Bonny" line of our foundation animals. Jose not only had an amazing track record for his daughters' gorgeous show udders (1st Sr. Get of Sire at Oregon State Fair for the past 4 years, and at other shows as well), but he has been as high as 15th on the USDA Nubian Sire Summary list for PTA in milk production. Unfortunately, we lost both Venture and Jose the past couple of years, but they will live on through AI.
In spring 2004 we acquired *B Saada Gado Jeddiah as a kid. His dam is GCH Saada Lady Jamilla 6*M LA 93 EEEE, who has placed 1st, 2nd, and 7th as a milker at ADGA National Shows. His sire *B Saada Gandolph Gado LA 87 was a son of GCH Saada Lemon Albedo 5*M, who had four 3000# DHIR records. Jedi's first daughters look quite correct and dairy, and will start freshening in late April 2006. He is bred to most of our mature does this year. Jedi also is co-owned with Moonjumpers Nubians. Then in summer 2005 we acquired *B Saada My Liege David, who is out of the littermate sister of our older sire Jeddiah., Saada Lady Bathsheba, who placed 8th yearling milker at the 2005 ADGA National Show. His sire +B Goldthwaite My Liege Othello has permanent GCH daughters with Appraisal records in the 90's. David is bred to most of our young stock, particularly the Jedi daughters.
Our kids are taken from their dams at birth and raised on heat-treated colostrum and pasteurized milk in isolation from the rest of the herd. We do not routinely do the CAE blood tests, but could have one done on a specific kid if requested. Our herd is free of coryne abcesses and other contageous diseases as well. We feed the best available alfalfa and 16 % protein dairy goat ration, and supplement with selenium.
We require a $75 deposit to reserve a kid from a specific breeding, with the remainder due within 4 weeks after the kid is born, and encourage you to make a second choice. Your deposit is refundable if the kid is not born, or if we decide to keep it for any reason. We reserve the right to keep any kid born here as a herd replacement. Our prices here are for preordered kids, and may change after a kid is born, if it is not preordered. Shipping is from the Portland Airport. All shipping costs are the responsibility of the buyer, including health papers, insurance, and crate costs. We will provide registration papers, extended pedigrees, and transportation to the vet and airport. We guarantee our kids to be healthy, fertile and otherwise satisfactory, and will replace them if they are not. We will be offering some milking does for sale this spring, as well as the kids.
We will be glad to answer any further questions about our Nubains and give more detailed information on pedigrees, Appraisal scores, management, production records, etc. You are welcome to visit our farm by appointment.
Sher June
Prairie Fire Nubians |
