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The main breeds of dairy goats on White Rock Farm are LaMancha, Oberhasli, Saanen, Nigerian Dwarf, and Miniature dairy goats. Stud service is available for Oberhaslis, Nigerian Dwarfs, Mini-Obers, and Mini-Manchas. Though we are still breeding a few Oberhasli, Saanens, and LaManchas, our breeding focus has moved over to the Miniature breeds. Many of our full-size does have been bred for Miniatures. The miniature dairy goat industry is growing, and being in such a remote location from most of the Mini breeders, we are working to help meet the demand on the east coast. Our focus is on production and quality udders, followed by body type and breed character. This is part of why many of our Minis are not 50/50 standard/Nigerian. We are trying to work in all of our best standard and Nigerian lines, but hope to have our first 3rd generation kids on the ground by 2011. We should have around 30 mini kids born in 2010, most of them second generation- check out our Planned Breedings and reserve your 2010 kids today! All of our Minis are registered with MDGA.
Currently Owned:
Updates & Highlights 2005: Our first Mini-Manchas, General Lee and General Jackson, were born in May, from Lorne and Daphnie. Marianne was Best Junior Doe in Show at our county fair, at just two months old; the next youngest doe there was three months older than her. We took her and Dolly to NAILE, where Dolly placed 6th, despite her only "freshening" being a false pregnancy. 2006: This was our first year going to many sanctioned shows. Velma was Reserve Champion over about 40 does at her first show as a 2nd freshening 3-year-old in May. Marianne did well in the local shows too, going reserve a few times. We were able to take a few goats to ADGA Nationals in Indiana, and most of our does placed. We also aquired our first Nigerian Dwarf buck, Butterscotch, so we will now be able to breed Nigerians in addition to Minis. General Lee and General Jackson were sold after breeding season to cut down on feed costs and make room. 2007: After winning at several shows with not enough goats to make a sanction, Velma was finally able to win a championship leg. Her 2007 buck kid from Butterscotch, Candy Man, went nearly undefeated in his class, placing first 4 of the 5 times shown, and coming extremely close to being Grand Champion Nigerian Buck on one occasion. We were also able to attend the AGS National Show in Harrisonburg, where Knight was Reserve Champion AOP buck, and in the AGS National Youth Show, Snickerdoodle (Candy Man's twin) placed first in her class. Sabrina recieved Best Udder in Show and Reserve Best in Show at our county fair (not sanctioned); at our county Expo in May, Cookie Dough was Best In Show. We have also started a strict CAE (Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis) prevention program beginning with our 2007 kids, and will be testing annually. 2008: We didn't show as much this year, due to increasing fuel costs and the loss of some of our best animals. Ebony, who has been in the top 3 of her class since freshening, died the week before Nationals, so we canceled our trip. Once again our doe kids were pulled from their dams and placed on a bottle. At our fair, Cookie Dough was Best in Show, and her 2008 kid Fluffernutter was Best Junior Doe In Show. 2009: Sold a few of the LaMancha and experimental does to enable us to focus more on the Mini-Manchas. We entered the Minis in MDGA's V-shows with good results. In the summer show, Hope was Best in Show in one ring and reserve champion MiniMancha in the other. Eliza was Mini-Mancha junior champion in one ring and reserve in the other in the summer V-show. In the fall V-show, Eliza was again junior champion and the other does entered were all first or second in their classes with Faith taking reserve junior champion. Grandyosa earned her dry leg with a few other does earning reserve or grand with not enough to sanction the show. Several does took first in their class at the State Fair. At the county fair, Elise was Best in Show, Mocha was Reserve, and Isabelle was best junior doe in show. 2010: Since most of the 2009 doe kids were kept through breeding season, most of these will be sold in 2010. We are planning to again attend ADGA Nationals in Louisville with Maple, Isabelle and Elise, among others. There is a possibility of planning an MDGA/TMGR show for some time in July. We will also breed for our first third-generation MiniManchas to be born in 2011.
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