Royal Caprines, the Family Lineage of Dairy Goats

So Maggie had her hot date yesterday with this fine fellow:

Meet Chenango-Hills Jester *B, *S

This handsome buck has it all, good looks, that stick-to-your-cloths buck smell, urine on the face, and a pedigree dating back several generations.  Oh, and that *S & *B shows that he's recognized by both the American Dairy Goat Association and American Goat Society to come from a dam (mother) who's proven through a controlled test of her milking ability that she exceeds the average milking ability for her breed.

In Jester's case, his mom, Chenengo-Hills Goddess scored 2nd in milking production and 1st in butterfat & protein.  That's quite an accomplishment for a little goat!  And, Jester's sire (father) is no slouch either - he's the son of GCH Rosasharn Haiku 4*D, who is the ADGA 2010 National Champion Senior Doe with the National Best Udder!  First of her breed to win this feat!  After setting up Jester's lineage of ancestors in my pedigree software, I couldn't believe that some of his lineage has been tracked back to goats born in 1980... and Nigerians are a young breed.  Toggenbergs are the oldest pedigree-tracked breed of goat, with ancient Switzerland herdbooks going back in to the 1600's.

I'm uber excited to have Maggie bred to this buck, as their kids should be of great dairy character, any does from this breeding should be great milkers, and it's just fun to be part of this great heritage of noble dairy goats, and contribute to the several generations of work by farmers who've spent decades improving this breed to bring more milk to the table.