Green Acres Farm - LA

[Fullhousefarm]

I you want some goats that have good milking lines with milk test scores I’d look at Hidden Palms (she travels so might be able to work out meeting you so it’s not so far). There are some in GA too, but I think their prices are quite a bit higher.

 

[Latestarter]

IMHO all those udders look pretty danged good. If it's milk you're looking for first, it doesn't look like you'll be going wrong with any of them. As for the LA score, that's more than just milk... it's the animal as a whole. From the ADGA: http://adga.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LA_SOP_2015.pdf

80-84 = Good Plus Animals in this category demonstrate the potential for or evidence of commendable lifetime performance. A good plus animal may display immaturity in structural trait characteristics or age-related wear at the current appraisal yet indicates a tendency towards full productivity. A good plus animal may also display full productivity yet still possess minor defects preventing advancement to a higher category. Regardless, the defects set relatively marginal limitations on the ability of the animal to sustain function over an extended period. (Underlined by me, not ADGA)

If the dam was scored as 81 as a FF, it's not out of the realm of possibility that she could move to the next higher level after one or more additional freshenings:

85-89 = Very Good Animals in this category demonstrate form indicative of the ability to function at a high level over an extended period. A very good animal possesses conformation and dairy quality enabling superior lifetime performance. Younger animals in this category excel in most if not all structural categories permitting them to perform at a high level respective to their stage of maturity. More mature animals in this category display form indicating a high level of function over a long productive life coupled with only minor primarily age-related defects.

More important would be the choice of buck to breed whatever you get with, for improvement/better scoring offspring.

 

[Southern by choice]

@Green Acres Farm

I just saw your post under POW.



I know there are no words that I can say to bring you comfort right now. I am so heartbroken for you. The GSD is so dear to my heart and there is something very special about the relationship between one and their human. I really do feel your pain. Such a devastating loss. I will be praying that God comfort you.

I am so sorry my dear sweet friend.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

@Green Acres Farm

I just saw your post under POW.



I know there are no words that I can say to bring you comfort right now. I am so heartbroken for you. The GSD is so dear to my heart and there is something very special about the relationship between one and their human. I really do feel your pain. Such a devastating loss. I will be praying that God comfort you.

I am so sorry my dear sweet friend.

Thank you. I miss her so much. She was such a good dog.

My littlest 18 month sister was calling and looking for her outside, "Jin-Jah, Jin-Jah?" But she never came. Ginger was so gentle and protective with her.

She was so full of life and energy. I just can't believe she is gone. I keep expecting her to greet me when I go outside.

 

[NH homesteader]

 

[Hens and Roos]

so sorry

 

[TAH]

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Stages of a Yawn:

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Cute!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Great Pics!! I wouldn't be that lucky...by the time I got the camera up on my phone it would be all over.