Green Acres Farm - LA

[Green Acres Farm]

Green Farm Aurora Borealis (Diesel x Dazzle doe). She’s always racing around, so I cdidnt get any good pics. She has an interesting color pattern. She’s both chamoisse and buckskin.

Aurora brother

 

[Bruce]

Stella

Tells you what she thinks of you taking her picture!

 

[Green Acres Farm]

I got back yesterday from the GA Nationals Fair with 3 of my girls. I only signed up Dazzle & Arizona, but I decided at the last minute to bring along MJ and substitute her for Arizona.

MJ has been in milk for almost 8 months, has changed homes, was on once a day milking at her previous home, didn’t eat at the show, and was nursed off of by Arizona on the way there, so she didn’t have near the capacity that she is capable of. She was 6th in her class.

Milked out

Dazzle was 1st in her class as a yearling, FF.

Arizona wasn’t shown as MJ took her spot, but I got a couple pics of her although she wanted none of it.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Just caught up with your wonderful animals.
Good job at the show.
Be safe down there in the storm.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Just caught up with your wonderful animals.
Good job at the show.
Be safe down there in the storm.

Thank you! The eye of the hurricane ended up moving west of us and we got a lot of wind and a few trees down, but it looks like the worst of it is over and everyone’s ok. The goats are going to be happy to help clean up.

 

[Southern by choice]

Congratulations on the show. The girls look beautiful!
How can you substitute a Jr for a Sr?

Glad you guys are Ok. Been watching all day.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Congratulations on the show. The girls look beautiful!
How can you substitute a Jr for a Sr?

Glad you guys are Ok. Been watching all day.

The entry rules said you could substitute outside of a class, but just for just one animal. It ended up working out because I left before the junior show started to avoid storms on the way back.

Thank you for thinking of me!

 

[Green Acres Farm]

I haven’t posted in awhile, but thought I’d share the results of Saturday’s show. The Florida Dairy Goat Assocation put on a 3 ring show and I brought 3 seniors and a junior. By the time the senior show was finished at 4 in the afternoon, I was exhausted and left before the junior show started (I only slept a few hours the night before). The girls were on coastal hay for a week because we ran out of peanut hay and they all lost some weight. It was a very competitive show with so many amazing goats.

The highlight was my aged doe, Gotta B Kid N Stella Maris placing reserve grand under Joanne Karohl. She only had a single and half her udder was dry from mastitis last year, so she really made a come back!

40 West Farm Sativa was 1st in one ring as a 2nd freshener. She is the daughter of Stella and half-sister of Mary Jane. She also just had a single this year. She was my favorite of my does Saturday. She is right at the height limit and I was worried she wouldn’t make it in the rings but thankfully she hasn’t gone past (yet). Still, I would rather a big doe right at the limit than a tiny doe. Her udder texture is amazing and she has the most open orfices I’ve ever milked. She wasnt being cooperative for pictures.

40 West Farm Mary Jane didn’t fill as well as I’d hoped, but she was still competitive. The highest she placed was 4th in a class.

My showmanship skills aren’t the best but I’m pleased with the direction we’re heading! LA is next Saturday and I’m looking forward to that!

 

[Southern by choice]

Congratulations! That is fantastic!
It is really a neat thing to go to the shows and see so many nice goats.
What? You went to a show and are tired? Noooooooooooo.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Congratulations.