Blissberry KOH Madeira
Registration #: N001676550
Purebred Nubian
DOB: April 5th, 2014
Barn Name: Maddie
Comes from CAE free herd
G6S Normal by Parentage
Purebred Nubian
DOB: April 5th, 2014
Barn Name: Maddie
Comes from CAE free herd
G6S Normal by Parentage
3yo, 2F
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SS: ++*B Brown Sugar's Crown Ambassador EX 90
Sire: +*B Kastdemur's King of the Hill SD: GCH Lassenwood Miller Kiona *M DS: CH *B Blissberry Show Me The Money EX90 VEE Dam: GCH Blissberry SM Jamaica 5*M VG89 DD: Blissberry FM Aruba 4*M VG88 |
Maddie's pedigree speaks for itself. Her sire is a buck I have always admired. He throws so much consistency in his kids and can be found in most of the pedigrees of the top Nubians. Having King as Maddie's sire is particularly special because he passed away this winter, making Maddie one of the kids from his last live bred kid crop. King was the 2008 ADGA Nat'l Premier Nubian Sire. His offspring include all of the fabulous kids from the King X Mystere cross (Misha, Moulin Rouge, Most Wanted, Mandalay Bay) as well as Blissberry She's So Fine, and Pella's Triple C Yahtzee. Maddie's dam, Jamaica, is a lovely doe I got the privilege of meeting in person! She is beautiful. She is a smaller Nubian, but a correct Nubian who has milked over 3,000 lbs each lactation. This King X Jamaica cross also makes Maddie 3/4 siblings to Blissberry Malibu Black (retained by BlissBerry) as well as Blissberry Jamaican Me Shine (owned by Caprine Divas and now back at Blissberry). With this pedigree, I can only expect great things! Maddie already shows a lot of promise. She stands on strong feet/legs and boasts the highest/widest escutcheon in the herd!
About her picture: Maddie HATES being set up for pictures! I can n.e.v.e.r. get her to relax her back. One day I was brushing my LGD and the goats come over. I brushed Maddie's back and to my amazement, it tickled it just enough that she dropped it! So I now use that same brush to take a picture of her. Just gotta be smarter than the goat! lol And then of course I had to distract her with a corn husk cuz she kept trying to get out of the collar... :P
2016: Maddie freshened with B/D twins and a beautiful udder, high/wide escutcheon & fabulous fore udder. Unfortunately after separating her from her kids for 24 hrs at about a week old for monthly milk testing, she developed severe gangrene mastitis and lost half of her udder. She was on death's door and even though she will never be in full production, or earn her milk star, or be appraised, I am so grateful that she made it through this ordeal and will at the very least be able to reproduce, even with only half an udder. She will be given the next year off and will not be bred again until fall '17. Her body needs more time to recover. With everything she went through though, she still looks beautiful; long, very level doe. I suspect that having this next year off will help her gain more body capacity.
2017: Maddie was supposed to have the year off after her ordeal last year. By January/February though she was looking better than ever. She had a silent heat and managed to somehow get with one of the bucks. She kidded twins bucks in August and was successfully able to raise them on half an udder with a little bit of supplementing. One of her kids was 45# by a month and a half old! She has been bred to *B Blissberry LT Vegas Jackpot for 2018 kids.
About her picture: Maddie HATES being set up for pictures! I can n.e.v.e.r. get her to relax her back. One day I was brushing my LGD and the goats come over. I brushed Maddie's back and to my amazement, it tickled it just enough that she dropped it! So I now use that same brush to take a picture of her. Just gotta be smarter than the goat! lol And then of course I had to distract her with a corn husk cuz she kept trying to get out of the collar... :P
2016: Maddie freshened with B/D twins and a beautiful udder, high/wide escutcheon & fabulous fore udder. Unfortunately after separating her from her kids for 24 hrs at about a week old for monthly milk testing, she developed severe gangrene mastitis and lost half of her udder. She was on death's door and even though she will never be in full production, or earn her milk star, or be appraised, I am so grateful that she made it through this ordeal and will at the very least be able to reproduce, even with only half an udder. She will be given the next year off and will not be bred again until fall '17. Her body needs more time to recover. With everything she went through though, she still looks beautiful; long, very level doe. I suspect that having this next year off will help her gain more body capacity.
2017: Maddie was supposed to have the year off after her ordeal last year. By January/February though she was looking better than ever. She had a silent heat and managed to somehow get with one of the bucks. She kidded twins bucks in August and was successfully able to raise them on half an udder with a little bit of supplementing. One of her kids was 45# by a month and a half old! She has been bred to *B Blissberry LT Vegas Jackpot for 2018 kids.
Kidding History
2016: B/D Twins. Gangrene Mastitis, lost 1/2 udder. Retained Daughter LOSA ACRES WF MONTEGO.
2017: snuck a date with a buck, kidded twin bucks in August
2016: B/D Twins. Gangrene Mastitis, lost 1/2 udder. Retained Daughter LOSA ACRES WF MONTEGO.
2017: snuck a date with a buck, kidded twin bucks in August
Dam: GCH Blissberry SM Jamaica 5*M
Photo Courtesy: Blissberry Dairy Goats
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