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Dragonfly Farm First
Fresheners
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updated
7/18/10
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is free of CAE, Johnes, CL, TB, and brucellosis. |
At the very
least we are expecting a ton of milk from this one. She has a
beautiful face, which is usually laughing at me as it runs away
at top speed...actually that's not fair; after being dragged to
every show all summer, she's finally become enamored of shoulder
scratches, and is downright affectionate--a typical laid-back
Hunk daughter. Unasccountably I never got 1st fresh pictures of
Celestial in 2009, but I hope to remedy that thsi next freshening.
Her udder is similar to her illustrious dam's (very high rear,
well extended fore, large teats placed a little too far to the
outside), with very good capacity for a first freshener.For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 4 x 1st, 1 x RGCH Jr Doe, 1 x GCH Jr Doe (Has it All Farm
2008, Judge Barb Norcross)
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(Photo by Declan
Dean) I had to keep this kid. Yes, she's my absolute least favorite
color, though with all the white, it really isn't so bad. And,
after all, her dam is very promising, her sire is doing great
things, and she is structurally very pleasing--but that's not
why I am keeping her. It's because, when she was 2 days old and
the bus with all the lovely ladies from the senior center stopped
across the street to watch the kids at play, I decided to pick
her up and take her over for a visit. I set her down in the aisle
of the bus and she strolled up and down, stopping to say hi to
each person along the way, and never turned a hair. I need more
personalities like that around here; we have waaaaay too many
prima donnas! Her name is the title character in one of the versions
of the fairy tale "Cinderella", in Itialian by Giambattista
Basile.For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Zezolla will
be on lease for the show season at Seraiah Farm.
Show
record: 1 x RGCH Jr
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When we unexpectedly
lost our keeper for 2008 from our lovely Party, Karen Elliot of
Black Duck Farm was kind enough to let us buy back her sister,
and my gratitude knows no bounds. Party Girl was the more elegant
and refined of the 2 sisters.
Show
record: 1 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr (July, 2009, Tamara Taylor(AGS))
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(Photo
by Declan Dean) Named
for the title character in one of Puccini's best known operas.
Floria is very correct and even more striking now than when these
pictures were taken. For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Floria will
be on lease for the show season at Seraiah Farm.
Show
record: 1 x RGCH Jr
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Named
for the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth...and thank goodness
she did not remain a virgin. Vesta has the trademark stretch and
style we always see in Kestrel's kids, plus the very tight shoulders
and elbows that Hal reliably produced. When Judge Barb Norcross
nemaed her Best Junior Doe in Show in New Boston, 2009, she remarked
that Vesta strolled around the ring like a runway model. She's
well aware of how beautiful she is. She's the second Best Doe
in Show we've had who failed to win a leg for her efforts. Oh,
well. Vesta's
first udder is pretty much all I could have hoped for, and I expect
her to be spectacular when she is mature. For more photos and
information, click here to
go to her page.
Vesta
will be on lease for the
show season at Seraiah Farm.
Show
record: shown twice as a Jr doe; 1 x 1st, 2 x GCH Jr (Barbara
Norcross, New Boston NH, June, 2009, no leg; Brent Deitrich, Topsfield
Fair, October, 2009, AGS leg), 1 x BJrDIS (Barbara Norcross, June,
2009). As a senior doe, 3 x 1st.
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Another
beautiful Hal daughter, out of one of our most promising first
fresheners. Scylla will be our second Halifax daughter to freshen,
and I can't wait. For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: 1 x RGCH Jr
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Absolutely
adorable little red-gold doe, and very outspoken. Thanks, Heather,
for this little diva! For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show
record: not yet shown
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| DOB 7/25/08 |
extended
pedigree |
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Another
long, elegant, striking Hunk daughter. Described by Lynn Fleming as
"the most beautiful Nigerian Dwarf doe I have ever seen,"
just before she awarded her the Best Jr Doe in Show rosette in Windsor,
Maine, May, 2009. Breathtaking and extremely unfriendly!! She has
calmed down considerably since she kidded and joined the milking string.
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udder is a joy to milk, with outstanding attachments and huge teats.
For more photos and information, including udder photos, click here
to go to her page.
Show record: 4 x 1st, 3 x GCH Jr (Lynn Fleming, Lynn Benedict, and
Pete Snyder, May, 2009), 1 x BJrDIS (Lynn Fleming, May, 2009) |
| DOB 7/29/08 |
extended
pedigree |
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One of
several kiddings that resulted from multiple Max/Rebel/Pirate breakouts...Max
turns out to be the proud daddy. This kid is both bewitching
to look at and very, very loud. For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Rhiannon
is one of the nicest first fresheners we are offering for sale this
year, and I may still change my mind...$500 |
| DOB 8/14/08 |
extended
pedigree |
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One of
our first Max daughters, and she is a beauty. Ariadne had a banner
year in 2008, appraising EEEE 91 and finishing her MCH at the age
of 9 years young. For
more photos and information, click here
to go to her page.
Show record: not yet shown |
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