Shay
and her herdmate were transported for me from the 2004 ADGA Nationals
by an Oberhasli breeder. Apparently, the two kids ran around this
nice lady's kitchen and were a great hit, prompting her to joke
that she would have to get herself a couple of "mini-Obers"
as well! Shay's grandsire, Creek Road Hudson, is a buck I have
long admired who has produced multiple Best Udder winners in the
Buttin'Heads herd, including Shay's dam. Shay's sire is a gorgeous
buck whose dam, Pageantry, has a lovely
mammary system.
In
addition to her winning bottle baby personality, Shay probably
has the smoothest, tightest front end assembly in the herd. Her
udder is her strongest feature, however; in 2007, as a 3 year
old second freshener, Shay scored a 93% in mammary in her AGS
Classification, despite a slight asymmetry probably caused by
subclinical mastitis during her first freshening. She also holds
the record for the shortest stay on my For Sale Page--about 15
minutes...(what was I thinking??!) In 2009 at her first LA session,
she received an E in mammary which I believe is well deserved.
Shay
was the almost-bridesmaid at several shows in 2008, so that her
record really does not reflect how well she did; she would have
several 2nd-best-udder in show and reserve-RGCHs to her credit,
if such things existed. However, I believe that she has improved
with each freshening so far, and that her day will come. I plan
to keep several more doe kids, if she is kind enough to produce
them for me.
Show
record: 1 x 1st
Kidding
record: 2006, triplets,
two bucks and a doe by Turner Ashby; 2007, triplets,
two bucks and a doe by Hunk;
2008, twin does
by Giacomo (see Floria Tosca); 2009, twin
bucks by Lancelot
305
day test data |
| Age
(yrs.months) |
DIM |
Milk,
lbs |
Fat,
lbs |
%
Fat |
Protein,
lbs |
%
protein |
High
test day, lbs |
3.02 |
235 |
545 |
26 |
4.8 |
22 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
4.02 |
141 |
503 |
18 |
3.6 |
19 |
3.8 |
5.6 |
| 5.02 |
173 |
551 |
27 |
4.9 |
22 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
 |
| June,
2008 (Photos by Lorene Toth) |
 |
 |
| September,
2006 (photo by Declan Dean) |
|
|
August,
2004 |
June,
2005 |
