July, 2006
March, 2003

12/29/99 -- 10/12/14

Stella died peacefully in her sleep at nearly 15 years old; I will miss you, you old cuss.

I was very happy to be able to purchase Stella--thanks to Kim Steele of Steele Ballew and to Sunni Florence of Flat Rock Farms for making it possible! While feeding her 2006 buckling, she was giving me almost 5 pounds per day at one point--and then this doe just did not want to stop milking. At 4 months fresh with once per day milking she gave a steady 2 pounds per day. I don't know what she would have done if I had not skipped milking her for 2 weeks before that, thinking she would dry off. In 2007, she did show us what she can do; on her first official test day, Stella milked 7.7 pounds. My tester said that if she was not there to see it, she would not have believed it. (The udder photos below are from that day; so there's about 3.8 pounds of milk in that udder. Amazing.) Stella has several beautiful daughters, including Steele Ballew Sweetheart (1 x GCH in milk; udder shot here), owned by Pride of Texas, and Steele Ballew Romance (1 x RGCH in milk). We have retained her daughter Celestial, by Hunk, and hope for many more.

Show record: 4 x GCH, 4 x RGCh, 4 x Best Udder

Kidding record (since we owned her): 2006, single buck by Rio; 2007, quads by Hunk, 2 does, 2 bucks; 2008, triplet bucks by Hunk, 2010, twin does by Tuan; 2012, buck/doe twins by Solaris (did not survive).