Dawnwind Dairy Goats

4/27/12           Cou Blanc          American Alpine          DNA On File          Full Pedigree
 

LA:  4-03 88 VEV (E in Back)

        3-02 88 VEV (E in Back and Rump)

        0-02 VVV / V

                  SS: ++*B Kickapoo-Valley HL Lord Wimsey AI 3-02 91 EEE

            S: GCH +*B Roeburn's KVLW Samurai 3-06 90 VEE 

                  SD: GCH Roeburn's DVK Sheba 7*M 5-06 92 EEEE

                  DS: GCH +*B Chateau Briant's Jaylen 3-01 91 EEE

            D: GCH Chateau Briant's Braxton 11*M 5-03 91 EVEE

                  DD: SGCH Chateau Briant's Brennah 10*M 7-02 92 EEEE

An import from Maine, Bon Idee (in French: good idea) is our senior herdsire.  Check out his pedigree made up entirely of Excellent scoring appraisal scores!  I love the length, smoothness, and phenomenal udders that his sire, Samurai, has thrown in daughters at the Chateau Briant herd--GCH Baylee (5-02 91 EEVE) was 1st/1st yearling milker at the 2011 National Show, while GCH Jovial (5-03 92 EEEE) was 4th yearling milker at the 2011 National Show, and both does finished their championships as two year-olds, with seven champion offspring total.  Bon Idee's dam, Braxton, was the 9th place dry yearling at the 2011 National Show and 11th place 4 year-old in 2014 (photo below).  Her udder is beautifully attached and especially smooth in the fore udder. 

Bon Idee has exceeded my original expectations.  I am seeing a lot of width and brisket extension in his daughters.  He has been complimented by judges for his dairy character, and admired for his tremendously long frame.  He became a permanent champion at age 2 in 2014.  His daughter Marvelle is producing in the milk pail (16# per day peak as a 2, 3, and 4 year-old), finishing her championship in 2017, and obtained an appraisal score of 90 (3-04 EEVV) in 2016.  He continually produces does that are improvements over their dams, and showing increased milk production. 

Show Results: 2xBOB, 2xGCH, 2xRGCH

 

Photos: at left is GCH +*B Roeburn's KVLW Samurai at age 2 and GCH Chateau Briant's Braxton 11*M at age 4 (photos courtesey of Chateau Briant).  Above is CH *B Chateau Briant's Bon Idee as a yearling.

3/10/15     Chamoise with star and red belt on left     American Alpine     DNA Parentage Verified         Full Pedigree    

LA: 1-04 82 +++

                    SS: *B Redwood Hills Jazz Zephyr 1-01 84 +E+

          S: *B Mamm-Key Zephyr's King Julien 3-04 90 EVE

                    SD: SGCH Mamm-Key Story's Blossom 6*M 3-03 89 VVEE
 

                    DS: SG Dawnwind Mega Magnifico 3-11 91 EEE

          D: SGCH Dawnwind Magnifique Medesima 3*M 8-04 92 EEEE

                    DD: GCH Dawnwind Mechanical Minuit 2*M 2-03 87 VEVV

Pictured at 5 months old.

This buck is flashy and correct.  I've never seen markings like his left side half belt.  He was an easy choice to keep, as his dam, Medesima, is a superb homebred doe that has flourished and achieved my "wish list" of doe performance.  Mahogany's sire, KJ, was only with us for one breeding season, and impressed us with his attitude and general appearance.  Mahogany obtained his first GCH win as a 7 week-old kid over adult bucks!  He threw 75% doe kids in 2016, and we are looking forward to seeing their udders in 2017.  His daughters Tiva, Chandelier, and Maven have all obtained dry legs in 2016.  I am very pleased with his full sister, Magdalene, as well.

Show Results: 1xGCH, 1xRGCH

 Photos: 1st row: Mahogany's parents: *B Mamm-Key Zephyr's King Julien (age 3) and SGCH Dawnwind Magnifique Medesima (age 6).
               2nd row: Mahogany at 10 days (namesake Mahogany 1/2 belt), rear (5 months), and Medesima rear at age 7 with 8 hours of milk.

4/30/2016           Chamoise          French Alpine     DNA On File          Full Pedigree

LA: 

                     SS: *B Angel-Prairie Embr Fancy Blaze

            S: *B Windrush Farms Blaze Sassafras

                     SD: GCH Windrush Farms IRS Corriander 5*M 5-06 92 EEEE
 

                     DS: Sand Dance SDS Night Flight

            D: GCH Pearl Valley Flight Tigress 4*M

                     DD: GCH Pearl Valley MMF Traza 3*M 3-04 EEEE 90

Trump at 8 months.

To continue to develop our French Alpine program, we were specifically looking for overall correctness coupled with outstanding rumps and foreudders.  We have shown against Tigress and Traza in Colorado, and admired them for those particular traits.  Sass ties us back into Qu'Appelle V Ember and Iron-Rod lines, and his dam is a full sister to the Premier National Sire GCH +*B Windrush Farms IRS Charmer 4-06 89 VEV.  Trump is exceedingly well grown, and we are so pleased with him.  Thank you Sherry and Linda!

Show Results:

Photos of Trump's parents: *B Windrush Farms Blaze Sassafras (age 4) and GCH Pearl Valley Flight Tigress 4*M (age 4) [Photos courtesy of L&S Alpines, Sherry Barnes]



Right: Trump at 1 month of age.

3/28/2017      Sundgau     American Alpine     POLLED     Full Pedigree

LA:    

SS: *B Iron-Rod Strength Singed

S: *B Dawnwind Singed Lincoln

SD: Iron-Rod SHM Show Some Leg AI 1*M 2-03 88 VVVE

DS: SG Dawnwind Magnificently Clever 3-03 90 VEE

D: SG Dawnwind Clever Blythe 6*M 2-05 88 VV+V

DD: Ittipaw Sagebrush Z Buttercup 5*M 2-04 88 VEEV

 Photo at 1 month of age.

I am very impressed with Bonhomie and his sister Bliss.  Bliss was a reserved order, so we chose to keep Bonhomie.  We sold his sire, Lincoln, yet I am very pleased with the kid crop we have for 2017.  Bonhomie has increased in substance and length of bone over his dam, Blythe.  A favorite for her wonderful personality and ease of milking, Blythe is also a top milker in our herd, has garnered awards in the show ring, and is maturing beautifully.  We are going to use Bonhomie on a handful of does this year. 

Show Results:

Photos:



At right: Dam Blythe's 2 year-old rear udder and grand-dam Legs' rear udder at 2 years.

Below: Bonhomie's parents: SG Dawnwind Clever Blythe 6*M (2 years) and Dawnwind Singed Lincoln (1 month).





4/2/2017     Chamoise      French Alpine    Full Pedigree

LA:        
              SS: +*B GCH Qu'Appelle V Etienne 4-02 90 VEE

S: ++B Iron-Rod ET Sheriff 2-04 86 +VE

     SD: CH Sanstorms Super Shyne 5-02 89 VEVE

 
              DS: +*B Cherry Glen Abraham Riddik AI 1-03 88 VEE

D: CH Iron-Rod RDK Shatte 7-05 92 EEEE

     DD: Iron-Rod STG Showoff 3-03 89 VEEV

I continue to admire the Iron-Rod goats, and this breeding resonates with the direction I want to take my herd.  I am thrilled at the opportunity to have Shyne.  Thank you Leslie and Larry for entrusting him to us!  Shyne is exeedingly long, tall, and dairy, in fact, very similar to his maternal half sister, Legs, also in our herd.  Since we first saw Shatte in our 2014 visit to the Iron-Rod herd, she has only gotten better!  She has been competitive at the National Show, placing 11th at age 4, 6th at age 6, and 7th at age 7.  Her maternal 1/2 sister was the late 2014 National Champion, CH Iron-Rod STB Shelby.  She also has a GCH daughter.  On Shyne's paternal side, he brings back Sanstorms Super Shyne, a throwback to the herd where I obtained my very first doe, Sanstorms Enchanting Mitzi.  Sheriff was the 2011 Premier Sire, has 6 offspring with permanent championships and three with superior genetics (SG) designations.  His son, Charmer, has also been named Premier Sire twice.  Shyne will be used heavily this year.

Show Results:

Shyne's parents: CH Iron-Rod RDK Shatte (7 years, photo courtesy of Iron-Rod French Alpine Dairy Goats) and Iron-Rod ET Sheriff