Dawnwind Dairy Goats

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

LA:   6-04 89 VEE (E in Back and Rump)

        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

 Photo: Bon Idee at 3 years of age

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. 

BON IDEE HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE.  PLEASE INQUIRE.  SEMEN AVAILABLE.

Show Results: 3xBOB, 3xGCH, 2xRGCH, 2016 All-American 4 year-old buck (AIC)

 

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 courtesy of Chateau Briant).  Above is CH *B Chateau Briant's Bon Idee as a yearling.

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

LA: 2-04 84 +VV (E in Back and Rump)

                     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 7-04 VEEV 90 (DRY)

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

Trump at 2 years.

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:  3xGCH, Daughter Swan was 14th place Int. Kid at 2017 ADGA National Show.  Trumpcard's progeny were 3rd place Junior Get of Sire at 2017 ADGA National Show.  2xJrGCH, 2016 All-American buck kid (AIC), 2017 Reserve All-American yearling buck (AIC).

Photos of Trump's parents: *B Windrush Farms Blaze Sassafras (age 4) [Photos courtesy of L&S Alpines, Sherry Barnes] and GCH Pearl Valley Flight Tigress 4*M (age 6)



Right: Trumpcard at 1 month of age.

3/15/17      Cou Blanc     American Alpine     Full Pedigree

LA: NA

SS: +*B GCH Roeburn's KVLW Samurai 3-05 90 VEE

S: *B CH Chateau Briant's Bon Idee 6-04 89 VEE

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

DS: SG Dawnwind Mega Magnifico 4-00 91 EEE

D: SG Dawnwind Magnificent Javotte 12*M 2-05 89 VEEE (ff)

DD: SG Chateau Briant's Jacquard 11*M 3-02 87 VEVV

Photo at 1 year old.

Jocular has a beautiful set to his rear legs, as we have seen since he was born.  He has a wide, level back, and a lovely rump.  I hope that his offspring will carry forward his dam's beautifully placed teats, and width throughout.  He is a cross on the two lines I obtained from Chateau Briant, as well as tying in with Medesima's sire, Magnifico. 

Show Results:

Photos: Jocular's parents: *B CH Chateau Briant's Bon Idee (3 years) and Dawnwind Magnificent Javotte (3 years).



 

At left, Javotte's udder (age 3) and maternal 1/2 sister Jetski's udder (yearling).





4/2/2017     Chamoise      French Alpine     DNA on File    Full Pedigree

LA:     1-04 85 +VV    
              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

 Shyne at 1 year.

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, and his son, Charmer, has also been named Premier Sire twice.  Shyne will be used heavily this year.

SHYNE HAS BEEN COLLECTED, SEMEN AVAILABLE.  PLEASE INQUIRE.

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 (3 years old, photo courtesy of Windrush Farms)





3/08/2018      Black     Scurs     American Alpine     Full Pedigree 

LA:    

SS: *B Windrush Farms Blaze Sassafras

S: CH *B L & S Alpines Tigres Trumpcard 2-04 +VV 84

SD: GCH Pearl Valley Flight Tigress 4*M 7-03 VEEV 90 (dry)

DS: SG Dawnwind Magnificently Clever 5-05 VEE 88

D: SG Dawnwind Clever Blythe 6*M 4-05 VEVE 91

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

 Freight Train at 7 months.

Blythe continues to be a family favorite here, and Freight Train carries on so much of her length and depth, and hopefully her udder!  He was enormous at birth, and as we have yet to keep a daughter from Blythe, thought we'd better keep him around.  He does have significant scurs, as I delayed too long in disbudding with the hopes that he was polled. 

Show Results:

Photos:  

Below: Freight Train's parents: SG Dawnwind Clever Blythe (2 years), and CH *B L & S Alpines Tigres Trumpcard (2 years).