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Only one pyrenees puppy left for sale- $400 for a pretty male
that dearly loves to hang out with his goats. Already sits before I pet him too :) . red badger markings
like his dam, built like his sire... We are not planning on any new litters for now, we had our male fixed...
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Oct 10th marked the arrival of our Great Pyrenees puppies, by Lug and Peaches. These puppies
are doing EXCELLENT with their goats. Our dogs guard from real threats- we have a neighborhood black bear, a cougar,
and coyotes when the cougar isn't around. They all travel along the fenceline of the milker pen and pasture.
This will be the last litter for now, as we had Lug fixed so that we would not have to worry about puppies when
we don't plan for them.... We can airship nationwide, buyer responsible for shipping, kennel, health certificate....
Puppies from this and previous litters are in California, Oregon, and Washington and are protecting goats, llamas, alpacas,
human children, small breed dogs and sheep that we know about.
Wiese, Whimsical, Xochitl, Rosine - our dairy herd for 2009. 1st place sr get of sire for Valiant are the
3 on the left, Best 3 Females would be the 3 black/black and tan goats....
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Oregon State Fair, September 7, 2009
Big classes, tough competition (nationals breeders present), but fun people and a good day....
Toggenburg highlights-
2nd with Dinky (in a huge class), 1st and 1st udder with Virtue (judge commented
she would be 2nd overall togg udder). CeCe and Joy - 1 was 6th and 1 was 7th (results are still buried in my tack
box)...
Lamancha highlights-
Jr's
Zelia was 2nd place march kid
Zemira was about 4th march kid
Yodel was 2nd dry yearling
Goodie was 1st dry yearling
RGCH went to Yodel, GCH to Goodie ! We didn't have any kid group entries.
Sr's:
Yarrow was 2nd, I think 2nd udder
Xochitl was 2nd, 2nd udder
Whimsical was 1st, 1 udder
Rejoicing was 5th
Tickle was 2nd
Timbrel was 4th
Rosine was 1, 1 udder
GCH to Whimsical
BOB to Wiese
1sts in Dairy Herd (Rosine, Whimsical, Wiese, Xochitl), Best 3 females (Ros/Whim/Wiese), Sr
Get of Sire- Wiese, Whimsical, Xochitl.
2nd- produce- Wiese and Xochitl for Rosine
2nd- dam/daughter- Rosine/Wiese
Supreme Best 3 Females in show- the lamanchas- Rosine, Whimsical, Wiese (like
a breeder's trio)...
Congratulations to Whimsical, Valiant and Tickle! 2008 All American winners- Whimsical
All American 2 year old, Valiant reserve All Am 3 year old, Tickle and Whimsical reserver All Am produce of dam for sgch Rockin
CB Soon Schemer. Valiant is a Monsoon son (soon) and Whimsical is a Valiant daughter so you see a lot of consistency
here.
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Newest CAE test results per WSU. 2/5/09 - Negative
We've been Negative since herd inception in 1999 and test annually. This includes our toggenburgs as well as our
lamanchas.
2009 Shows
Will be limited to save the does for Nationals, as well as to have time to prepare for my Master Herbalist
exams in August. We still have a couple fairs planned and a couple open shows.
May 2, 2009 Mega Bucks buck show Grants Pass Or Blessings
Lamanchas-
Tob V - 3x GCH, 1 x BOB, 1 x BBIS
Valiant in challenge- 2 x BOB
Zechariah- 2x 1, 1 x 2
Zebediah- 1x 3rd, 1 or 2 2nd (I didn't write it down...)
Togg: Zebulon Feb kid- AOP class 2 x GCH/BOB (really!, 1 x RGCH) This really is a very NICE
looking Virtue son.
On May 2 in Illinois Sarah DelHotal took yearling buck *B Fir Meadow TobV Yogi (Whimsical) and got one Grand
Champion with him out of 4 rings. Thank-you Sarah for taking such good care of him so he could do that!
On May 2 or 3 in ?Tennesee, Kathy Watson, DVM, took doeling Fir Meadow Val Zantedeschia (Rosine), not
quite 2 months old and went GCH with her for her dry leg! My understanding is that Dween Muse wtih Fir Meadow
Xon KitZel (Tickle) was in competition for first place in the same class. Ladies- thank you for taking such good
care of the kids :O). They also jointly own SGCH Fir Meadow Soon Trillium 2*M, our 2004 spotlight sale kid.
She has 2 3000# lactations in and some BOB wins at state fairs. Thank you also for taking such excellent care of her-
for almost 5 years now :O).
May 9 or 10:
Fir Meadow Val Wittie 6*M owned by Andrea Forrest in Missouri got in her first GCH milking leg
as a 3 year old. Congratulations Andrea and thanks for your excellent caretaking of her!
May 9 or 10
*B Fir Meadow Xon Zion (3/3/09) went 1st place x 2 in California and then twice Jr Champion. This was
a class AOP'd in with saanens and alpines. Thank you Chyanne for giving this Timbrel son such a nice home :O).
June 13 Roseburg Oregon 4 ring show with some nationals competitors present...
Our toggs, CeCe and 'Dinky" both took some firsts...
Lamanchas:
Xochitl: 3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd , 1 x RGCH (to Wiese) for a short leg, 1 x BUOB.
Wiese: 2 x GCH, 2x BOB, 2x BDIS, 1 x BUIS (we scratched her for ring 4 as she was finished in 2, with
insurance leg in 3). Now pending her SGCH.
Whimsical: 1 x 1st, 1 x GCH, 1x BOB, 1x BUOB, 1x BUIS. needs one more milking leg.
We certainly feel that God Blessed..... we had two Best Doe in Show wins and two of the Best Udder in Show wins :O).
Linear Appraisal: We are overwhelmed. Once again God chose to bless
us....
Tob V- 91EEE
Zebediah- EcEcV, overall Ec
Zechariah- VEcV, V overall
Valiant- not scored, we left him at last year's score- 91
July 26 RVDGA Show, Central Point Oregon. Coming right off of nationals made this a tough,
hot show. Not to mention breeders from 4 states attending, with several stopping at our show on their way home from
Nationals.
Zemira was at least 1x 1st, and 1x RGCH
Yodel was 1x 1, 1x 3, and 1 x GCH for her dry leg
Xochitl was 2x 1st, and 1 x RGCH
Whimsical was 1x 1, 1x GCH, 1x BOB, 1x BDIS! This finishes Whim :O).
first udders in class named on Xoch and Whim, they didn't award any for the breed or for the show....
Rosine- 92EEEE
Shekkinah- 90VEEE
Timbrel- 89 VEVE
Tickle- 88VVVE
Whimsical- 92EEEE
With Rejoicing- 91EEEE
Wiese-91EEEE
Xochitl-91EEVE (appraiser comment that he does not see many of these at 2 years old)
Yarrow- 87VVVE
Yakkie-86VVVV
doeling LA scores- listed on their page....
Josephine County Fair- two shows, 2 days in a row.
Lamanchas:
Wiese went BOB, and BDIS the second day!
Xochitl went GCH x 2 (finished!), BUOB, BOB once.
Yarrow went RGCH both days.
Ziva went RGCH day one.
Zelia went GCH day two.
Toggs: Virtue went BDIS, BUOB day one and BOB both days.
CeCe went RGCH day two.
Dinky (You R Free) went RGCH day 1. Not enough toggs for sanction unfortunately.
Without looking up the ribbons still in my trailor I can't remember which togg kids did what each day- I think
Zakia went GCH and Zia also, and RGCH I don't remember.... again, not enough toggs to be official.
Milk: going very well please see individual does. butterfat and protein percents are listed as
well- very nice #'s for dairies/cheese processors...
GROUND Shipping Available:
Stay tuned for 2010 ground possibilities... Health certs are required if they go out
of state.....
Airshipping is available until kids are too large (55 lbs) to ship :O). 2009
kids are now all too large to air ship (Aug 09). Usually the cheapest way to ship kids unless you can get on a private
(not commerical) ground transport.... Definately the least stressful/fastest way to ship.... Plan to airship
by May if possible, but 4 to 5 weeks of age is even better, usually they can ship a bit cheaper in a smaller kennel.
We believe in Milk and Show!
2007 Premier Breeder & Premier Exhibitor LaManchas, Oregon State Fair
9 Best In Show Adga ribbons won in 2007- 4 for toggs & 5 for lamanchas in Calif and
Oregon. 2008 has 5 Best In Show Adga ribbons by August- on 1/2 of the show schedule of last year!
3rd on the West Coast (via Calif DHIA) rolling milk averages in milk strings sized
17 to 30 goats for the 2007 lactation!
We are now raising our kids on raw colostrum and raw milk. Before you gasp,
consider these things... Our herd has been CAE Negative since herd inception with annual testing via WSU,
and has never shown any symptoms for cl or mycoplasma, or johnnes (I'm so paranoid of johnnes that I won't even let another
ruminant on our farm and am picky about my hay not being grown on winter pasture)... About 2005, when
Quixote went to raw, I asked some questions, then watched and considered some more. Quixote mentioned to
me that they saw very increased lung health in kids, much higher coccidia resistance, and faster growth rate in kids.
I already knew we lost nutrients and enzymes by pastuerizing, so after a couple more years of neg tests and watching the herd
we have taken the raw milk plunge. We will continue to test the herd annually, as well as taking our usual biosecurity
precautions. We can already attest to the the faster growth rate of kids - gaining 15 to 17 lbs per month
instead of just 10 (which still showed up as growthy kids in the ring!) and they are quite a bit more sturdy and energetic-
not that our previous litters had health issues, I'm just amazed that we can already see quite a bit of difference just
in a few short weeks! We also are seeing less coccidia problems, less lung problems, and a faster response to herbal treatment
than before. We're liking these raw raised kids... They are now taping in at 70 to 80 #'s at 5 - 5
1/2 months of age. Wow. More than ready to breed at 7 months old...
Ground shipments are possible from our location.
www.Zeiglerlivestocktransport.com , Russ Edgar, and others drive right by within minutes of our house on their west coast routes so shipping is easy
to arrange with them pending space availability. We require that animals and health certs must be PREPAID and payment
cleared before we obtain health certificates or release them for transit. Please allow extra lead time (3 weeks) If
you live in a state that requires TB and Brucellosis testing (at your expense) as it takes time to mail the Bruc. to a lab
and for them to get the results back to our veterinarian- not usually a fast process. TB testing takes 72 hours
to complete and requires two veterinarian visits to the farm. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Really the easiest and often cheapest way to ship is still to airship kids at around a month of age, but obviously, that does
not work for older animals.
 2007 BOB, GCH, & BIS Doe Ribbons
February 2009 100% CAE Negative Herd, WSU
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Our lamancha herd began in Sequim, Wa, only 20 minutes
away from Lucky Star. So it was only natural to start our herd with some of Don & Judi's beautiful
lamanchas. Since then we have added many top Northwest bloodlines via herdsires & a few key foundation does,
giving us what we have at the present. For 6 1/2 years we lived in snow country in the North Cascade mountains in Twisp,
WA and our milk and show herd was developed under the tough (but friendly) Washington show competition. Since June 2006
we are situated in the beautiful Siskiyou mountains of Southern Oregon (we are just minutes from I-5 for those who would like
to visit!).
We are careful about the care of our herd, feeding excellent
quality feeds, and using natural medicine for prevention/treatment where possible. Our growthy kids and the herd's production
attest to their upkeep. Our herd is tested annually for CAE through WSU and is NEGATIVE since herd beginning in
1999.
If what you see interests you we do have sales lists available for
the US. We can be contacted via email, or snail mail: PO Box 1089, Gold Hill, OR 97525. Our phone
will be in the ADGA directory or lamancha club website (Once updated)...
Many blessings! Jerry and Kat
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| Show shirts for sale |
T shirts for sale while inventory lasts! Most in show white, all are high quality 100% preshrunk
cotton. Most sizes available- youth large in some through 2XL. $12 each, plus shipping. The lamancha
doe/buck shirt also comes in tan, and also in sage. firmeadow@charter.net to see if I still have your size/color in stock. These would make excellent Holiday or birthday gifts.
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Congratulations to Rosine- what a banner year for her- preliminary list breed leader, LA 92
EEEE, this year's peak lactation at 20.2 (her highest ever) and being awarded at the 2009 ADGA National show for highest lifetime
milk, butterfat, and highest 305 milk awards for the lamancha breed. She also has three permanent champion
children in this year- 1 buck and 2 milkers...
Announcing our 2009 ADGA Colorama Sale purchase, the 2nd place at Nationals dry yearling,
Kastdemur's Its Good to Be Bad . She does have a bjdis win in as a kid, and is a beautiful combination of strength
with dairy character... We are pleased to have Goodie home. Thank-You to the Senn family for placing her
in the sale, and doing such a nice job of raising her! Thank-You to God for allowing us to buy her!
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2008 Oregon State Fair
LaMancha Premier Breeder, LaMancha Premier Exhibitor, Supreme Best LaManacha
Udder
GCH to Tickle, BOB for a 2nd year in a row to Rosine :O). Nasturium
again walked the parade for the most productive lamancha- over 22,000 lifetime pounds now of milk.
Firsts taken in nearly every class, and in every group class....
Our teeny togg herd did good as well- RGCH on Freedom, some 1sts,
the GCH jr doe was Xaviere- a doeling we sold to a 4Her last year. 1st produce of dam with Virtue & Freedom...
We showed only about 1/2 of the shows as previous years- due to school, diesel
prices, and yes, hay prices. The herd still garnered 5 Best in Show wins, finished 3 goats, and numerous
GCH legs... We thank the Lord for His blessings...
Rosine is working on a top ten milk record- she is at 182 2780#s so far.
Stay tuned and find out what she finishes at.... Only the Lord knows right now if she'll get it or not....
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Without a doubt, this is the best buck we have ever
owned... Now SGCH with two Best Buck in Show awards at only 3 years old, and LA 91EEE and now +B! Look
at Valiant's Senior Get! First Fresheners: Whimsical 9 days fresh, Worthyof Praise 6 days, Wiese 8 days. 3 damlines.
We've seen or have reported to us 9 udders/6 damlines so far- all fancy. march 2008 picture first test
results are showing that they are about 1% higher in butterfat than their dams as well.... Rolling average butterfat showing
4.99% for the highest daughter, with more over 4% rolling average.
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http://toggenburgs.tripod.com
Our toggenburgs also have been blessed by God and have also gotten best udder in show, best in show,
and All American awards. To see them click the link above. We still have a couple beautiful purebred milkers and
kids for sale.
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To see why our Livestock & People Herbal Products have gotten so popular click this link www.firmeadow.com
2007 Highlights in progress.... To God be the glory great things
He has done!!!
2007- Is starting of nicely. God is good. We are thankful
that our girls are past the move year and have had some down time to be ready for whatever this year should bring...
The National Toggenburg Club named two of our oldest homebred togg does-
now coming 2 year olds. For All American Dry Yearling we have Fir Meadow Peg Vallarta and for Reserve All American
Dry Yearling we have Fir Meadow Peg Virtue. We can't tell you how excited we were and we were able to share the
good news with their sire, Whitehawk Fabio's Pegasus, who resides here. :)
January saw SGCH Lucky Star's QK Nasturium *M and SGCH Fir Meadow Mi
Rosine clock in over #3000 of milk. This is Nasturium's 5th year in a row and Rosine's 2nd. We are very proud
of you hard working girls- move and all! ALC milk awards are applied for on: Keepsake, Nasturium, Rosine, &
Nasturium.
All American's in the Lamancha department: Tinkerbell is again
Reserve All American jr milker, We had Reserve All American Senior Get of Sire with Monsoon, All American Junior Get
of Sire with Valiant, Reserve All Amer dam and daugter (Schemer & Tickle), and All American Produce of Dam.
We're really pleased with our ladies (and boys!).
Linear Appraisal- we had nice strong scores from a conservative appraiser.
lots of 88 and 89. Two brand new 90's. 3 year old Fir Meadow Re Timbrel, and 2 yo herdsire Fir Meadow
Tob V !
Megabucks show Grants Pass Or May 5, 2007
We took 8 (yes 8) bucks to the show.
Lamanchas: 2yo Valiant 1 x GCH, 1 x RGCH 2yo Tob V
got 1x 1st, then 2 2nds behind Valiant 1yo Worthy was 1st x 3 and RGCH in one ring. 1yo Wildwood was 2nd right
behind Worthy in all 3 rings. Valiant x Nasturium son Xcellence (for sale) was jr CH in 2 rings and the judges
really liked him (so do we!).
Toggenburgs: Pegasus had a 1st under Daniel Considine, then also
a 3rd and I think 4th (my hubby showed him), 2yo Victory was 1st in 2 rings and 1x 2nd. Baby Xachary who is for
sale (Victory's son, Pegasus' grandson) was a single entry jr show togg but the judges spent some time on him complimenting
him, so 3x jr ch on him...
NVDGA in Red Bluff, CA 5/19/07 Our first ever
show in California....
Lamanchas: Ring
1- RGCH to Rosemary, GCH/BOB to Shekkinah, BUOB to Shekkinah. Best Udders for age to: Veilchen, Shekkinah, Rosemary. Timbrel
and Veilchen took 2nds. We only took one junior- Xia, and she was GCH (9 entries)...
Ring 2- GCH to Shekkinah, BOB and BUOB to Shekkinah. This ring
was under Karen Senn. Best udders to Veilchen, Shekkinah, Rosemary. Timbrel went 2nd, Veilchen went 1st. junior Xia,
went RGCH.
Our March togg kid captured GCH in both rings and Xia and Xcellence were
in the running for BJDIS, &Toggy Xcellence got it :).
Redmond Oregon 5/26 This was a different
show, 3 rings, judges from 3 parts of the country, and often placings were VERY different ring to ring.
Shekkinah went 2 x RGCH
Virtue togg went 1x RGCH 1st fresh 2yo
Whimsical went 3 X GCH
Xia went 1 x RGCH
Xochitl went 2x RGCH
Xaviere togg (took for sanction) was 1x RGCH
no complaints. We are taking a weekend off from showing
for family &home time..
Roseburg OR June 9 : 4 ring senior show
Wisteria 3 x 1st and 1 x 2nd
Rejoicing 1 x 1st and 3 x 2nd behind Wisteria
Vivace 1 x 1st and BU
Streak 1 x GCH/BOB and BDIS !
Tickle 2 x RGCH
Shekkinah 1x GCH/BOB/BUOB & 1 time RGCH FINISHED!
Rosemary 4 x 1st's didn't make milk to compete with younger does in lineup...
2yo togg, Virtue went 1 x RGCH & 1 x GCH/BOB/BUOB :)
Wow, a long day but a good one for sure :). We feel blessed...
2007 ADGA National Show Gilette Wyoming
We were unable to attend but one of our toggenburg doelings went with
her new owner and placed FIRST in the intermediate doeling class!!!!!!! A big Thank You goes to Marie Jones for giving Mocha
the opportunity to go to the show.
RVDGA July 22, Central Point, OR Oh my, God
has granted us favor once again. toggs: Virtue (finished! and an insurance leg) GCHx2, BOB x 2, and
a BDIS! That alone was worth the show to us. Freedom was RGCH x 2, Vanilla 2nd and 3rd (same class as Virtue),
baby Faith was RGCH x 2.
Lamanchas- Xtravagant 1st, 3rd Xia- 2nd, RGCH, 3rd, Xochitl-1st GCH,
2nd
Wisteria- 1st GCH, BOB, 1st Veilchen- 1st, 1st Timbrel- 2nd,
2nd Streak- 3rd, 3rd, Tickle- 1st GCH, 1st
Rosemary- 1st, 1st RGCH
Rosine - BOB x 1 in champion challenge
Curry County July 28, 29 Highlights:
Veilchen went RGCH, Wiese went GCH and BJDIS!, Whimsical went GCH and BJDIS! toggs: Virtue, GCH, BOB, BUIS,
CeCe went GCH x 2, Baby Faith went RGCH x 1.... A fun show, lots of 1-3rd placings as well.... As
of this show we have 5 ADGA Best In Show doe ribbons- on five different does and in both breeds.
Douglas County, OR Aug 7. This is a combined
sanction smaller show, but not lacking quality- there were does there that have Best in show wins at other larger open shows....
no champion challenge class either so no best of breed awards so our GCH in their prime years stayed home. GCH
on Timbrel, RGCH on a 'grandaughter' of ours- Fir Meadow sire and dam, jr CH Whimsical, jr RCH on Posey. experiemenal-
Jr RCH on Tillie, jr RCH on Blessed. Toggs: we had the only ones- GCH Virtue, RGCH Freedom, jr CH on CeCe and jr RCH
on baby Faith. Virtue also went BDIS!...
Josephine County, OR 2 rings Aug 16/17- We
took lamanchas and toggs... 1st day was combined jr and sr for sanction, 2nd day was separate sanction. Timbrel went
RGCH both days, GCH on Tickle 1st day, BOB on Rosine 1st day, GCH & BOB on Tickle 2nd day (finished!),
BUIS on Tickle! jr CH on Wiese, jr rch on Whimsical- 1st day. 2nd day was rgch on Xinnia and GCH on Kopper
and a BJDIS on Kopper!!! We took all the groups as well.... on toggs, Freedom was GCH both days, Virtue
was RGCH day one and Vanilla RGCH day two. CeCe was jr ch day one, and baby Faith was GCH day two.
Too bad toggs didn't sanction... We were told by the judge later that the choice for bdis was between our togg
(freedom) and the 8yo pretty nubian that got it. Still need that elusive final leg on Freedom :).
Spotlight: Our 2004 nomination,
a lamancha doeling, was sold at the Spotlight sale in Albuqurque. Trillium has earned her GCH dry leg for her new owners.
Udate 2008: Trillium is now 4 years old and got GCH at Tennesee State Fair (600 goats entered,
I don't know how many lamanchas), she was 2nd in the champion challenge lineup. Way to go Trilly and Kathy Watson DVM
for her care!
We can plan to ground transport.
We are near I-5 and can transport into Calif and into WA. Reasonable shipping charges with health papers
required.
Currently we airship
at buyers cost from Medford Oregon and do allow and encourage prearranged farm pickups.
Many blessings!
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