Glimmercroft Mini-Mancha Does

Glimmercroft Rose (Third Generation)

When Shine had quadruplet doelings in 2009, I was thrilled.  When the kids began to mature, I was even more thrilled.  This was a beautiful litter, and though it was a difficult choice, Rose is my pick.  From her conformation to her lineage to her temperament, I can't think of a single thing I would like to change about her.  Rose freshened in 2010 with a fabulous, socked-on udder that just keeps getting better.  She's nearly 12 months fresh in these pictures.  

We've just returned from the MDGA 2011 Wine Country Classic show, my first goat show!  This was a three-ring show, where Rose at over 11 months fresh won the following awards: 1 x Best Udder in Show, 2 x Grand Champion, 1 x Reserve Champion, 2 x Best Udder.

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Glimmercroft Shine (Second Generation)

Shine is a lovely second-generation, gopher-eared daughter of Sally and Valentino.  Even though she isn't set up in these photos, you can see that Shine is very nicely put together, with a refined neck blending into sharp shoulders, a strong topline, strong feet and legs, and then there's that high, arching escutcheon area and tremendous width!  Shine is Valentino's first daughter to freshen, and I am well pleased with her udder.  Just see for yourself!  You can click on either picture for a larger version.  What you can't see is that Shine also has very good production, peaking at over seven pounds in her first freshening, and she's wonderful on the milkstand.  The quintessential dairy goat!

Click on the links in her pedigree to see her dam and sire. 

Raven Crest ML1 Sally (First Generation)

Sally is a sharp, very dairy doe with a tremendous udder, pictured with 13 hours of milk.  She has the desirable slick coat, showing nicely in this photo where she is unclipped except for her springtime udder clip.   This doe has a high, full rear udder, strong medial, nicely placed teats of good size and length, and a well-extended foreudder.  Sally peaked at over 10 pounds a day in her third freshening.  And lest you think she's a giant, that's me behind her and I'm five-foot-three!

We lost Sally to kidding complications in 2011.  A little girl with a big-girl udder, this magnificent foundation doe has left an indelible mark on Glimmercroft and many other bloodlines.  Thank you and Godspeed, my beautiful girl!

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Raven Crest ML1 Selena (First Generation)

Selena was my very first Mini-Lamancha to freshen, and all I could say was "WOW!!!"  Her udder had a perfect globe shape, good capacity, teats with good size and placement, and wonderful attachments all around.  Then there was the beautifully supple texture of her udder and the incredible ease of milking this doe.  Selena is an uphill doe with a strong, smoothly blended topline and long level hip.  She has tons of depth and body capacity, enabling her to produce over seven pounds a day of delicious, rich milk in her third freshening with no loss of condition.  As a bonus, she's a sweetheart on the milk stand.  I am completely sold on Mini Manchas! 

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(Selena's udder is mostly empty in this full body shot.)

Glimmercroft Raia (Second Generation)

Raia is a small doe with a long, capacious body, excellent width in the rear, strong feet and legs, and a strong topline with a long, level hip.  In Raia, I attempted to bring together Sally's amazing capacity and generous teat size with Selena's wonderful foreudder.  So far so good, even though she freshened with just a single kid.  I'm looking forward to seeing what she'll do in her second freshening, hopefully with a multiple birth!