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Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Usual Suspects -- Caprine Variety



Because they are such a huge part of my daily life --

THE DOES

1. Cleo (right) PGCH Canyon Kids Unwritten Law, a black agouti born in 2002 The Grandame, the herd queen, resident Senior Doe, 2nd doe I ever bought; rules the herd with strong indifference.
2. City Lights Texy Garcia (left)daughter of Cleo. goes by Texy. Nearly two years old, expecting her first kids in March. Has illusions of grandeur and believes herself to be a chief muckety-muck simply because she is her mother's daughter.
3. Sunnyslope Pygmys Black Velvet aka Velvet, Velvee, Velveeta. The oldest doe at 10, came to from a breeder in Tucson. Velvet likes to pretend she's a herd queen, but she's like a QB: she want the glory of the ball, but avoids contact. Hangs behind her offensive line, throwing encouragement via vigorous head tosses and bristling of hair. (Velvet pictured below)

4. Dunn Deal Pygmys Cherish another creaky, tottery old goat from my friend in Tucson. Timid, fretful, and one of my favorites.
5. CL All Dark and Soxy a tiny little doe that kids beautifully. Daughter of Lucy (my first kidding!) and a PGCH buck. Brave only with one or two of the other goats; she backs off quickly from most of them.
6. Radiant Pygmies Mariposa an older doe, not particularly friendly, but not unfriendly, just bland. She is built like an incubator and mother of Radiant and Cheater.

More intros to come....