Birgitte
has one of our favorite pedigrees of the kids from 2006, including
AGS National Champions Waterlilly and Eclipse, and ANDDA Specialty
BOB winner and close Eclipse relative Heidi, as well as our favorite
old man Paco in multiple places. Birgitte's lovely 2008 daughter,
Minuet,
has freshened with a very nice udder. Birgitte
is actually a very good milker, with barn records for 2009 suggesting
that her high test day should have been around 4.5 pounds. I do
not know why she had an anomalously low first test day, but it
significantly affected her apparent total production. She
did tend to be a little indiscriminate in who she allowed to nurse,
something I tried to allow for on later tests. Whatever
the reason, I will say she has a lovely, soft, collapsible udder
(everything you see in these pictures is milk) and a wonderful
attitude towards the milk stand, and I imagine she will earn her
AR easily on subsequent lactations.
Show
record: As a kid,
2nd, 3rd, and 4th in very large classes; as a Senior doe,
1 x 1st.
Kidding
record: 2007, buck/doe
twins by
Rio; 2008, buck/doe
twins by Lancelot; 2009, single
buck by Ushi.
| 305
day test data |
| Age (yrs.months)
|
DIM
|
Milk,
lbs |
Fat,
lbs |
%
Fat |
Protein,
lbs |
%
protein |
High
test day, lbs |
| 3.04 |
165 |
299 |
15 |
5.0 |
14 |
4.7 |
2.6 |
