About the herd...
Our goal for both herds of goats is to breed a quality animal that excels in the milk pail and is structurally correct, while living a long lifespan. We use DHIR records and ADGA Linear Appraisal scores as our primary gauges of how close we are to those goals. Show awards earned at local and national dairy goat shows are a nice bonus, and are noted when earned, but we are not able to show as often as we like. We also feel that any of our goats should have a loving and calm, or laid back, temperament including the bucks. It's no pleasure to have a goat that you have to chase down to milk or that won't follow you while out packing on a family camping trip. In addition to these shared goals, we want the herd of Nubian goats to be tall and powerful and exhibit very strong breed character. We would prefer the Nubian does to have ears extending past their noses as the breed standard calls for. Lamanchas may not be extremely tall but still have a nice long bone pattern that shows excellent dairy character. Please be aware that our Lamancha does tend to be slower maturing animals that do not hit peak in growth or production until about 3 years of age. I find this to be an exceptional trait as most of the girls live to be 12+ years old and producing kids and milk until close to that age. Most of the Lamanchas are also bred for extended and consistent lactations and most of the does have had one or more years of milking through for the family's milk supply.
