Lucky Ladies Stormy

April 13, 2022

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Stormy came from my friend's herd, Lucky Ladies. All of her stock has come from me and she uses my bucks so it is truly a "sister herd." I've owned many of the animals on her pedigree, including her maternal granddam - a massive, wildly productive (I am talking 2 gallons a day) ADGA NOA doe named Penelope.

Stormy was from a set of triplets, born on a very stormy day in the spring.
At her own first freshening, Stormy required some assistance because she had a breech DOA kid. Turns out, Stormy decided to have quads her first freshening! But two were unfortunately DOA. She raised her remaining two kids fat and healthy. When she needed dried off late that fall and her kids weaned, she and her sister Raindrop came here. I milked both of them and I was impressed with their production as first fresheners that had only been dam raising!

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Fast forward to 2025. My friend needed to do some drastic downsizing and no one had scooped Stormy up, which kind of blows my mind. I said she was absolutely not going to the sale barn! I was very happy to bring her home.​

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Incredibly easy to milk udders. A+ on milk down, orifice, texture, and teat size and shape but I'd like to see stronger lateral attachments and a longer foreudder. This has been a huge improvement in just two generations from her maternal granddam, Penelope. Absolutely butter soft udder but doesn't leak. Stormy only took a few times of milking before she stood nicely, too, a real willingness to be a milk goat. As far as conformation, she's obviously got tons of body capacity but she does hock in - this was exacerbated by this pregnancy - and I'd like to improve that in future generations.

2026 - Stormy freshened with our first ever set of QUINTS, all alive and well. She had a rough go of it a couple days but has proved one tough cookie. She's doing well and milking very well - producing our new highest 24 hour amount on test at 7.7lb at less than 30 days fresh!