While ADGA has finally updated many of the severely backlogged performance programs, some show awards, milking stars, and appraisal scores are still "pending." Actual milk records can be viewed on the CDCB website, and upon request, we can provide copies of our verification tests, DHI paperwork, and any show awards in the future. We understand how frustrating this can be for everyone, please do not hesitate in contacting us if you have any questions. We do not currently participate in many AGS programs, though that may change in the future. We took a break from DHI for 2026 and are unsure if we will get back on test for 2027 due to some family obligations.
5*M Lucky*Star's ME Holly Hunter 2-10-2016 A/A Casein & DNA typed~AGS dual registered *D with AGS
Holly, our mischievous "pocket" goat, is very personable and always looks for something to open or get into. She has a beautiful head that emphasizes her elfishness. Although Holly is a smaller doe who did not fully mature into the glamour her famous family is known for, she is wide and broad-chested with a long, wide rump and loads of dairy strength. Her mammary is her best feature, with a snug fore udder, butter-soft udder texture, and production. We would like to see a more smoothly blended neck and a more level rump slope. Holly met the ADGA points requirements to earn her milking star in her 2021 lactation. She has been awarded her milking star but is still waiting for her 2021 record to be included.
Show Record: 3x 2nd, 2x 3rd
DHIR Lactations:
2021 ~ 322 DIM 3,588lbs. 3.4%BF 3.2%P.
2022 ~ 169 DIM 1,517lbs. 3.8%BF 3.2%P. (Dried off early for move)
2023 ~ 325 DIM 2,420lbs 3.8%BF 3.5%P.
2024 ~ 381 DIM 1,904lbs 3.6%BF 3.6%P.
2025 ~ 247 DIM 1,475lbs 3.3%BF 3.8%P. (Final test before DHI withdrawal)
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
LA: 7-05 89 VVVE
Holly is bred AI! She is due Feb 14th. Two straws were used, Rockin-CB KWY Jiangxi and Rockin-CB JA Platinum. Kids will be DNA typed. All doe kids retained for now, all bucklings available.
Pictures of Vivian, Elmsley, Johansen, kid Holly, and Raquel courtesy of Lucky*Star LaManchas. Picture of Henning courtesy of Whimsy Oak LaManchas
6*M Irish Blessing LL Naoise 3-25-21 A/A Casein & DNA typed~AGS dual registered
Naoise is an elegant and stately doe. Naoise (pronounced nee-sha) means "warrior." She has a very wide rump, especially over the thurls, and the best shoulder assembly in the herd! As a freshened doe, we love her udder texture, medial suspensory ligament, and width of udder arch. We also appreciate her added overall length as an improvement over her dam. We would like to see a bit more depth of rear rib and more foreudder extension. ADGA finally uploaded Naoise's 2022 DNA into the NG database. Partially. Her records now show her as fully parent verified, but her individual typing is still in the void. ADGA has told us this will not affect her offspring's profiling.
Show Record:
4x 1st, 5x 2nd, 2x 3rd, 2x JrCH, 1x SrGCH
DHIR Lactations:
2023 ~ 303 DIM 1,887lbs 4.4%BF 3.5%P.
2024 ~ 322 DIM 2,419lbs 4.9%BF 3.6%P.
2025 ~ 309 DIM 2,831lbs 4.1%BF 3.5%P. (Final test before DHI withdrawal)
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
LA: 2-03 87 EVVG (E in shoulders, rump, & back)
After a good bit of struggle with fertility issues post miscarriage, Naoise is bred! She was bred to Adhradh and is due Feb 24th. All doe kids retained until further notice.
6*M Irish Blessing LL Niamh 4-28-21 A/A Casein & DNA typed ~AGS dual registered
Truly a blessing for 2021, Fable kidded with triplet does, and this little one was quickly claimed by our children as their favorite, cementing her place on our farm. Niamh (pronounced neev), meaning radiance, suits her well. The best description for Niamh's structure is "wide". She has a wide chest, rump, and space between her rear legs. She also boasts lovely breed character. As a milker, we adore her udder texture, snug foreudder, and lateral attachments! We would like to see more overall length and height to her size, and more correctly pointing, larger teats. Niamh's DNA is in the same boat as Naoise. She was typed in 2022, and it's now uploaded into NG, but only shows full parent verification, no individual typing. We are told this will not be an issue with her kids showing parent verification. Late summer 2024, Niamh contracted mastitis and became very uneven. She fluctuates with her evenness and will likely not be shown anymore.
Show Record: 1x 1st, 2x 2nd, 4x 3rd, 1x SrRCH
DHIR Lactations:
2023 ~ 316 DIM 1,641lbs 4.4%BF 3.7%P.
2024 ~ 285 DIM 1,561lbs 4.7%BF 4.0%P.
2025 ~ 308 DIM 2,663lbs 4.1%BF 4.0%P. (Final test before DHI withdrawal)
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
LA: 2-03 84 GGGV (E in rear legs and head)
Niamh will be milked through for 2027.
6*M Irish Blessing RK Rioghnach 2-19-23 A/A Casein & DNA typed ~AGS dual registered
Rioghnach (pronounced ree-oh-nuh), meaning queenly, has a regal air that we agree with. She is a tall, growthy, and productive lady with incredible natural width between her rear legs. For her age, she has great depth of body and improved strength of bone and length of back over her dam. We are especially excited about her rear udder width, lateral attachments, and chest width. Currently, we would like to see a more level rump slope, sharper shoulders, and more properly positioned teats. Rioghnach may have a sweet face, but don't be fooled - she is just like her mother, mischievous and into everything within reach.
Show Record: 1x 1st, 2x 2nd
DHIR Lactations:
2024 ~ 269 DIM 1,387lbs 4.5%BF 3.4%P.
2025 ~ 309 DIM 2,964lbs 4.3%BF 3.5%P. (Final test before DHI withdrawal)
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
Reena has been bred to Adhradh and all kids will be available. She is due Feb 28th. Kids will be A/A or A/F by parentage. This is a repeat of Tuiren.
Irish Blessing RK Seadna Mor 3-30-24 DNA typed, A/E Casein, AGS dual registered
Seadna is the long-awaited, and final Fable daughter we were blessed with; and boy, was she worth the wait! Long, tall, wide, and elegant. We particularly love her brisket extension, but would like to see a bit more rounded rear udder and a more elegant bridge of nose. She is everything we had hoped for when repeating this breeding, and we can't wait to watch her mature! Thank you, Fable, for this treasure! Seadna Mor, pronounced "shay-na-more," is a style of Irish poetry. Her littermate brother, Scealai (reference), has a very limited number of straws available from our personal tank.
Show Record: 3x 1st, 1x 2nd, 3x 3rd
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
Seadna is bred to Adhradh and due March 31st. All kids will likely be available.
Irish Blessing LL Sibin 3-30-24 DNA typed, A/A Casein, AGS dual registered
It was completely unexpected for our then yearling, Rioghnach, to freshen with triplets, and at 4.2lbs, this little girl seemed like an afterthought. However, she hasn't let her tiny birth size hold her back from being the boss - she's spicy! Sibin has grown into a stylish doe. She is flashy, has gorgeous rear legs, and an escutcheon arch just like her mother. We would prefer it if she had longer cannon bones and her toes tracked more forward-facing while on the move. Sibin's udder is gorgeous! She has her dam's phenomenal medial suspensory, udder texture, and width of eschutcheon, but with a stronger foreudder, reduced forward tilt, and the wonderful teat shape and placement improvement Linden produced so consistently. Sibin is pronounced "she-bean" and means bootleg/homemade whiskey
Show Record: 2x 1st, 3x 2nd, 2x 4th
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
Sibin has been bred to Adhradh and is due Feb 14th. All kids are available. This is a repeat of Uisce on the Junior Does
Irish Blessing RN Somhairlin AI 4-20-24 DNA typed & A/E Casein AGS dual registered
“Frisky” is our first AI doe! We had originally planned to breed Fable to Nile, but Fable turned out not to be an AI candidate. So we tried her daughter, Niamh, who settled but lost her first Nile babies around 40 days. We tried one more time, and the result was our singleton miracle girl! Frisky’s registered name, pronounced “so-ver-lean,” is the Irish form of Samantha. Frisky is an elegant doe, being long bodied, very tall, and posessing a beautifully shaped head. Her rump is one of the widest in the herd and she is our foreudder queen with the longest, fullest foreudder of the milkers. We have very much appreciated to improved teat length and diameter over her dam. We would like to see a more level rump slope. Frisky had a very precocious udder as a dry yearling and has freshened unevenly. However, as she is coming into milk, her udder is showing signs of evening out so we are hopeful the trend will continue! Frisky has been a very heavy milker as a first freshener.
Show Record: 2x 2nd, 1x 3rd
2026 ~ No DHI this year. We are unsure if we will test in 2027
Frisky has been bred to Adhradh, and is due March 2nd. This is a repeat of the lovely buckling she had this year. Possible doe retained, all other kids available.
Photo of Nile courtesy of Sunset Dreams
Irish Blessing KA Tuiren 3-19-25
Tuiren (tear-en) means "other world/fairy woman" in Irish. A/A or A/F by parentage. Tuiren is a joy to have. Sweet, calm, and very affectionate. She has a wide head and muzzle, correct shoulder assembly, and wonderful spring of rib for her age. We have appreciated the improved rump slope over her dam as well as more correctly centered teats as a dry doe. She seems to have retained her dam's exceptionally wide escutcheon and we are excited to watch Tuiren grow!
Tuiren will be bred to Rustic Wood's JG Texas Hold'em. All kids will be available.
Irish Blessing IS Temhair 3/20/25 A/A casein by parentage
Niamh X Sean daughter. Temhair (teh-ver) means "high place" in Irish. Somehow this little doe is even wider than her dam! Her rear leg set and escutcheon arch are the widest we have ever had born on our farm and her teats already so improved size and placement over her dam! We'd like to see a more level rump slope and length of body but her head is just a dream. We have found her sire to be extremely slow to mature and suspect that Temhair will be the same. We love her mischievous but friendly nature and are thrilled that Niamh blessed us with a second daughter to retain in our herd.
Temhair has been bred to Adhradh for 2027 kids. She is due March 1st. Kids will be A/A or A/F by parentage and all will be available.
Irish Blessing Tir Na Samhradh 5/20/25
Tir Na Samhradh (tear-nuh-sow {like cow}-ruh) means "Land of Summer" in Irish and this little late baby has the barn name of "Summer." We were so happy when Holly kidded with a doeling after we struggled to get her to settle for 2025. Summer is a doll! Super sweet, quirky, and goofy. Her head is simply beautiful, being dishy without losing strength of jaw. She is deep bodied for her age and shows improved forelegs when viewed from the front, and and rear legs when viewed from the side over her dam, as well as more levelness over the rump. She is a petite doe, more like her dam, and we do not expect her to be much larger than breed standard at maturity. We would prefer her to show more width between her hocks at this time. Summer is A/A or A/F casein by parentage.
Summer will be to Rustic Wood's JG Texas Hold'em. All kids will be available.