Penny - Senior Doe

Summer 2012:

Penny and her two daughters, River and Lady, look amazingly alike. I have to do a double take at times to be sure of who I'm looking at. Penny is doing great this year, milking well, and looking great. She didn't give us another daughter this year, so we'll try again next year.

Summer 2011:

Penny, the former House Goat, has matured into a big, beautiful, productive doe. She scored 91 on Linear Appraisal and is one of our top milkers. We like Penny so much that we have two of her daughters in our herd plus plan to keep another one next year.

Summer 2010:

Penny managed to get through this year without any problems - so far. Thankfully, her eye injury from last year is long healed. Penny did pull a stunt and have triplet bucklings this year. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes. Penny is milking well and looking great.

Penny now has a son that has qualified for ADGA's Sire Development Program!

Summer 2009:

We still don't know what Penny got into, but one morning she showed up with her right eye clamped shut. She was pouring tears down her face. It was almost a month before she could open her eye fully. It looks like she took a big hit or poke to that eye and we can still see a scar on her iris. Happily, it is almost healed now. It was a big scare for us - and I'm sure she wasn't too happy about it either! Penny is doing well on the milk stand and even gave us a beautiful daughter this year.

July 2008 update:

As we said last year - it's fascinating watching the kids grow into their potential. What we didn't expect was for Penny's potential to be so great! She is a productive milker with a great work ethic AND she is beautiful, too. Our little "house goat" is now looking regal and stylish. She easily earned her milking star last year and was also awarded her Superior Genetics title. This year she scored as Excellent on her linear appraisal.

July 2007 update:

Watching kids turn into milkers is always fascinating. Scrawny little kids become active big kids, then develop a chubby look once they are bred and their pregnancies progress. Then at kidding, they lose all that extra weight (the kids) and magically turn into beautiful milkers. Chubby little Penny delighted us by turning into a long lovely girl. She still has a bit of baby fat to lose, but the way she is milking it won’t take long. She loves to come in to be milked and does a great job. She will easily earn her milking star this year.

Fall 2005 update:

Flash gave birth to a 6.4 pound adorable little brown doeling with white splashes and tan moon spots on September 6^th. Penny had a rocky start to life. Born submerged in a great flood of birthing fluid she had to be helped to breath her first breaths. She ended up living in the house for a couple weeks and is now as at home in the leather recliner as she is out browsing with the herd. Because of being spoiled and pampered so much, one knowledgeable goat breeder has warned us that Penny will never be a “true goat”. Penny is full of energy, very self-assured, and sweet as they come.