We are a NEGATIVE tested CAE/CL herd, last tested Oct 2009!! Our kids are raised on CAE prevention as a precautionary measure.
Sunshine Meadows Farm
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OUR GOATS
Welcome to our herd, "Latta-Sunshine". We raise primarily American LaManchas which we use for milk, show and fun! We also have an American Alpine and Purebred Nubian to keep things interesting. We are members of The Michigan Dairy Goat Society and The American Dairy Goat Association.
We are excited to be signed up for Linear Appraisal of our herd this year! This will help us better access our herd and see if we are going in the right direction with our girls. Also in the plans is getting our girls on DHIR to record milking ability and quality based on how many pounds of milk each girl gives, and the amount of butterfat and protein. It's a big expense but one we hope will prove highly beneficial.
Welcome to our herd, "Latta-Sunshine". We raise primarily American LaManchas which we use for milk, show and fun! We also have an American Alpine and Purebred Nubian to keep things interesting. We are members of The Michigan Dairy Goat Society and The American Dairy Goat Association.
We are excited to be signed up for Linear Appraisal of our herd this year! This will help us better access our herd and see if we are going in the right direction with our girls. Also in the plans is getting our girls on DHIR to record milking ability and quality based on how many pounds of milk each girl gives, and the amount of butterfat and protein. It's a big expense but one we hope will prove highly beneficial.
Autumn-Acres Rhonda is our senior doe. She won "Best Udder" and "First Place" aged doe at the 2009 Oakland Co Fair, shown by Girl 2. We will not be breeding Rhonda this year.
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Autumn-Acres Chesapeke Firefly, another of our yearlings purchased from Tammy Tullar of Autumn-Acres, has had a low key year. She was bred to Maddock for March 2010 kids but unfortunatelyshe did not catch. We will try again next season.
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Igoatastop Sweet Pea was purchased fall 2009 after debating the merits of aquiring a purebred nubian for our farm. We actually "borrowed" a doe, Jacobs Pride SC Gold Show, from another farm (thanks, Craig!!) to help "try on" a nubian. We were hooked!! We found Sweet Pea who is just so adorable and fits right in to our plan for great tasting milk and sweet character! She has been bred to Saada KED Othello for Feb 2010 kids. We can't wait!
February 6, 2010 THREE bucks delivered.
Autumn-Acres Antiguan Bay is one of our yearlings, whom we've owned since she was ten days old. At the 2008 Oakland Fair she placed "First" in her class. At the 2009 Oakland Co Fair she won "First Place" in her class of yearlings, "Best Dam and Daughter" with her daughter, Luna, "2nd Place Udder" and "Reserve Grand Champion"! Girl 1 is her handler. She freshened for the first time 2009 and we can't wait to see how she does on second freshening. She has been bred to Tammy Tular's Autumn-Acres Tristin Shout for early March kidding.
Boy/girl twins arrived March 7, 2010!
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Boy/girl twins arrived March 7, 2010!
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Another addition to our herd in 2009 was Udder-Paradise Candy Corn. July 2009 saw the death of our first goat, our beloved Mindy. And while we couldn't replace her, we enjoyed her alpine attitude and had to get another! Candy, a yearling, we have bred to Olentanay F. Apache Warrior, owned by Autumn-Acres. Kids due March 2010.
Boy/Girl twins arrived March 29, 2010!
Boy/Girl twins arrived March 29, 2010!
OUR JR. HERD SIRES
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Our La Mancha, Latta-Sunshine Master of Mayhem. He and his sister were born March 7 to Antigua. Here he is, tan with black dorsal stripe. His sister, Maddie is black with white like 'Tigua
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Our La Mancha, Latta-Sunshine Master of Mayhem. He and his sister were born March 7 to Antigua. Here he is, tan with black dorsal stripe. His sister, Maddie is black with white like 'Tigua
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Candy's baby, Latta-Sunshine Tarrazu Valley, our American Alpine! This big boy was born March 29th, along with his sister. They look just about identical but with "Taz" looking more bucky!
