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Golden Dream Acres, Leduc, AB (2024)

07/01/2024

I wanted to share this photo as it just brings me so much joy!

This girl looks awesome anytime, whether it’s milked out, 3hr fill, 12hr fill, show fill or anything in between! She’s the highest producing second freshener I’ve had here, and is one of my highest producing does here! She earned herself an 89 in mammary this year and boy did she deserve it!

Here she is pictured a few hours before milking on a 10.5hr fill. It’s not a fancy photo by any means, and she’s not standing perfect, there’s a fence in the way, and I have no idea what is on her udder, but it shows what a true productive dairy goat looks like raw in the pasture!

Thunder Ridge PT Juno 3*M VG86

Sire- Potting Shed RR Tesoro
Dam- Burnt Barn SR Layla 2*M

06/14/2024

Now that photos are back we can FINALLY share an Olds update!

First up is Shadow Vale Deorum Aida *M
She had a great first show. She is well a kinda ugly yearling FF as most are - she’s got all the right stuff just needs time to mature! She placed 2nd in Ring 1 under Alex Cripps then proceeded to take RGCH Sr. She placed 2nd in Ring 2 under Chris Grab and also proceeded to take RGCH Sr.

Sire- Ancrest Deorum
Dam- Pepperpot KK Ava

Photo Credit to C.E.Johanson Photography

06/13/2024

We finally got photos of the babies done today! First up are 805 FB Caspian daughters!

These are our 4 daughters from him this year, all out of different dams. I’m loving the height at front end and width on his kids! I’m seeing improvements on all over there dams!

06/04/2024

I often don’t post photos of the bucks, because let’s be honest the only time they really look semi presentable is when they’re shaved for classification 🫠

However I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a few photos of this handsome guy! He is just gorgeous even in his p*e stained hair!

I try not to play favourites however this boy and his dam have to be my absolute favourites! They are two that will never leave here and will always be my favourites!

Burnt Barn PS Viking EX90

Sire- Potting Shed HC Sun Bear
Dam- Graceland NK French Franc *M

06/02/2024

Another exciting 2yr old FF here!

Opal is only 1wk fresh and looking lovely. She kidded with triplets 2B + 1D sired by Burnt Barn PS Viking EX90
I’m extremely happy to have a Viking daughter to retain! Opal has her 1 Day Milk Test next weekend and Classification the following weekend.

Lost Coulee GB Opal

Sire- CH Graceland RJ Arleigh Burke VG89 (Overheight Originally EX94)
Dam- Lost Coulee MS Carrie On 2*M VG87

05/31/2024

Well after a morning full of unfortunate events the goats are FINALLY loaded, trailer is packed, and I think I have everything……well who am I kidding I probably don’t have everything 🫠

The last two days have been BUSY as I decided it was a great idea to wait to start packing until the night before we leave and not to mention wait to shave 3 goats once we are there (all 3 being kids that have never been clipped - what a gong show that’s going to be) the day we leave.

Anyway now that we are about 1hr later than what we had originally intended to leave, we are officially locked and loaded heading to the CNDA Western Classic Dairy Goat Show for the second year in a row. We loved this show so much last year that we couldn’t resist coming back again!

Our show string for this show consists of 6 Nigerian Milkers, 2 Nigerian Kids, 1 Alpine Milker, 1 Alpine Kid……and one too many bottle babies plus two milkers not showing (thanks to someone forgetting to check there tattoos until Thursday evening at milking - that’d be me I’m “someone” 🤦‍♀️) to hopefully lighten the work load for our house sitter.

Safe travels everyone and we can’t wait to see everyone again!

05/30/2024

These are the best kind of mail days!!!

We just received our *M certificates for the does that participated in the 1 Day Milk Test earlier this month! Sooo proud of these girls! 🩷

Graceland NK French Franc 2*M
(8yr old 7F)
2.50 KGS Milk | 6.16% BF | 60 DIM | 12.99 Points

Graceland NK Tempo *M
(5yr old 4F)
3.60 KGS Milk | 5.23% BF | 35 DIM | 16.56 Points

Wonderland GJ Ferrero Fiesta *M
(7yr old 6F)
2.90 KGS Milk | 5.73% BF | 22 DIM | 13.92 Points

05/18/2024

Anyone going to Olds show June 1st that could help show a 5yr old + Milker Nigerian dwarf? Super well behaved doe!

05/15/2024

Our first CGS 305 day milk test happened yesterday! It’s really no different than any other day aside from getting to see where everyone is sitting!

Our highest producer was our Alpine producing 13.44lbs. Our second highest producer was Tempo at 7.6lbs.

Our herd sat between 3.5lbs to Aida’s 13.44lbs. I’m extremely happy with these results and super proud of the girls!

Now we wait to see what everyone’s BF% is, fingers crossed it’s just as good as there production! 🤞

We are also awaiting to see if the does who participated in the CGS 1 Day Milk Test last Saturday earned or re-earned there *M

05/12/2024

Loving the look of this yearling FF Alpine!

This pretty lady is now 2wks fresh and looking fabulous. She’s been milking just shy of 7lbs every 12hrs and isn’t even at her peak yet!

Shadow Vale Deorum Aida

Sire- Ancrest Deorum
Dam- Pepperpot KK Ava

Aida has her first CGS 305 Day Milk Test next week. She will also be participating in 1 Day Milk Test & Classification in June, as-well as Olds show.

05/10/2024

About a week ago Allie finally released her hostages on day 152, however unfortunately it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

She had her buck kid first he was small only weighing 2lbs but he was lively and trying to eat. A few minutes later she had her doe kid which had her head back however she had no issues passing her. She is tiny and when I say tiny I mean the tiniest living kid I’ve ever seen here or anywhere! She weighed a whopping 1.2lbs
I could tell something was off with her from the get go however she was up and nursing with a little assistance, and I couldn’t see anything seriously wrong.

She wasn’t near as lively as her brother, but was still eating and slowly putting weight on. At 48hrs old we pulled them from mom and both took to a bottle almost instantly. She seemed to be striving on the bottle for about 6 days however took a turn for the worst at a week old. She still ate and although I wanted to I knew I couldn’t sit there all day as there were things to do around the farm outside. I checked on her regularly and fed her and her brother and she wasn’t getting better but wasn’t getting worse.
Unfortunately the last time I went out to check she had passed peacefully in her sleep.
This is the part of farming no one wants to see and no one wants to admit to, however it very much so happens.

I apologize if I take a few minutes to respond to inquiries about available animals, please bear with me and I will get back to everyone as soon as possible. Thank you and I hope everyone has a smoother year than we’ve had!

(Picture is shortly after birth to show just how tiny she was compared to her fairly tiny brother on the right)

05/08/2024

INTRODUCTION!

Last weekend we picked up the first two additions of the year and I think it’s finally time to start introducing them!

First up is Shadow Vale Segway Maisie

This is a promising young Alpine doe kid out of Shamrock Hill CA Maelie and sired by Ancrest Sam’s Segway

I’m incredibly excited about the potential of this doe. She is a stylish young doe who is already showing incredible width and bone structure at a young age! Her dam Maelie is a gorgeous deep bodied doe with strong feet & legs. Her mammary system is held up by strong lateral attachments and her teats are large and well placed supported by a strong medial suspensory ligament. Her sire is a promising Junior Buck who comes from strong milky lines! His dam is Ancrest AI’s Sabrina who is a lovely doe with a strong front end and nice Angulation. She also has an incredibly strong mammary system with a strong medial suspensory ligament and strong RUH / RUA.

I’m very much so looking forward to seeing how this girl turns out!

05/05/2024

The first additions of the year arrived this afternoon!

Introduction posts to follow!

05/03/2024

Single doe kid for Emma a few days ago!

Sire- 805 FB Caspian
Dam- Burnt Barn FS Sage-Lee

04/28/2024

Well Kinsley clearly didn’t get the memo that we’re supposed to kid within the hours of 8am-8pm 🤦‍♀️

Anyway after a longggg labour, Kinsley decided to have her babies at 1am. She had one of the toughest delivery so far this year! Her buck kid was presenting with a head and two front feet tucked underneath, and her doe kid that arrived shortly after was trying to come out head first but sideways with no legs to be found! After a lot of patience and manoeuvring things around we successfully got both kids out safely!

These kids are already super lengthy and will be fun to watch unfold!

805 FCH Kinsley x 805 FB Caspian

04/24/2024

Absolutely loving watching this doe kid unfold! I think she’s definitely going to be something special!

Wonderland GJ Ferrero Fiesta x 805 FB Caspian

04/20/2024

Well after a long night we officially have more babies on the ground!

“Fiesta” had Triplets 2B + 1D
I’m absolutely ecstatic to get a doe kid from this pair. Anyone who knows this doe knows she’s only ever had ONE doe kid and that was 2yrs ago!

Safe to say this little doe kid is being RETAINED.

Wonderland GJ Ferrero Fiesta *M x 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”

04/08/2024

I don’t even have words lol. This pretty girl will be the next one in the kidding pens! She’s due April 17th anyone wanna take any guesses on how many she’s going to have?!?

The ultrasound showed 3 for sure however I think she’s got atleast 4 in there!

04/08/2024

We finally have babies on the ground!!

Graceland NK Tempo (daughter of Castle Rock Nikolas +*S VG89) kidded with Triplets 2B + 1D 💙💙🩷 last night around 9:30pm

These kids are sired by 805 FB Caspian who is out of Curl Creek Rose Oak who earned her *M on half an udder milking just shy of 4lbs!

04/07/2024

I’m absolutely loving how this pre-fresh udder is looking!

“Tempo” is on day 149 today and looking like tonight might FINALLY be the night! I’m anticipating big things from this 5yr old 4F this year and can’t wait to do a fill on this gorgeous udder!

Graceland NK Tempo
(Castle Rock Nikolas +*S VG89 x Thistle Creek Pretty Beyoncé)

04/05/2024

Ooh! Anyone who knows me knows this doe is my absolute favourite!

This pretty girl is an 8yr old 7F and you would never guess it!

Pictured is Graceland NK French Franc *M (Castle Rock Nikolas +*S VG89 x Thistle Creek DJ Penny Lane) at 3wks fresh approx 12hr hold. This girl has been knocking it out of the park milking 2-2.5lbs every morning and night!

This girl will be placed on CGS 1 Day Milk Test in May, and CGS Classification in June, she will also have her first 305 day test in May along with the rest of the herd!

(Ignore the horrible clip job I haven’t had a chance to get her properly clipped!)

03/29/2024

We have been quiet on here lately as the last couple weeks have been pretty rough. Most of the time you only ever see the good that comes with farming and not the bad, however this is the side that no one wants or likes to deal with.

A few weeks ago the whole herd got sick (some worse than others) out of the blue. We talked with our vet and made the decision to treat them with a long lasting penicillin in hopes to kill whatever was going around. After about 2wks most of the herd seemed to be doing better, until a few more does went back downhill. We treated them a second time, and thought we got them back out of the woods again. Unfortunately we come outside to do morning chores a week later to find one of our yearlings was having a miscarriage at about 2 months pregnant. This really took a toll on her and she went a few days of feeling ill before going back to her regular self. We thought it was finally over however we were unfortunately wrong and during the second bout of -30 weather we had another doe miscarry at about 2.5 months pregnant, this took a huge toll on her and she just started feeling herself again about a week ago.

And just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse it did. My all time favourite doe who is now 8yrs old this year, was miscarrying 30 days out from her due date. Thankfully she passed her kids and placenta easily, and bounced back really quickly. She came into milk, and we made the decision to keep her in milk, and she is now doing wonderful! After 3 does miscarrying we decided to send these kids and the placenta in to get to the bottom of this to make sure it didn’t happen again. After about two weeks of waiting we got the news that it seemed to be caused by a bad bag of feed. This is incredibly frustrating, and a reminder to always triple check your feed before giving it to your goats, and to throw any away that seems to possibly be bad, even if your not 100% sure, it’s better to be safe than sorry as this can happen to anyone!

We are now just days away from our first due dates and we are hoping the rest of this season goes smoothly as it’s, been a rough start!

Pictured is Wonderland GJ Ferrero Fiesta *M who is still 2wks out from her due date and is as wide as she is tall! 😬

03/06/2024

Eeek!!
We are officially 4wks out from kidding season, and these girls are making this wait feel like foreverrrr!

Both these girls are Castle Rock Nikolas +*S VG89 daughters and boy are they exciting ones!

Graceland NK French Franc *M
(8yr old 7F)
Due April 5th

Graceland NK Tempo
(5yr old 4F)
Due April 3rd

02/14/2024

Well our CGS 1 Day Milk Test & CGS Classification forms are filled out and waiting to be sent out next week!

Anddddd after a lot of thought and talking with fellow breeders we have made the rather large decision to participate in the CGS 305 Day Milk Test! We are incredibly excited (ok and a tad nervous 😬) to be participating in it this year as it’s been something we’ve tossed and turned about for a while!

I’m incredibly excited to see how our herd does on these programs and we will definitely be kept busy!

01/29/2024

Well today was ultrasounding day and while there were a few disappointments all in all we are pretty happy and also happy to say it looks like there’s no singletons on board!

💥Burnt Barn FS Sage-Lee
*Due April 29th with
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥805 FCH Kinsley GP84
*Due April 24th with
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥805 FCH Rebel
*Due May 18th with
(Bred to Burnt Barn PS Viking EX90)

💥Graceland NK Alegria *M VG87
*Due April 25th
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥Graceland NK French Franc *M
*Due April 5th
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥Graceland NK Tempo
*Due April 3rd
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥Lost Coulee GB Opal
*Due May 25th
(Bred to Burnt Barn PS Viking EX90)

💥Thunder Ridge PT Juno
*Due May 11th
(Bred to Burnt Barn PS Viking EX90)

💥Wonderland GJ Ferrero Fiesta *M
*Due April 17th
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥Wonderland GJ Jewel GP81
*Due April 3rd
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)

💥Shadow Vale Deorum Aida
*Due April 29th
(Bred to 805 FB Caspian VG88 “GP83 OH”)
*Kids will be sold unregistered as pets

Pictured is Graceland NK French Franc *M who is carrying a wide load!

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