Frog Flat Farm

09/02/2022

My friend Evelyn Lowell Wool has several goats for sale; recorded grades and also Nubians.

We have decided to focus our herd on purebred Nubians and have made the difficult decision to sell our very productive home-bred Recorded Grade Nubians. Would prefer to sell all together or at least two pairs. A great way to start your new dairy herd! See https://thewoolfamilyfarm.com/our-animals/for-sale/ for details.

08/29/2022

I attended my first goat show with my parents & Leslie Werhane Averill when I was about 10 years old. We soon purchased registered Nubians to breed a couple NOA’s to and thus began our registered herd of Nubian dairy goats. Thanks to Leslie, I have been hooked on showing ever since.

For 25 years breeding and showing Nubians has been my absolute passion. To my “regular” friends, this is weird, but to those of you who know and love this hobbie as I do, you get it!

It is with extreme (but well thought out) sadness that I announce I have sold all but 4 of my animals (which are up for sale) and will be taking a break to focus on my family. This is one of the hardest & most gut-wrenching decisions of my life, but I know it’s the right one. I plan to get back in once I’ve got a barn of my own, and the means to manage them myself.

I want to thank Joan & Dave Carlson, and also Charles Hickerson, for the years they kept me in the game and for loving & caring for my animals as if they were their own. Joan, Dave…you gave me the best 2 years of my show career. I can never thank you enough. And to my mentors & friends, Paul Fox, Julie Matthys and soooo many others, THANK YOU for your time, your friendship and your commitment to this breed we love so much.

I especially thank my Mom & Donald for literally doing everything & paying for everything for over 20 years so I could enjoy this awesome hobby & these beautiful animals. I love y’all so much.

I could go on & on with whom to thank, but just know I love and appreciate each and every one of you that have been a part of this journey. I will still be attending shows & helping friends, but will not be handling my own animals. My goal is to get back into this in around 5 years, so I’ll be back!!! My girls are in GREAT HANDS with their new buyers and chances are you’ll see me showing them in the near future.

I love you all…it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later!!!

PS - I am not selling my tank. Gonna hang onto these frozen boys so when I start back I’m off to a great start!

08/28/2022

SALE PENDING

I have 3 does available. 2 dry yearlings & a May kid. Two are Thunderbird daughters! These are NOT cull animals. Prices are firm. Whole herd CAE negative as of February 2022.

Frog Flat TB Skylark - she earned her dry leg at her first show out. She is massive. G6S carrier. $800.

https://adgagenetics.org/GoatDetail.aspx?RegNumber=N002170355

Frog Flat LZ Dancing Days - she was 10th place Jr kid at the 2021 National Show $700

https://adgagenetics.org/GoatDetail.aspx?RegNumber=N002174758

Frog Flat TB Mitanni - she’s yet to be shown but is a fancy kid. $700 SOLD

https://adgagenetics.org/GoatDetail.aspx?RegNumber=N002238137

08/28/2022

SALE PENDING

It’s time this handsome boy blesses another herd. I absolutely love him & the kids he has produced. They all have excellent feet & legs, breed character & depth of body. Two of his daughters have been Best Jr Doe in Show.
I haven’t freshened any daughters yet but I expect they will be lovely.

Ai son of the infamous Wingwood Farm Lucky True Blue. His dam is equally exciting, she’s the full genetic sister to My-Enchanted-Acres LM Candyman’s dam.

*B My-Enchanted-Acres Trublu Cash

https://adgagenetics.org/GoatDetail.aspx?RegNumber=N002037896

08/22/2022

I have put this off about as long as I can….

It is a rare treat when a buck comes into your life that changes the trajectory of your herd, and in 25 years of having & breeding Nubians, Thunderbird was the first and only to do that.

He was sweet, gentle, fun, playful, a big puppy dog of a buck that anyone could handle. His daughters are consistent over many dams…he is, was, special.

We (myself & Morgen Star Farm) lost Thunderbird last Thursday to a nasty bout with pneumonia. I can’t thank Joan & Dave Carlson enough for how hard they fought for him, and for the years of excellent care they gave him.

This loss hurts. He leaves behind 3 pending champion daughters and several with dry legs & BIS’s. I can only hope his daughters continue to shine in the show ring.

So if you have his kids, or his semen, thank your lucky stars bc he is & will always be, special.

Rest In Peace, *B Woest-Hoeve TS Thunderbird. It was a honor to have owned & loved you. I will miss your stinky hugs.

06/29/2022

Professional pictures of the senior girls.

CH (pending) Woest-Hoeve IE Egret placed 6th in the 5/6 yo class.

Her daughter, CH (pending) Frog Flat Munnin’s Message (owned by Morgen Star Farm) placed 13th in the 3yo class (out of 32 entries).

Together, these girls placed 3rd in Dam & Daughter!!!

Then there’s my lovely CH (pending) Frog Flat Ladybird who placed 3rd in the 4yo class. She was relieved of milk after her class so not full enough for a rear udder picture, though I have several stand & ring pictures of it.

So happy with these pictures and these girls. Still riding this National Show high!!!

06/28/2022

A few pictures from this MARVELOUS National Show.

I am thrilled to report every single one of my animals made the top ten….WHAT!?!? What life is this!? (Woo hoo!!!!)
This has been my best National showing to date…I am thrilled!

Placings:

Intermediate kids:

Frog Flat TBC Valerie - 6th place
Frog Flat TBC Evangeline - 10th

Senior kids:

Frog Flat Ashanti - 2nd place
Frog Flat TBC Jitterbug - 7th

Senior Yearling

Frog Flat TB Nene - 7th place

Junior Get of Sire, *B Woest-Hoeve TS Thunderbird - 2nd place

Seniors:

CH (pending) Frog Flat Ladybird - 3rd place 4yo
CH (pending) Woest-Hoeve IE Egret - 6th place 5yo

3rd place dam & daughter - Egret (dam)/Frog Flat TB Munnin’s Message (owned by Morgen Star Farm

A massive, huge, giant THANK YOU to Joan & Dave Carlson at Morgen Star Farm for managing my animals like you do & keeping me in the game. I wouldn’t be here without you.

Thank you to Paul Fox & Tori Carlson for showing for me & Sarah Moore & Joan Carlson for taking some of these pictures.

06/27/2022

Showed 5 of my juniors & made the top 10 with all of them!

Frog Flat Ashanti (shown by my dear friend Paul Fox) took 2nd place Sr kid!!

Woest-Hoeve TS Thunderbird was 2nd place Jr Get of Sire!!!

I am tired. Seniors today. 🤞

I’ll do a better post later. Congrats to the winners!!!

06/22/2022

I booked a spot in the vendor area at Nationals with Ringside’s Post Collection Connection so I can sell semen while there. Thank you Ringside!!

https://www.dairygoatpodcast.com/pcc

I will have semen available from these two bucks:

*B My-Enchanted-Acres LedZeppelin
Son of the 2019 Reserve National Champion, SGCH My-Enchanted-Acres KW Kharisma. This boy adds excellent feet & legs and capacity to the mammary. 5/$200

https://adgagenetics.org/PedigreePrint.aspx?RegNumber=N001953137

*B My-Enchanted-Acres TruBlu Cash
Ai son of the incredible, Wingwood Farm Lucky True Blue and the beautiful My-Enchanted-Acres MischifMkr. “Missy” is the full sister to the 2015 Reserve National Jr Champion, SG My-Enchanted-Acres RNBOSkitles, who in her turn is the dam to the famous My-Enchanted-Acres Candyman. 5/$175

https://adgagenetics.org/PedigreePrint.aspx?RegNumber=N002037896

I also have limited semen from:

CH J-Nels SP Dad Gum It 5/$175 SOLD
J-Nels SP Tobias 5/$150 SOLD
Woest-Hoeve Captain 5/$150

06/01/2022

A little late posting but here are my day 2 results from the NCDGBA Spring Show. I only showed 1 Senior & 2 dry yearlings:

Dry yearling Frog Flat TB Skylark was Jr Grand Champion - Skylark is lovingly called Buick by her goat Papa, Dave Carlson bc of her size & will to eat. She and her sister Turtledove are crazy big.

Dry yearling Frog Flat LZ Dancing Days placed 3rd & 4th in the 3 rings, she’s very correct just a little too immature to compete yet.

4yo, 3rd freshener Frog Flat Zip’s McKenna was Reserve Senior Champion behind the beautiful Morgen Star Moana. I have loved McKenna since her birth, but in trying to keep my numbers down I sold her to my dear friend Amber Holcomb who is building her show herd. Two of McKenna’s doe kids remain in the herd.

Special shout-out to the NCDGBA for putting on another well run, fun show. This show is my favorite of the year & it’s bc of you guys! Thank you to all the judges for your time & wisdom.

Now a break till Nationals!!!

05/28/2022

It’s been a great day at my favorite show of the year.

Woest-Hoeve IE Egret received her 3rd & final leg today, earning her permanent championship in ring 2 (she was Reserve CH in ring 1 behind the beautiful Morgen Star AB Jupiter Mhysa). She received an honorable mention for BIS.

Frog Flat TBC Jitterbug was JrGCH & BJDIS in ring 1. This was her first time off the farm. You can tell she has showing in her veins bc she held that head high & chewed her cud while being shown…she is a showgirl for sure.

Next stop, Nationals!!!

05/18/2022

Friends, please come to our show if you can. It is excellently ran & some of the nicest goat people you’ll ever meet. Numbers are low so you stand a good chance of getting legs on your girls!!!

Located in Rocky Mount, NC.

https://ncdgba.org/shows/

05/12/2022

Last kid of the season available & a Thunderbird son at that. Dam is Frog Flat Zip’s McKenna.

McKenna was 3rd place Jr kid at the 2018 Nationals, Best Jr Doe in Show at the highly competitive NC State Fair in 2019 and received her first milking leg towards her permanent championship last year. I am hoping to finish her this year.

Located in Raeford, NC. 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣

Buckling is a little over a week old (dob 5/4/22).

https://adgagenetics.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx?SireNum=N001891134&DamNum=N001942355

05/04/2022

McKenna kidded today with 2 bucks & 1 doe, completing the 2022 kidding season.

In total, 18 kids were born from 7 dams: 9 does, 9 bucks.

Praise the Lord for healthy kiddings & healthy moms.

A special thank you to Joan & Dave Carlson for bringing all these kids into the world so beautifully, and for taking such excellent care of my girls. I love y’all so much.

04/25/2022

Finished out this amazing weekend with a bang by bringing home this phenomenal girl. Please welcome to the herd, M*L Legacy Purple Haze .

I have been a fan of her dam M*L Legacy Violet Rae for a long while now, so when the opportunity presented itself to bring a daughter in, I jumped on it! Trust me, these pictures do her no justice. She is long, wide, level, has incredible breed character and is as sweet a pie! Her escutcheon is high & wide and so promising!
Purple Haze is an AI daughter of our Senior herdsire, *B Woest-Hoeve TS Thunderbird.

Thank you so much to Julie Matthys for allowing me to purchase this once-in-a-lifetime doe. Julie, you are the bomb.com - love and value your friendship & mentorship girl!!!

https://adgagenetics.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx?SireNum=N001891134&DamNum=N001906652

04/24/2022

Today was another great day of showing. I only brought one milker, Ladybird, who finished yesterday so today was all about Frog Flat TB Turtledove. She received her restricted leg in ring 6 and then went Best Jr Doe in Show under judge Will Keech.

Thank you everyone for all your help & encouragement this weekend, and congratulations to Morgen Star Farm for finishing Frog Flat TB Munnin’s Message, and Windyfarm for getting their 2nd leg on Frog Flat Pink Cashmere, who also won Reserve Sr Champion in 4 out of 6 rings.

What an amazing weekend. I will be reeling from this for quite some time.
Thank you to everyone involved in putting on such a great show, and to the judges who were so much fun to show under. I look forward to seeing you all again real soon!