DesertHardt Dairy Goats

08/10/2024

First set of CIDR’s were pulled this evening (few more missing from this photo😏)

Now to start the clock⏰ ♥️🐐

08/07/2024

July milk test!! 🥵 2024
The heat has been taking a serious toll on some of the girls. Consistent temps that are 112-115 & aren’t showing any signs of letting up. Trouble has even gone off fed, so it’s been a constant battle with her since she’s a hard keeper. Let’s hope the monsoon weather finds our little town🌵🐐☀️

07/31/2024

Merch drop on the farm🌵🐐☀️
Glad to finally add some shirts to the closet to represent the herdname♥️

07/29/2024

Yes good sir, we’d like to take houses finest blue stuff😉🤣 Top shelf please🍺🍹🍷

Copper bolus ✅
Hoof trims ✅
Cootie Blocker ✅
•Remind me never to let my herd get massive!! Got 10 senior does checked off the list this evening, now onto the junior does & bucks tomorrow.

07/28/2024

If you ever get the chance to pass through Julian, California I suggest you stop to shop at the The Olde Goat!! Soaps, lotions, body oils & so much more all made from fresh raw goats milk!!

Not to mention these amazing Nepal goat figures that Dan Laney is graciously bringing back to the states. Dan has been helping the people of Nepal for many years (since 2012♥️), the funds from the sales of these stuffed goats goes straight back to assist the Nepal village!! How awesome is that! I’ll be passing back through late Sept/early Oct. this year, so if you’ve gotta have one message me & I can see if I can’t snag you one😉🫶🏼

07/20/2024

What a crazy five days spent in Kentucky looks like. This was my first time attending a ADGA National Show, and I was fortunate enough to be apart of the Wolfivan Ranch family!

From Drew making me a sandwich, countless hours spent in our cramped but cozy tack area. Sharing bedtime stories with my roommate Audrey, shuttling goats ringside & back to their pens between classes. Hours slept at night would be considered a nap😂 I’d do it all over again 100 times because this family I’ve now joined was nothing but amazing.

Congrats to Renee for breeding this years 2024 ADGA National Champion, Wolfivan CQ Ginger Root♥️

07/14/2024

Enjoying our time here at the 2024 ADGA National Show♥️ I didn’t bring goats with me but that doesn’t mean I’m not helping show🐐
Louisville, Kentucky

07/09/2024

Got one of the sail shades up! We’re fortunate enough to have large eucalyptus trees that surround the .8 acre lot where the herd mainly habits. However there’s just certain parts of the day that hardly any shade is available, SOOOO hopefully this helps that blistering heat when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.

07/08/2024

Creosote Ranch FT PlayinHookey
aka Player was perfecting his death nap this afternoon ☠️ 🥵 🔥

07/03/2024

It’s always fun to see the full overview on the does participating in DHIA this season. Definitely pleased the FF’s are keeping up (Royal 2YR-FF, Yearlings- Ruthie, Sundae, Candi) & I’m eager to continue to improve our production.🐐♥️🌵

06/25/2024

June Milk Test🌼

All I can say is WOW, I'm proud of my seasoned milkers and how well they're handling our show travels & still being able to pull great numbers on milk test.

June 1st, we traveled 1,600 miles to Utah where the temperature during the day was low 80's and mid 40's at night. Then the following weekend we turned & burned to California for a day show. I'm amazed with how well our milk volume has stayed consistent after each test that follows after a show weekend. Of course, there is a slight drop in numbers but nothing drastic.

Here in Yuma, Az our normal day to day temperature has been 104 - 111 🥵🌵🔥 The girls are still trucking along through their lactations as we gear up for our monsoon season to arrive in July.

Yearling First Fresheners:
Sundae - Candi - Ruthie
(They haven't been to a show since mid-April)

06/19/2024

🌿Our 2024 retained doeling’s & acquired dry yearling (yearling is co-owned with Desert Bounty Farm)

06/06/2024

Dairy Goats🐐 or Dairy Cows🐄?? Place you vote

06/05/2024

May 27th Milk Test🌵

We utilized the Memorial holiday & got our monthly testing done before we made the 1,600-mile round trip to Utah for their annual Cache Valley show! I'm really pleased with my FF's this season & how well they're handling their first lactation. I expect the girls to be able to handle the stress that comes with traveling to shows, and still do their intended job.

I decided to go ahead & just share my lab hot sheet that gets emailed to me by my lab after each test. That way it saves me from typing everything out, & everyone can see SCC😘

06/03/2024

🥱 Phewww!!! The girls & I traveled 1,600 miles (round trip) this past weekend (28 hours) to attend the Cache Valley Show hosted by Utah Dairy Goat Association. Gorgeous venue, stunning views & top quality National herds were all in attendance!! Utah Dairy Goat Association committee was amazing & put on a flawless show! Thank you again for having us Arizonans.

Placings -
⚜️SGCH Desert Bounty F Trouble VVEE91
- Judge Todd Biddle - 🔥BEST OF BREED🔥 against 4 other Champion Challengers & the Grand Champion of the day. Trouble then went on to be awarded 🔥BEST IN SHOW🔥

⚜️Wolfivan Follow You To Virgie
-Judge Joe Kimmel - 🔥Reserve Champion Senior Dry Yearling🔥

We had many top placings with our senior milkers & junior doelings, there was such quality competition that I’m pleased with how well we held our own. Spotlight placing was ⚜️DesertHardt NMN Sweet Surprise VVVV85 @2-YRS -FF was placed 5th stacked right behind some breeders I’ve admired from the start! Sweet Surprise is only a first freshening two year old but I have no doubt she’ll be a knockout with another year under that stunning udder and correct general appearance.

Huge thank you to the breeders that showed nothing but kindness and friendship during this 8am to midnight show! Y’all are amazing!! Another highlight was Baylor Spencer with Saddleback Ridge Nigerian Dwarves placing consistently at the top of the Senior Kid class with his newly acquired doeling DesertHardt S Hail 2B Gold. In fact I even recall his ear to ear grin when she was placed 2nd in a solid competitive class one placing above my Senior Kid - DesertHardt GS Designer Gold. I love when I’m beat by my own goats at a show!

04/25/2024

April 13th, 2024 - Milk Test
We squeezed this test in before we started a busy week of Linear Appraisal & the first show of the season. I know I need to type up how our appraisal went; it went great btw but I'll get an official write up done hopefully by this weekend.

This will be our 2024 milk testing lineup, few may be dropped and heading to new herds but for the most part these 8 does will be put to work and hopefully reach their 305 days in milk achievement.

⚜️SGCH Desert Bounty F Trouble (5F): 12 DIM - 5.7lbs M, 6.4%BF, 3.9%P
⚜️GCH Creosote Ranch GJ Maple Shot (5F): 40 DIM -2.9lbs M, 6.9%BF, 4.2%P
⚜️GCH Desert Bounty BO Fairy Duster (4Y -3F): 35 DIM- 4.5lbs M, 6.6%, 3.9%P
⚜️DesertHardt JB First Advantage (2F): 83 DIM - 3.2lbs M, 6.5%BF, 4.2%P
⚜️DesertHardt NMN Sweet Surprise (FF): 82 DIM - 3.3lbs M, 6.3%BF, 3.8%P
⚜️DesertHardt GS Seeking Gold (FF): 72 DIM - 2.6lbs M, 6.4%BF, 4.2%P
⚜️DesertHardt JB Last Dance (FF): 62 DIM - 3.1lbs M, 7.5%BF, 4.2%P
⚜️DesertHardt BT Quietly Famous (FF): 34 DIM- 3.6lbs M, 6.7%BF, 4.0%P

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04/22/2024

Phew!!😮‍💨 What a long weekend that began on Thursday and didn’t end until about 30 minutes ago when I got the herd home & settled🥵

This weekend has been nothing but a whirl wind. Late nights ringside with some close goat friends, early mornings clipping udders in preparation for the day. Cheering for friends as they finish a stunning homebred doe & helping others who forgot to pack something (Kristan😂♥️).

Ribbons are always fantastic but I have to say having the support team that I’m so fortunate to have at the show and those faces that are left at home taking care of things is something else. Without my family I’m not sure how much I would be able to accomplish, without friends this would be lonely. My sister Megan has been a handler for me since the beginning 4 years ago (fabulous one might I say), my mother has raised kids on bottles while I work a full time job, my grandma was amazing this weekend assisting in groups classes & has always been a silent sponsor to support me. The husband Ryan dealing with fresh kids on the ground, topping on milk for bottle kids and maintaining sanity at home♥️ My best friend Alodie for milking the does that remained at home (you’re amazing!).

Of course Trouble shined this weekend but the TRUE win to my heart was having a homebred doe be award Reserve Champion for the FIRST TIME!! This is a true testament to my breeding and helping me see I’m doing something right. This was a goal I finally got to check the box on♥️

Pima County Fair - Judge Tracy Stampke
SADGA Caprine Classic - Judge Amy Akromoff

🌿DesertHardt PH Gold Advisory 🥇 in both rings with a class of 27 intermediate kids - the largest Jr. Nigerian Dwarf class. Came back for overall & earned Reserve Champion at only TWO months old under Tracy Stampke.

🌿DesertHardt NMN Sweet Surprise 🥇under Amy Arkomoff in a class of stunning 2 year olds! Sweet Surprise then managed to snag Reserve Champion as a FF🫢 I was blown away and honored to have her commended on her lovely mammary!

🌿 SGCH Desert Bounty F Trouble - this doe has a place in my heart no matter how many black eyes she attempts to give me when it comes time to shaving her udder😵‍💫 She went Best of Breed in both rings against 2 other champion challengers & the Grand Champion for the day. Let’s just say that Grand doe definitely made Trouble work hard and the judges took their time before confirming their decision. Trouble then came back for Best in Show and again wowed the judges with how well she milked down to nothing. Earning another 2 BIS under her belt, I felt honored to even be standing in a line up with some outstanding breeders & their stunning does.

Group Classes:
🌿Jr. Best Three 4th out of 8 herds
🌿Jr. Produce of Dam 🥇 place (can’t remember how many🫠)
🌿 Senior Best Dairy Herd 🥇
🌿Senior Best Three 🥇

Our show string is very young & light in numbers this year but that won’t stop us from having a great time making memories with friends! ♥️ Now enjoy some photos of this weekend.

04/21/2024

I’m not sure how I got so lucky, & most days I can’t believe this doe is in my herd♥️🔥

Overall herd placings to come but I have to gush over SGCH DESERT BOUNTY F TROUBLE 5*M VVEE91🤭
She managed to snag Best of Breed in both rings against some stunning finished champions & the gorgeous Grand Champion of the day. Cherry🍒 on top was coming back to compete for Best in Show and having Trouble receive this prestigious award in both rings. I’ll say it over & over like a broken record, Thank you Carrie Cochrane at Desert Bounty Farm for breeding this amazing dairy goat!

**I’ll be using her 2024 buckling sired by the son of the 2023 Reserve National Champion for my fall breedings if anyone wants to be on a reservation**

04/14/2024

The girls are eager to get the evening milk test completed for the month of April.

04/07/2024

Enjoy this Sunday afternoon nip slip😅🫢👀

03/26/2024

🌷March 17th Milk Test

Ohh boy where do I even begin with the things going wrong🤦🏼‍♀️ Almost the whole herd has a dry lingering cough from this terrible weather we’ve been having since the start of the new year. Vets have all agreed that it just needs to run it’s course and to monitor temperatures, so that’s what we’ve done. Poor Maple😰She required a heavy assist for her third doeling who was position incorrectly. Within 2 days of delivering her triplets she went down hard with pregnancy toxemia (yeah who knew that can happen within two weeks after delivery as well!) There for awhile I was scared I’d lose her because she refused to fight. With some miracle things turned around, she went from barely producing any milk, to finally coming back around to her usual production. My only other complaint is First Freshener Sundae ( Quietly Famous) I haven’t had a bad FF on the stand thus far…until her😬🫠‼️ Anywho onward & upward we go as we move through this lactation year with the herd. ONE doe left to add to the milking line up, TROUBLE who’s due early April because of course she had to short cycle during breeding season.

⚜️GCH Creosote Ranch GJ Maple Shot (5F): 13 DIM - 3.3lbs M, 5.79%BF, 4.41%P

⚜️GCH Desert Bounty BO Fairy Duster (4Y -3F): 8 DIM- 3.5lbs M, 6.68%, 4.52%P

⚜️DesertHardt JB First Advantage (2F): 56 DIM - 3.7lbs M, 6.5%BF, 4.23%P

⚜️DesertHardt NMN Sweet Surprise (FF): 55 DIM - 3.6lbs M, 6%BF, 3.84%P

⚜️DesertHardt GS Seeking Gold (FF): 45 DIM - 2.9lbs M, 5.9%BF, 4.0%P

⚜️DesertHardt JB Last Dance (FF): 35 DIM - 3.6lbs M, 7.69%BF, 4.2%P

⚜️DesertHardt BT Quietly Famous (FF): 7 DIM- 3.4lbs M, 6.48%BF, 4.82%P

03/08/2024

2024 Goat Births
Bucks: 13
Does: 11

Singles: 0
Twins: 4
Triplets: 4
Quads: 1

Fox X Zeus- 2 bucks, 1 doeling Jan/18th
Gracie X Player- 1 buck, 1 doeling Jan/18th
Frankie X Player- 2 doelings Jan/19th
Cheyenne X Z- 2 doelings 1 buckling Jan22
Royal X Zeus- 3 bucklings, 1 DOA Jan23
Candi X Player - 1 buck, 1 doe Feb 2nd
Wren X Player - 2 bucks Feb 9th
Ruthie X Player - 3 bucks 1 doe Feb 12th
Maple X SunSeeker - 3 does March 5th

We still are waiting for two more does to kid for the month of March & Trouble will finish it off first week of April♥️😉

03/06/2024

This evening’s agenda was not scheduled to be in the birthing pen but Maple decided to make her own addenda.

🌱GCH Creosote Ranch Maple Shot 3*M VEVV87 kidded this evening with THREE DOES! The third one did not want to play by the rules and had to have her head fished out from the curled position she was in.

🌱These kids are sired by Urban Acres CRF-SG SunSeeker, the son of the 2023 National Reserve Champion doe, GCH Urban Acres Snow White VEEE91!! SunSeeker’s sire is Castle Rock Sutter's Gold (Littermate to 2019 ADGA National Grand Champion, CH Castle Rock Tahitian Sunset VEEE90). Talk about a PACKED pedigree that these girls are stacked with!

💖Still have one reservation open. Willing to work with ground & air transport

https://genetics.adga.org/PlannedPedigreePrint.aspx?SireNum=D002248234&DamNum=D002002724

https://deserthardtdairygoats.com/breeding-schedule

02/27/2024

1 # First milk test for the 2024 season on DHIR 20 - Standard😊👌Our senior milkers haven't freshened yet, but they will soon be added to this year's milk testing line up!!

⚜️DesertHardt NMN Sweet Surprise (FF): 26 DIM - 3.1lbs M, 5.9%BF, 3.8%P
⚜️DesertHardt JB First Advantage (2F): 27 DIM - 3.5lbs M, 6.5%BF, 4.2%P
⚜️DesertHardt GS Seeking Gold (FF): 16 DIM - 2.4LBS M, 5.7%BF, 4.0%P
⚜️DesertHardt JB Last Dance (FF): 6 DIM - 2.2lbs M, 8.7%BF, 5.2%P

02/24/2024

My goal this year was to purchase a second milking machine that would be classified as the “show” machine. Well she’s officially just arrived!! This now gives me the chance to leave does in milk at home because I’ll have a home machine & a traveling one. If y’all have ever milked a show udder😥 it ain’t no joke.

02/12/2024

Checked on this girl all afternoon after I noticed ligaments were gone that morning. Set alarms to check on her all night because she was up & down constantly. When did she decide to kid you ask?? Literally minutes as I grabbed my things and was out the door for work and last minute decided to check her stall one last time and adjust the camera…….
All I saw were two front hooves sticking out🤦🏼‍♀️😱 Luckily my coworkers understand this time of year is busy for me and offered to cover until I got in. The single doeling is retained, three buckings will be available as wethers.

•Dam: DesertHardt JB Last Dance (1-GCH/Junior Doe)
•Sire: Creosote Ranch FT PlayinHookey

02/04/2024

Absolutely love this 24/7 feeder the husband built the bottle kids.

02/03/2024

Look who finally arrived to the party💞

D: DesertHardt GS Seeking Gold
•DS: Lil Miss B Haven Gold Strike
•DD: SGCH Desert Bounty F Trouble VVEE91

S: Creosote Ranch FT PlayinHookey
•SS: Lil Miss B Haven Freight Train
•SD: GCH Creosote Ranch Calamity Jane