The Girls

Kastor is a sweetheart, but our herd enforcer. She is a Chamoisee/Buckskin Roan w/minimal white & moonspots. We discovered her spots June 2021 when she was given a show clip for LA's. She was the first of Jacobim's girls on the stand. We were surprised when we switched to a milking machine and her volume almost doubled! Kastor holds back quite a bit of milk for her kids. She has tested A/B for AlphaS1-Casein.

Kastor held her own at 2021 Linear's. Her sire, Goldie's boy, vastly improved Kastor's udder over her dam. In Udder Side she scored 12 points higher, in Udder Height 10 points higher & 9 points higher in Medial & Rear Arch compared to her dam. At 2021 LA's, Kastor was terrified in a new place and was uneasy walking around when presented. Appraiser commented that it was hard to evaluate her since she was moving so awkwardly, envision a goat Frankenstein walk. Feels like she can score higher if she were being appraised at home. Her udder is not her strongest asset, but she seems conformationally correct.

Well we right about Kastor, we had LA's on our farm in 2023 and she was just perfect for the appraiser. Kastor scored a FS88 (VEEG) under a very tough but fair appraiser. She scored an average of 5 points higher in Linear Categories over her 2021 appraisal. Kastor also received and E in Rump & Rear Legs. Couldn't be happier for her, we have always thought she was very nice goat. To see full Linear & Structural category scores for our herd, click on the Linear Appraisal link below.

Lola has the prettiest little face. She is such a quiet sweet goat. She is brown Light Belly with heavily Frosted Ears, a Star, with some Random White and a bit of roaning on the shoulders & moonspots. Her spots are a dark brown which are impossible to see on an unclipped brown coat.

Lola is one of our top 4 milkers. She is A/B for AlphaS1-Casein. We were not disappointed in score at 2021 LA. Lola was a very dainty not yet mature doe in 2021. Appraiser made sure to point that out to us before he gave us her score. Her then yearling daughter was larger than she was. Not sure where her dainty stature comes from as both her parents are dairy but robust. Lola's chest has broadened, and her body capacity increased in 2022. She is still very refined. Look forward to seeing how she improves on her score at our next LA. Lola's udder with quads in 2022 was huge! Just what she needed to push her to the next level. Her teat diameter has also increased dramatically, still nowhere near her Dam's.

2023 was just not Lola's year. Her udder was as expected on her 4th freshening, beautiful! We finally thought she would shine at LA's. But unfortunately, that was not to be...Murphy's Law...Lola had a difficult weaning of one of her boys. He was not sold prior to weaning & cried every waking hour for about 3 weeks, till he went to live with his brother. Poor Lola was distraught. Then the weather decided to get ungodly hot & humid, Heat Index over a 100 for about 9 days. Lola developed milk stones in both udders, and she started to dry up. I managed to bring her back by hand milking, but she looked pathetic. Luckily our appraiser agreed that it would not be a fair assessment of her. She did appraise her like the boys, but she did not receive a FS. Still very helpful information.

Lola did improve on her Linear & Structural scores from 2021, so we are pleased. She beat her dam in 5 of the 7 Linear Categories she was evaluated on. Lola's udder is really her strongest asset so to see her improve in other areas is just fabulous. I think she has a much nicer udder than her dam. Lola is a late bloomer like her Paternal Sister, BREWFM KASTOR. Kastor had been on our sell list every year but always somehow made it off at the last minute. Jacobim's girls are really nice goats, just very slow to hit their stride. We will see if 2025 might be Lola's year finally.

Niamh was born on St Paddy's Day, so she was given our favorite Irish Name. We had to try 3 times to get this little girl! We think she was worth the wait. Her dam is our best milker & her sire is our go to buck. Niamh is A/A for Alpha-s1 Casein, like her dam. We are hoping she will have her dam's quiet, no fuss temperament & her sire's refined dairy look. So far, she is quiet, except at feeding time. Her quiet temperament makes it tough on heat detection.

Niamh did very well at LA's as a FF, FS82 (GGGG). She was only 52 DIM at the Appraisal, but scored an Udder Trifecta: 35/42/35. Cannot wait to see how her udder matures in her 2nd & 3rd lactations. Appraiser was concerned on her lack of Medial but, she was only 52 DIM on her first freshening. Her dam has linear score of 37 in Medial. Niamh's 3/4 sister scored a 20 in Medial on her 2nd Lactation & a 37 in her 4th Lactation. So we are not overly concerned about her Medial. Niamh is going to be a great on the stand just like her dam, Goldie, who is our best milker. We will be offering Niamh's 2024 boys as bucks.

Rosa Bella is the spitting image of her 3/4 Sister, Leela! It was definately hard to choose which of Nella's three girls to retain. I would have loved to keep them all. They all have awesome temperments. We expect great things from this little one. Her dam's udder is a huge improvement on her dam's. We expect Rosa to freshen with a even better udder. Can't wait to see it in 2025. Rosa's DD was one of our last outcross doe we brought into the herd. She has some very nice AGS lines from her Dam's Sire Sol. We also own Sol's Materinal sister Brewfm Kastor.

Rain is a no fuss little goat, just like we like them. Rain is going to make a great mother just like her dam & granddam. She is babysitting her 8 siblings this kidding season. Four are her dam's kids & four are her Granddam/Sire's kids. Haven't been able to snap a picture of it yet but she sleeps with all eight snuggled around her! Rain was on our Sale Page, but I have decided to hold on to her for now. A doe that shows this much maternal instinct is one we will hold onto.

Rain is only the 3rd doe out of our buck, Tonic. It would seem like we are hoarding his girls, and we would be if he gave us more. They are all just beautiful, nice solid girls. Tonic seems to be a buck sire in our herd, that's not a bad thing if you are trying for a herd sire. Rain is emerging from an awkward growth stage and is starting to look a bit more balanced. We are liking what we are seeing. Rain is on the smaller side, but has more strenght than her dam. Rain's dam's third freshening udder was a really nice suprise, hoping her new owners will get her appraised in 2025. We are super excited to see Rain's udder in 2025, but realise her udder might need a few years to mature like her dam's did.