2022: Klondy milked 11.8 lbs at 76 DIM (days in milk) and 10 lbs of milk at 101 DIM. (8.34 lbs = 1 gallon). Klondy has a nice U shape, lovely medial separation, large teats, and high production.

Klondy kids with no assistance. She is amazing! We help dry off the babies and make sure everyone gets colostrum. For the first batch, I made sure the two smallest doelings got to eat every couple hours during the day for the first couple days, and offered a bottle to everyone from then on in addition to mom. The two boys were sold as bottle babies at 2 months old, and Klondy raised the other three to 3 months no problem. The second time she had 5, I sold one as a bottle baby early on, then separated and bottle fed the buckling at 8 weeks old, and sold a doeling as a bottle baby at 8 weeks. She raised the other two to 3 months.

Klondy is very sweet and loves hugs and kisses. She doesn't have the best winter coat or the best feet, so I'm trying to breed that into her line.

This is my 4-year old milking Klondy. My 6 year old has been milking her for a year. She is the most patient goat and will let anyone milk her. You can see here that her side attachments aren't the best, so her udder does swing quite a bit when she walks. 

We used some scrap linoleum from Lowes to cover our milk stands. Took me a while to find the right type the goats wouldn't slip on.

Klondy had 3 kids in 2020, 5 kids (quintuplets) in 2021, and another 5 in 2022. I could not believe it! She is getting a break 2023. I am going to milk her until about December-ish and then milk once a day until the other goats kid. Then I'll dry her off for the summer.

Klondy has a huge udder! It usually sticks out the back a bit more, but in this picture it seems to be more forward. Her front attachment is nice. She doesn't have any fold.

Klondy is nice and wide.

This is Cassiopea at about 6 months old.

Here is Cassiopea at about 6 months old. We waited until she was 2 to breed her. She got pretty fat off of hay and water. The vet told me not to feed her any grain while she was pregnant. I started about a month before kidding to slowly work her up to 2 cups a day.

Cassiopea was pushing hard for more than 45 minutes, so I went in and gently massaged her cervix. I tried to feel what was going on but I couldn't really tell. Finally the first baby started coming out but got stuck with her tail sticking out. She finally pushed her out and I thought it was dead! But she kicked to life and was just fine. The other two came out no problem.

Cassiopea has an awesome winter coat and well-formed feet.

Here is Cassiopea in the winter with her buddy and half-sister, Calliope.

I entered Cassiopea in the MDGA virtual show. She got 3rd place by one judge, and 2nd place by the other. Here's what they said:

 2nd Place: "She is more balanced in width from the top of the udder to the udder floor."
3rd Place:  "She has a more capacious udder that is higher and wider in the escutcheon area and when viewed from the side equal thirds of the udder can be seen.  Entry A does grant to Entry E showing a clear dairy wedge when viewed from the top in Dairy Character."

Cassiopea has nice big teats and big loose orifices. Her udder is really tight though. I prefer soft udders (like Klondy and Windy).

This was early in lactation. These two are amazing producers!