Fairlea Farm Does

ARMCH Fairlea Heidi *D E AR#2029 (ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb +*S E X Fairlea Lydia) Photo by Joanne Karohl

Gold and white, born 7/29/95, pictured in 2004. Classified Excellent with a score of 90.9 in August, 2004. There was never any question from the moment of her birth that Heidi was a keeper, and that her name was Heidi. She was my first winning doe, and her patient attitude and long teats make her a pleasure to milk. She has also placed herself in charge of my sanity -- whenever I am upset about anything, she comes over, leans on me, looks up into my face, and simply exudes calmness and support. The grumpy expression on her face in the picture is an anomaly -- she must have been having a bad moment just when the photographer snapped the picture. Important wins: Best of Breed Doe at the ANDDA National Specialty on June 24, 2005, at the AGS National show week in Springfield, MA. At just one month short of 10 years old, she defeated many of the top does in the northeast, including the one that won AGS National Champion Doe the next day. My son Cedric had the thrill of his career so far, because he was the lucky handler showing her! Other big winners that weekend were Fairlea Fleur (ANDDA Best Udder), Fairlea Troy (ANDDA Grand Champion Junior Doe) and Stonewall's Diggory Venn (AGS National Champion Buck)!

ARMCH Fairlea Gretchen 2*D E AR#1948 (MCH Fairlea Diggory Venn X MCH Fairlea Heidi)   Side Photo by Joanne Karohl, rear by Anne Petersen
Gold and white, born 3/26/98, side picture in 2005, udder in 2002. She has an AGS classification score of 91.1, Excellent. Gretchen seemed fated to be one of those who wins lots of reserves and no championships because she didn't like showing (the grumpy expression on her face in the picture was fairly common in the ring), until at the age of 7, when she suddenly won three successive shows in August, 2005, to finish her permanent MCH. And now she likes showing! That's what an atmosphere of appreciation will do for a goat! She completes three generations of MCH does, Heidi (grandmother) - Gretchen (mother) - Fleur (daughter).

ARMCH Fairlea Fleur 3*D E AR#1950 (Rosasharns Julius X MCH Fairlea Gretchen)   Photos by Joanne Karohl
Cream and white, born 4/16/00, pictured in 2004. Although less than 20 inches tall and a bit on the dumpy side, Fleur is very dairy and a fabulous milker, the best in my barn, with wonderfully large, soft teats. Judge Harvey Consodine summed up her talents in 2003, when, on bending over to examine her udder, he exclaimed, "Oh, my, you're a real working girl, aren't you!" On the way to earning her title, she won three Grand Champion awards, three Reserves, and three Best Udder, and at least two of the judges commented on her "incredible udder." She earned an AGS classification score of 92.2 in 2003 and her dairy star at a one-day test in June, 2004, milking 4 pounds with 6.2% butterfat.   Important wins: Best Udder at the 2005 ANDDA National Specialty, held at the AGS Nationals in Springfield, MA.

Fairlea Ariel *D E AR#1956 (Stonewall's Apocalypse Now x Fairlea Diana) Photos by Joanne Karohl
Black and cream buckskin with a gigantic moon spot across her neck and left shoulder, born 3/22/01, pictured in 2004. Her AGS classification score is 90.1 E. Ariel has a beautiful, deer-like elegance; an amazingly round, capacious udder; and a calm, eager-to-please personality. She actually won three Grand Champion legs, but didn't get credit for one because her tattoo had faded so badly it was indecypherable. (Note: White tattoo ink is not permanent!)

Fairlea Lindt 2*D VG, ADGA 1*M AR#1945 (Rosasharn's Julius X MCH Fairlea Heidi)
Chocolate and white, born 3/24/03, Photo 2009. Lindt is named in honor of her chocolate-and-cream look and her mother Heidi's German name. She's doing very well at shows and already has one Grand Champion Senior Doe award, a Best Udder, several reserves and many firsts. More pictures and information on Lindt's page.

Fairlea Florence 4*D AR#1946, ADGA 1*M (Stonewall's Apocalypse Now X MCH Fairlea Fleur)
Black and cream buckskin, born 4/10/04. Photos July, 2009. Only shown twice as a yearling, because I had so many yearlings to show that year, she won Grand Champion Junior Doe. As a senior she now has several reserve Grand Champion wins and recently another Grand Champion leg at the Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association's show under judge Todd Harp. More pictures and information on Florence's page.

ARMCH Fairlea Troy *D E 1*M AR#1947 (Stonewall's Apocalypse Now X Fairlea Electra)
Black and brown buckskin with white markings, born 4/23/04. Photos taken August, 2008 (third freshening). AGS classification is 91.0 E. Major Wins: Grand Champion Junior Doe at the 2005 ANDDA National Specialty, held at the AGS National series of shows in Springfield, MA. At the 2007 AGS Nationals, she won her class at the ANDDA specialty and was second in her class at the AGS National Show. She now has a senior Grand Champion leg as well, a Best Udder, several reserves, and many firsts.

Fairlea Marguerite 4*D AR 2281 (MCH Rosasharn's Tiger L X MCH Fairlea Fleur)
Gold and white, born March, 2005. Photos from 2008, her first freshening. She is nows a second freshener and recently earned her first Grand Champion leg.

Fairlea Tosca 2*D AR 2280 (Twin Creeks BW Giacomo Puccini X MCH Fairlea Heidi)
Pale chamoisee, born May, 2005. Photos taken July, 2008, her first freshening. She has one Junior and one Senior Grand Champion leg.

Second Fresheners:

Greenville Acres Ester (Old Mountain Farm Leonardo X Fairlea Electra)   Photos by Joanne Karohl
Gold with frosted nose and ears, born 2/20/06. Many thanks to Brian Jennings of Greenville Acres for this lovely doe! She has one Junior Grand Champion leg. More at Ester's page.

Dragonfly Terpsichore (Flat Rocks Diamond Rio E X Dragonfly Calliope)
Dark buckskin, polled, born 4/25/06, a triplet. Photos taken 10/22/08, 3 1/2 months into her first freshening. Thank you Joanne Karohl of Dragonfly Farm for this lovely great-grandkid of one of my foundation does!

First Fresheners:

Fairlea Corliss (Flat Rocks Diamond Rio E X Fairlea Anya)
Polled, dark chocolate chamoisee, born 3/4/07, a triplet. Photos August, 2009, first freshening.

 
 

Fairlea Niambh (Fairlea Fletcher Christian X Fairlea Sinead) Polled, chocolate repartita buckskin, born 4/6/07, a triplet. She freshened for the first time this spring with a beautiful udder, an improvement on her mother in every detail that I had hoped for, so I am very excited about her. I hope to have more recent pictures up soon.

 
 

Fairlea Teagan (Fairlea Fletcher Christian X Fairlea Sinead)
Polled, gold and white, born 4/6/07, a triplet. We were thrilled that Niambh's beautiful sister recently returned to us along with her young quadruplets. She has a junior leg, won from the 2-4-month-old kid class. She freshened this spring with a very productive udder, although not quite as nice as her sister's, and she should make a capacious milker. More at Teagan's page.

 
 

Yearlings:

Fairlea Hildegard (Flat Rocks Diamond Rio E X ARMCH Fairlea Heidi *D E)
Redgold and white, born 2/22/08, a twin. Freshened this spring with very promising udder for a yearling first-freshener. Pictures taken October, 2009. More at Hilde's page.

 
 

Fairlea Julie (Rosasharn's Julius X ARMCH Fairlea Gretchen 2*D E)
Pale gold and white, born 2/15/08, a twin. As a yearling first freshener, she has a very capacious udder and should make an excellent milker. More pictures on Julie's page.

 
 

Fairlea Roxane (Rosasharn's TL'Ugene *S X ARMCH Fairlea Fleur 3*D E)
Redgold and white with wattles, born 4/2/08, a twin. Yearling first-freshener. More pictures on Roxane's page.

 

Fairlea Snowdrop (Fairlea Siegfried X Fairlea Hollyhock) White, born 4/21/08, a twin. She is NOT blue-eyed--that is an annoying feature of Photoshop's automatic red-eye reduction which I cannot seem to stop it from doing; if anyone knows how to make it stop, I'd appreciate instruction.

Fairlea Linnet (Flat Rocks Night Raven X Fairlea Lindt 2*D VG AR) Black-and-cream buckskin but mostly white, born 7/1/08, a triplet.

Fairlea Harmony (Dragonfly TA Lancelot du Lac X Dragonfly Terpsicore) Plain dark gold, born 7/8/08, a twin.

Fairlea Cobweb (Fairlea Butterscotch X Fairlea Ariel *D E) Black-and-cream buckskin doe with white belt, born 7/19/08, a quad.

Fairlea Agatha (Fairlea Jean Valjean X Fairlea Christie) Dark buckskin with white spots, born 8/10/08, a singleton.

This Year's Hopefuls

Fairlea Barbara (Flat Rocks Night Raven X ARMCH Fairlea Gretchen) Polled, dark buckskin, born 3/15/09, a quad.

Fairlea Amaryllis (Dawnland Tabby's Halifax X Fairlea Hollyhock) Gold with white spots, born 4/12/09, a quad.

Fairlea Lorna (Caesar's Villa BB Rebel Yell X Fairlea Lindt) Dark chocolate, born 5/6/09, a singleton.

Fairlea Geneva (Caesar's Villa BB Rebel Yell X Fairlea Florence) Black, born 5/9/09, a triplet.

Fairlea Helen (Fairlea Cyrano de Bergerac X Fairlea Troy) Solid red, born 6/9/09, a triplet.

Fairlea Miranda (Fairlea Cyrano de Bergerac X Fairlea Ariel) White, born 7/30/09, a triplet.