Description:

This little doe (she's lucky if she's much over 20") was actually sold as a kid, but boy are we thrilled that the buyer backed out!  Splash is from a very slow to mature line, and I feel she will really come into her own with another freshening under her belt.  She's very, very similar to her grand-dam, Ch Zenith.  Very refined and stylish, with a level topline, flat bone pattern, and a loonngg neck, along with straight forelegs, improved toes over her dam, and short, high, pasterns.  I would like to see her with more depth and width, and also a flashier general appearance, but those things could improve with age.  I've recently noticed that Splash has an odd, raised tail-head that I'm pretty sure wasn't there as a yearling, and could be due to a very difficult delivery she had.  Her first freshening udder rose to meet our expectations, and her second freshening brought only improvement - very much resembling Zenith's udder in her earlier days, with great rear udder and side attachments, along with improved butter soft texture and amazing orifices - making her the easiest doe to milk in our herd.  I would like to see better teat placement, however, and a smoother foreudder.  In terms of milk production, Splash has been impressive.  Only having one kid usually translates to low production, however at Splash's peak in 2009, she was milking 1.5 quarts a day.  She's also insistent on not drying up, and after a week of trying to move her to one milking a day, she was still going strong and her production had not dropped!

At liberty after being milked out.

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ADGA

One

ADGA

One

ADGA

One

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2008

2

1

Rosasharn's TL Sitka Spruce *S

2009

0

1

Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S

 Grand Total: Four Kids

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Kalee's Notes:

Splash is quite the character, and very much a mama's girl.  When she kidded for the first time, she shocked us by deciding since she was nursing kids, she should be nursing also!  It was quite a sight to see Tupelo with a newborn nursing from one side, and Splash, udder and all, suckling from the other!  To this day Splash is more bonded to Tupelo then her own kids, and becomes extremely upset if they're separated.  because of this Tupelo has to be present at ringside when Splash is in the ring.  One VERY distinctive quality of this little gal is her amusingly high pitched voice that she uses often.  Rather she's attempting to perform opera while in the show ring, or yelling at me for not feeding her fast enough, it always brings a giggle.  I'm really looking forward to developing a relationship with her in coming years - this one is personality plus!

The sight that greets me regularly at the barn.