Splash O' Honey

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 refined and stylish, with a strong topeline, flat bone pattern, and a loonngg neck, angular rear legs, improved feet over her dam, and short, high, pasterns. If I was to tweak anything on Splash, I would give her toes that face straight ahead and a better shoulder set. Her udder is her crowning glory (as it should be), it excels in strength of MSL, rear udder height, area of attachment, and man, oh, man is her udder texture to die for - she even earned an E in udder texture in 2010! Her teats do point forward, and she does have a slight pocket, but her foreudder extension is nice and lacks a shelf. 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.
Show Record:
Registry:	Type Of Win:	Repetitions:
ADGA	Sr. Grand Champion	Two
ADGA	Sr. Reserve Champion	One
ADGA	Sr. First Place	Eight
ADGA	Sr. Second Place	Two
ADGA	1st Place Dam & Daughter	One
ADGA	Part of 1st Place Dairy Herd	One
ADGA	Jr. Grand Champion	One
ADGA	Jr. Reserved Grand	One


Kidding Record:
Year:	Bucks:	Does:	Sire:
2008	2	1	Rosasharn's TL Sitka Spruce *S
2009	0	1	Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay +*S
2010	3	0	Rosasharn's TL Sitka Spruce *S
2011	1	1	Camanna CC Rhythm 'n Blues
Grand Total: Nine Kids

Linear Appraisal History: (Permanent score in bold)
Year:	Height: (Inches)	General Appearance:	Dairy Character:	Body Capacity:	Mammary:	Final Score:
2007	19	V	V	V	-	V
2008	20	+	V	+	V	85
2010	20.5	V	V	E	E	89
2011	20.5	V	V	E	E	90

Pictures: (Thumbnails - please click to enlarge)
Year:	Freshening:	Body:	Udder:
2007	N/A		N/A
2008	First
2009	Second
2010	Third
2011	Fourth		Coming!


Examples Of Progeny:
2008 Kids: (Sired by Sitka Spruce)	Algedi Farm SS Ripple (Deceased)	Algedi Farm SS Odesa Photo courtesy of Jasper Pine Nigerians.
2009 Kid: (Sired by Montego Bay)	Algedi Farm MB Mary Reade 1 x Sr. GCH	Photos courtesy of Stephanie Riedel.
2010 Kids: (Sired by Sitka Spruce)	Algedi Farm SS Captain Kid LA2011 VEE 88	Algedi Farm SS Ponce deLeon SOLD
2011 Kids: (Sired by Rhythm 'n Blues)	Algedi Farm RB Storm Surge	Algedi Farm RB Ocean Flower 1 x Jr. GCH Photo courtesy of Trilogy Ranch.

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. No matter if she's attempting to perform opera while in the show ring, asking to be let out for browsing, or demanding to be milked, it always brings a giggle.

Parents:
Sire:	Dam:	Dam's Udder:

*CH Algedi Farm Drops Of Jupiter S**	*SGCH Rosasharn's UMT Tupelo Honey E91 3D**

The sight that greets me regularly at the barn.

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