The Bucks
Agape's Prize Bless UR Remark aka "Herbie"
Herbie at 3 months old and already so handsome!
Dam Agape's Prize Bless UR Heart as first freshener
Photo courtesy Agape's Prize /Hilltop Farm
Dam: Agape's Prize Bless UR Heart VEEE 91 @2 yrs
Herbie's dam's first freshening udder
Photo courtesy Agape's Prize
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Sire: GTB Farm WM UR Remarkable (TX Twincreeks RM Watermark X GCH GTB Farm U Beverly 4*M VEEE 91)
Dam: Agape's Prize Bless UR Heart VEEE 91 @2 ( Agape's Prize Goldie Cox X GCH Wood Bridge Farm CountnBlessns *M EEEE 92) "Herbie" got his barn name because he is a total lovebug. He is very affectionate, and follows me around like a puppydog. He is the sweetest, gentlest soul wrapped up in that beautiful gold package. Herbie's personality makes him very easy to love, but there is lots more to love about him - his pedigree is pretty loveable too! His dam, is a daughter of GCH Wood Bridge Farm Countn Blessns herself, and aiming to follow in her famous dam's footsteps. Bless UR Heart was 3rd place doe, 2nd place udder 2 year old at the 2025 National Show, in class of over 100 does! Her sire, Agape's Prize Goldie Cox, is out of 2021 Agape's Prize National Champion & Best Udder Agape's Prize 22K Gold. He is the sire of many outstanding goats active in the Agape's Prize herd, including CH Agape's Prize Praise Be, and Agape's Prize Big Easy *B. Herbie's sire, GTB Farm WM Remarkable, brings in much sought after foundational genetics through his sire TX Twincreeks RM Watermark, sire of BOTH the 2021 ADGA National Reserve Champion Doe and 2021 National Reserve Junior Champion Doe, as was also the 2021 ADGA National Premier Sire. Remarkable's dam, GCH GTB Farm U Beverly 4*M VEEE 91, is sired by Wood Bridge Farm Undercover, who is also sire of the 2022 AND 2025 ADGA National Champion and Best Udder doe, GCH Agape's Prize French Quarter 4*M EEEE 92. I especially admire Beverly's depth of body and how capacious and well attached her udder is. Even as a kid, Herbie is incredibly balanced and correct, long and stylish. We are so very excited to add him to our herd, and owe special thanks to Mark Weir at Agape's Prize for offering Herbie to us. We cannot for those cuddlebug Herbie babies! Sire's Dam: GCH GTB Farm WM U Beverly 4*M VEEE 91
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Photo Courtesy GTB Farm
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Hidden Hills Black Muddy River aka "Muddy"
Muddy at 4 months old and already a hunk!
Sire's Dam: GCH Hidden Hills Natural Mystic 7*M EEEE 92
GCH Wolfivan One Love 8*M VEEE 89 @3, ELITE Photo Courtesy Wolfivan Ranch and Hidden Hills Nigerians
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Sire: Wolfivan Remington (Wolfivan Tahitioan Monoi +*B X Hidden Hills Natural Mystic 7*M EEEE 92 @ 5yrs)
Dam: Hidden Hills Sugar Magnolia 8*M VEEE 91 @ 6yrs (SG Algedi Farm CK Kinetic Riptide +*B X SGCH Bellafire BP Country Melody 7*M EEEE 91) We LOVE our Muddy man! We are very thankful to Jennifer Davis at Hidden Hills Nigerians for letting us bring this beautiful young man into our herd. Muddy's breeding on both sides represents some of the very best in the breed. I have long been an admirer of his dam, Hidden Hills Sugar Magnolia. Maggie herself is pretty special, scoring an EX91 with an impressive 41 for rear udder height as a 6 year old. Muddy's Sire, Wolfivan Remington, is littermate to GCH Wolfivan One Love 8*M VEEE 91 @ 3yrs, 1st place yearling milker at 2023 ADGA National Show, 7th place 2yr old and 3 yr old 2024 & 2025 National Show, and ELITE list 2024! Muddy goes back twice to Algedi Farm Kinetic Riptide +*B, as Riptide is Maggie's sire, and also the sire of his paternal granddam Hidden Hills Natural Mystic 7*M EEEE 92, 2022 ELITE & Top 10, and 2023 ADGA National Total Performer. Wolfivan Farm has this to say about Kinetic Riptide: "Riptide is truly the cornerstone of the Wolfivan herd. His influence runs deep, shaping the consistency, and style seen in the Wolfivan genetics today...His genetic stamp is the backbone of the Wolfivan herd, and his impact will continue to echo through generations to come." 
Photo courtesy Wolfivan Ranch
Photo courtesy Hidden Hills Nigerians
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Sans Gene Sir Frederick Ashton
DOB: 01/10/2022 DNA'd
21.75" tall Dam: Winning Stream CM Rose Gold ( GCH Wood Bridge Farm Count on Me +*B VVE88 X GCH Wood Bridge Farm Hnysucklerose 3*M) Sire: Sans Gene E Walnut (Castle Rock Elika *B +B X Sans Gene DE Delta Blues 4*M VEVV 89) |
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Sans Gene Sunshine Superman
DOB: 7/22/2023
Sire: Redstone Nigel Gacrux *B Owlhaven Nigel X SG Redstone Pony Bellatrix *M Dam: Sans Gene DBH Cuddle Fish Wild in Wild K Driftin Blues *B X Sans Gene GT Hermione 2*M EEEV90 |
Walnut's dam, Sans Gene DE Delta Blues, as a 3 year old
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Sans Gene E Walnut ~ deceased DOB 4/13/2021 - 7/13/2026
23" tall DNA'd Sire: Castle Rock Elika *B +B (SGCH Castle Rock Annika *M AR VEEV 88 o7-02 x SG Castle Rock Cleveland Sage *B++S Dam: Sans Gene DE Delta Blues 4*M VEVV 89 05-06 (GCH Sans Gene K Zydeco 3*M EEEV 91 X Sans Gene GT Doppler Effect VEE 88 02-03) 2 tx 2nd, behind the CH and Res Ch Sr Buck 1 tx 1st, Res Champion Sr Buck Walnut is a quiet, easy going fella who is long, level in the back, and stands on excellent feet and legs. He has good brisket extension, due to his forearms are the proper length, setting his front legs directly under his withers. He has a nice rump, long and level thurl to thurl. He has flat, open, well sprung ribbing and is nice and deep in the flank. He consistently puts a wider arch on his daughters, and usually widens and levels rumps, and adds improvement in the front end. Through no fault of Walnut's, he hasn't had many freshened daughters yet, though we seek to change that. The ones he has, though, have really impressed us with being attractive does that are strong, yet feminine. Walnut improves not just the height and width and length of attachments overall, but strength of medial and increased capacity as well. Walnut's dam, Delta Blues, is a favorite on the farm. She is tremendously deep and wide - she has an E rump and scored 41 for width, and a V for front end assembly, and one of our most reliable once-a-day milkers. Walnut's sire, Castle Rock Elika *+B, was paternal sibling to Castle Rock Tahitian Sunset is the 2019 National Champion as well as National Best Udder. Elika's sire, Castle Rock Cleveland Sage ++*B, was awarded 2019 ADGA National Get of Sire. Elika produced a number beautiful, productive daughters, and we are grateful to have several of his offspring in our herd carrying his legacy. |
Sans Gene Phantom 309
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Sans Gene Phantom 309 - mostly retired
DOB: 2/10/2020 DNA'd Color: Heavily broken chamois, with blue eyes and wattles Sire: Wild in Wild K Driftin' Blues *B ELITE Minter Bay HK Kane *B x SG Wild in Wild OK Maggie Mae 1*M VEEE 90 Dam: Sans Gene GT Hermione 2*M EEEV 90 FS Caprinos TMM Renegade FS87 +B (VEE ) @ 07-01 X GCH Caprinos RI Night Jasmine 1*M EEEE 91 |
Reference Bucks
Poppy Patch HB Evel Knievel EEV 90 ++B
Eli in all his rutty, messy, raggedy glory!
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Castle Rock Elika *+B (deceased)
Dob 3/3/2015 DNA'd
Sire: Castle Rock Cleveland Sage ++S*B Castle Rock Tanzanite ++S*B X SGCH AGS CRF Castle Rock Alum Root 1*M AR Dam: GCH Castle Rock Annika 2*M AR Rosasharn TL Sitka Spruce ++B X GCH CRF Castle Rock Roxanne 1*M AR Elika is a very special boy. Eli is a full brother to SGCH Castle Rock Angelika and SGCH Castle Rock Nikita, and paternal brother to National Champion, Castle Rock Tahitian Sunset. The mammaries behind this boy speak for themselves. Eli is very long and level across the topline, and smooth and flat thurl to thurl. He has nice straight front legs, beautiful angulation in his rear legs, and good feet. Eli is what we would call in the horse world a "prepotent sire", in that he stamps his type very consistently on his kids. We LOVE that! He also is a very milky fella - his daughters milk extremely well, with first fresheners hitting and exceeding the half gallon mark with ease. Eli is a gentle soul, and always polite to the ladies. We are so happy to have a buck like him, and he has a lifetime home here. |
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Redstone Nigel Gacrux *+B - 2020 buck DNA'd
Sire: Owlhaven Nigel Dam: SG Redstone Ponyboy Bellatrix |
Sans Gene DE On The Bayou, aka George, as a yearling. He has grown even longer and more level since then.
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Sans Gene DE On The Bayou DNA'd (deceased)
DOB 4/10/2015 Color: solid black Sire: Sans Gene GT Doppler Effect *B VEE 88 Caprinos TMM Renegade LA VEE 89 +B GCH Caprinos RI Night Jasmine 1*M EEEE 91 Dam: CH Sans Gene K Zydeco 3*M EEEV 91 FS Caprinos TMM Lucienne 2*M FS 87 Poppy Patch HB Evel Knievel VEE 90 +B George is an awesome guy; wide and powerful, yet surprisingly dairy when you get your hands on him. I love that he has his dam's sweet, gentle disposition. Great rump structure on this buck, wide with length and level across the thurls, and he is a go-to to widen and flatten out a rump and round up and out an escutcheon. Excellent feet and legs too. He is full sibling to Sans Gene DE Delta Blues VVEE 89. Unfortunately I have yet to get a decent picture of him. He very much favors his dam Zydeco, pictured after winning her final leg as a 3 year old.
His daughter Sans Gene OTB Snowdrops appraised VVVV 87 as a first freshening 2 year old, and has two Reserve Ch ribbons, only going to 3 shows. We are WILDLY excited about this doe, and about using George more extensively in our breeding program. 
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Stormy at 12 months old, caught mid-blubber. He does love the girls.
I wish Stormy wasn't quite so fluffed up in this picture, he is quite angular under all that hair! We do love that pretty head.
Udder picture of Firefly, Stormy's dam.
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"Stormy"
Sans Gene DE Storm Watch *B (deceased)
DOB 3/23/15 Dark gold and white pinto Sire: Sans Gene GT Doppler Effect *B VEE 88 (Caprinos TMM Renegade +B LA 89 X GCH Caprinos RI Night Jasmine 1*M EEEE 91) Dam: Sans Gene K Firefly 4*M VVEV 88 (Poppy Patch HB Evel Knievel +B LA 90 x GCH Pholia Farm HB Flicker 3*M VEVE 90) Firefly, Stormy's dam, despite being one of the smallest does in my herd, is among the milkiest. Milked twice a day she easily produced at or even over half a gallon. Stormy's sire, Doppler Effect, is throwing really nice mammaries and conformation, improving rumps, teat length, and general appearance while maintaining dairy strength. Stormy looks a lot like his dad, with just a touch more refinement, and a sweet, gentle temperament. Firefly had a horrendous kidding in 2016, resulting in an emergency C-section. She was saved, but sustained extensive damage to her reproductive system, and was partially paralyzed for weeks afterward. Nevertheless, she demanded to be milked despite all of that, and happily produced enough to earn her milk star before work schedules forced us to dry her off early. She even beat her dam Flicker for day-t0-day volume. She then went on to score VVEV 88 on appraisal only 3 months after her surgery! Stormy is her only buck kid, and we are extremely grateful to have him to carry on Fly's legacy. Stormy has two maternal sisters, Sans Gene Princess Buttercup and Sans Gene DE Rain Dance - who are among my top milkers. His daughter Sans Gene ST Lady Stardust, owned and shown by R Serenity Farm, earned her Jr Ch leg this summer, and then took Best Jr Doe in Show! Sans Gene ST Twinkletoes, another Stormwatch daughter out of Sans Gene GT Hermione, has shown very, very well as a junior, winning her age classes and showing us that "big goat look" in a small package we are aiming for. Stormwatch will be used quite a bit in fall 2019; |
Sans Gene K Voyager *B (deceased)
Dam: GCH Caprinos RI Night Jasmine 1*M AR EEEE 91
Sire: Poppy Patch HB Evel Knievel VEE 90 What's not to love about Voyager? He's dairy. He has great conformation. He has a wide rump and nice thurls, and his escutcheon reminds me of a train tunnel it is so high and open, which he consistently passes on. Love the ribbing and bone, and buttery soft, milky, glued-on udders he puts on his daughters. Voyager doesn't have a ton of daughters out there, but we are so pleased with how they have done. Here are some of their accomplishments so far: Sans Gene V Caramel Apples: Jr Grand Champion and Best Jr. Doe in Show, NWODGA, Salem OR 50+ and 150+ entries, respectively. Sans Gene V Chloe: Reserve Jr Grand Champion (behind Caramel) Sans Gene Red Velvet Cake: 5th place intermediate kid at 2017 Washington State Fair (21 in her class, her first time shown), owned and shown by R Serenity Farm. Sans Gene V Tequila Sunrise Jr. Grand Champion at SWWDGA May 2018, and 3rd place at Washington State Fair as a first freshener Sept. 2018! Owned and shown by Stayawhile Farms. Multiple time 1st placings as 2 year old milker in very large (20+) classes. and his full brother's daughter, Double Shot BB Wild Fire: Jr Grand Champion at 2017 WA State Fair, owned and shown by R Serenty Farm. Loving the mammaries on the daughters I've freshened so far! |
Peanut's dam GCH Pholia Farm HB Flicker 3*M VEVE 90
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"Peanut"
Sans Gene GT Ziggy Stardust *B
6/23/2016 - December, 2020 Sire: Caprinos TMM Renegade VEE 87 +B Sugar Creek MT Tell Me More ++B LA 89 X Poppy Patch Calamity Jane 1*M LA 90 Dam: GCH Pholia Farm HB Flicker 3*M VEVE 90 SGCH Piddlin Acres Hit the Bullseye ++B X SG Pholia Farm DB Honeycomb 4*M LA 84 * We are heartbroken at the loss of Peanut. He was the sweetest, gentlest of bucks, who loved to drink out of the hose. We will miss you, goofy boy.* Ziggy Stardust, or "Peanut" around the farm, is a complete and utter charmer. He is the first to come running to the fence to say hello, and gentlest to handle when time to go visit the ladies. He has wonderful length of body, legs set well under him, angular and very open in the ribs. He is an excellent compliment to our more powerful does, and we hope he passes on his dam Flicker's mammary - an asset to any pairing. |
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"Drifter"
Wild in Wild K Drifting Blues *B
DOB: 5/5/2018 Sire: Minter Bay HK Kane * B Stayawhile GK Hiraku *B x GCH Herron Hill CJ Cora Belle 1*M, ADGA DHIR Top Ten 2012 Dam: SG Wild in Wild OK Maggie Mae 1*M VEEE 90 @ 04-02 Sans Gene K Heart of Oak *B X SG TNR CT Cinderella Pictured at 4 1/2 months old ** Drifter now resides with our friends at Whimsy Woods Farm in Dover, PA! His future looks very bright indeed! ** Sometimes an animal comes along that is so special, it makes you break your own rules.
I promised myself I would not bring in anymore bucks this year. And I personally don't care for blue eyes or waddles or really splashy markings. Then I went over to see my friends at Wild in Wild farm, and laid eyes on Drifter's dam, Maggie. I could not take my eyes off of her. Nose to tail to mammary, Maggie is what I envision a Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat should look like and milk like (she starred on a one day test, and 305 day test, milking ONCE a day!) She is sweet as pie, too. Since I couldn't bring Maggie home in the car with me (I tried... I really tried!), I looked at her son. Who happened to be available. And happened to be built A LOT like her. And whose sire, Kane, is out of a top ten milking doe I got to admire in the show ring a time or two. I packed Drifter home, my rule broken, and have zero regrets. A big thank you to Wild in Wild Farm, for letting me bring home this beautiful, sweet boy. |
"Bear"Poppy Patch HB Honey Bear +B (deceased)
DOB: 4/22/2013 FS83 (+EV ) @ 03-05 *DNA*
Sire: Algedi Farm MB Honeymoon Bay ++*B (Twin Creeks BW Montego Bay *B++S X CH Rosasharn's UMT Tupelo Honey 4*D EEEE 91) Dam: Algedi Farm DJ Just Like Honey (GCH Algedi Farm Drops of Jupiter ++*B x SGCH AGS Rosasharn's UMT Tupelo Honey 4*M EEEE 91 @ 07-05) Bear to join our herd fall of 2019. Bear is the paternal half brother to one of our very influential foundation bucks, Poppy Patch HB Evel Knievel. I had seen Bear's dam, Honey, and shown against his full sister, CH Poppy Patch HB Lady in Red, and I knew what an incredibly strong damline he comes from. Bear has proven that out, siring outstanding daughters for the Hetland Creek and Leisure Time herds. Bear has proven to throw Excellent class mammaries, wide, long level rumps, and that classic dairy general appearance his bloodlines are known for. Bear is quite friendly and easy to handle, and ever the gentleman to the ladies, qualities we really value in our boys. Many thanks and much gratitude to Hetland Creek for the opportunity to bring Bear into our herd, and be his forever home. |