We had to work really hard for this girl, but we think she was worth it! She was pulled out of her dam hind end first at about 2 AM, and didn’t have a sucking reflex until 4:30 AM. I was up the whole time with her, trying to get her to suck as she cried and cried. It was trying! In the end, I realized that she probably had neonatal maladjustment syndrome and needed a Madigan squeeze. She finally found her sucking reflex on her own without the squeeze, though.
Cocoa Growing Up
When born, she was much smaller and more frail than her first- and second-born brothers. Her dam shunned her, so we ended up supplementing her all day, each day. When her brothers were weaned and removed, Bluebelle accepted her back. As she has developed and filled out, Cocoa is beautiful! She is deep and long, with amazing ears and a beautiful Nubian nose. I’m so happy that we got to keep her!
Creme de Cocoa’s Registration
Cocoa’s Udder
Cocoa had a bit of a rough ride for her first freshening. She was bred to Storybook’s Candyman *B, and had one live doeling and one mummified kid. Her udder is beautifully shaped, high, tight, and with great teat placement and medial. Her fore udder promises to be like her dam’s, which is the best we’ve ever had.
Cocoa has been quite productive in light of only nursing a tiny singleton doeling. We are retaining her with high hopes for kidding in 2027.
Cocoa’s Dam Line
Cocoa’s dam is JC’s Bluebelle 3*P. Nursing triplets in this her fifth freshening, Bluebelle consistently gave over a gallon a day on test.
Her udder is beautiful, even as she turns six years old. It is high and tight and productive, with the most extended fore udder in our barn. I’m eager to see Cocoa’s udder in 2025!
Read more about this outstanding doe by clicking her name above, or here. You can also see her dam’s udder pictures there.
Cocoa’s Sire Line
Cocoa was sired by Green Gables AC Amazing Asteroid *B, a purebred boy with a ton of milk in his genes! His dam, Eclipse, milked 14 #s on test, breaking Green Gables records, and was an MDGA Top Ten doe several times.
Not only does Mazy have great milk genes, but the breed character that he puts on kids is gorgeous. See more of his kids on his page here.
Cocoa’s Kids
2026 Kid
Cocoa was bred to our own Storybook’s Candyman *B for her first freshening. She had a good labor, but it included a mummified kid, so her only live offspring was a tiny doeling who we named Bella Donna. Bella grew up to be a very nice doeling, who found a home at another farm.
