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Tofu was my first Nigerian Dwarf doe and will forever be my favorite. She was the herd queen and babysitter to many generations of kids. Tofu only had 2 litters, the first a single doeling and the last was a pair of bucklings that required a c-section. Only one of the bucklings survived and Tofu never settled again after having the c-section. Tofu passed from cancer in the summer of 2023 and is very sadly missed.

SG Rosasarn SH Ginger Cake 5*M EVEV 90 has been an important foundation doe here at MeadowMist. Ginger is a previous Elite doe and is a grandaughter of ARMCH SG Rosasharn Buckwheat Honey 3*M. In 2023 Ginger had a single buckling delivered by c-section who unfortunately did not survive.  Ginger has earned her retirement here and spends her days with the other pensioned does and wethers. 

Rosasharn BH Cashew Turtle 5*M +EVV 86 was one of our first foundation does here at MeadowMist. She arrived fromRosasharn Farm by plane carrying a precious cargo that turned out to be 3 bucklings, the 2nd litter ever delivered here. Turtle is a much loved family member- while Ginger has the royal bearing of an empress, Turtle is more like the court jester. Both does were born in 2012 and both are grandaughters of ARMCH SG Rosasharn Buckwheat Honey 3*M, the genetics that I was specifically seeking. Turtle's most significant contribution has been through her sons, many of which have become very successful sires.  Our doe Olive is a great grandaughter of Turtle via her paternal line. Turtle did not settle in 2023 so the decision was made to retire her. She especially loves babysitting duty so she remains with the main herd.

MeadowMist L Zoe was granddaughter Hadley's first NIgerian doe and she has had some nice litters for us. Zoe experienced some leg problems as a 2 year old so has not been shown since she was a yearling. Partly because we now have so many does and partly because Zoe does NOT like to cooperate on the milkstand she has been retired from breeding. She is now a happy member of our retired does and wethers herd and still demands cookies and scratches.

MeadowMist CP Cha Cha Cha is another daughter of SG Rosasharn SH Ginger Cake 5*M that we reluctantly sold in 2023, some cuts are very hard to make. We have retained Cha's daughter MeadowMist IV Snickerdoodle.

MeadowMist MT Rum-Ba 6*M is a beautiful white daaughter of SG Rosasharn SH Ginger Cake 5*M. Rum-Ba is sired by our foundation buck Gypsy Moon SM Mai Tai *B and easily earned her restricted leg as a senior kid. She was sold with a group of does to a fellow breeder who was just starting a breeding program but her lagacy lives on here through her daughter MeadowMist CP Lil' Ragamuffin 7*M who will remain here for life.

MeadowMist M Quinoa Thyme *B was Fairland Farm Tofu Thyme's 2nd and last offspring. He was sired by Turtle's son Rosasharn Moose Tracks *B. We sold Quinoa as a kid and he returned home for awhile before being sold again. Had I known that she would not settle again he would have stayed.  I did purchase a doe kid sired by Quinoa who bears a great likeness to Tofu and she is our wonderful doe Circle D Ranch QT Olive 1*M.

Gypsy Moon SM Mai Tai *B (Deceased) was our foundation herd sire. Mai Tai was a cross between J-Nels and Rosasharn genetics.

Snickerdoodle was a very pretty young doe belonging to grandaughter Sutton wo showed her to a Grand Champion win as an intermediate kid. "Snickie" was a heavy producer, easily earning her AR star in all 3 categories in 2023 during her 2nd freshening. Sadly we lost Snickerdoodle in Dec. 2024 but she has earned a place in our hearts forever. 

Photos courtesy of Susan Ausman/Wood Bridge Farm, Castle Rock Farm, Rosasharn Farm, Agape's Prize/Hilltop Farm

Sirius was purchased along with Tofu as bottle babies and the first of our Nigerian Dwarf does. She began her show career as an intermediate kid which was also the beginning of my show career at age 55. Sirius earned her first grand champion leg that same year. She was a 2 year old first freshener and managed to earn her AR milk star in her first lactation. At age 4 she earned her final 2 legs to become a permanent champion. Siri remains a family member and we currently have 4 of her daughters in our herd.

Photos courtesy of Fairland Farm, Rosasharn Farm, Little Star Goat Ranch, and Little Tot's Estate.

Kahlua is a small but perfectly balanced doe with a beautiful capacious udder, the best udder in our herd. She has a very strong medial ligament with good teat placement. Kahlua stands on correct feet and legs, also excelling in front end assembly. We will be showing Kahlua again this year, she also is shown in showmanship classes by Hadley and Sutton. She is often overlooked in the ring due to her size but the appraiser was extremely impressed with her as her score indicates. Kahlua produced quadruplet bucks in 2023, we are hoping the doe fairy will be kind to us in 2024.

Photos courtesy of Gypsy Moon Nigerians, Caprine Acres, Oak Hollow Acres, J-Nels Farm

Muffin was a small kid who never figured out how to nurse. She stayed in the barn with her dam and siblings but went into the house for my husband to bottle feed her, thus becoming his goat. Muffin was the Queen of our doe herd in her younger years and insisted on being first to be milked.  She has a delightful personality, hence we had 2 of her sons here as wethers. Muffinis a very good producer and easily earned her AR star in her first lactation.  As with her sire's other offspring, we have found that while she does have good capacity her udder does not extend quite far enough behind the rear leg to be a top competitor in the show ring. She does have very good conformation, feet and legs, earning a Grand Champion as a dry yearling. 
Muffin is being retired as of 2026 because we have too many does to breed; however, Muffin has earned a permanent home her because she was and forever will be “Daddy’s goat.”

Photos courtesy of Castle Rock Farm, Rosasharn Farm, Gypsy Moon Nigerians

Olive is the only direct descendant (other than her son T Rex) of my first and favorite Nigerian Dwarf doe, Fairland Farm Tofu Thyme 1*M. Tofu had undergone a c-section as a second freshening 3 year old and was never able to settle after that. Olive (who is sired by Tofu's only son MeadowMist M Quinoa Thyme *B)  bears a striking resemblance to Tofu who passed in 2023.

Olive freshened as a yearling in 2021 with a single buck MeadowMist BZ T Rex who was retained. She has placed at the top of her class on numerous occasions since then. In 2023 she had a c-section due to a large buck kid presenting shoulder first. The kids and Olive have done fine, with Olive milking 5 lb + for the first 3 months of her lactation. She has earned her AR Star in all 3 categories and was ranked in the 89th percentile of the breed for 2023 despite being milked only once a day beginning in July. We took a break from milk testing in 2024 so Olive was not able to show her enormous potential. We have placed Olive on lease with our good friends at Waters Edge Nigerians because of their exceptional focus on milk testing. We feel this is going to give Olive her best opportunity to possibly even make it into the top 10 for milk production 2025. 

Photos courtesy of Fairland Farm, Rosasharn Farm

Wood Bridge Farm Invigorated +*B is co-owned with Whiffletree Farm and has been a tremendous assett to both farms. We have retained multiple daughters of "Richard" who have all done very well in production. Both of his grandams are National champions and his sire Wood Bridge Farm Understated ++*B is one of the most successful bucks in recent times.

Photos courtesy of Susan Asmusan/Wood Bridge Farm, and Agape’s Prize/Hilltop Farm

Mix Up is a very nice young doe belonging to grandaughter Hadley. She has already produced some exceptional kids which we have retained. I really value the doe that produces suprior offspring; to Mix Up's credit we currently have 4 of her offspring in our herd although she is only 3. We look forward to watching her mature and feel she has a bright future.

Photos courtesy of Susan Ausman/Wood Bridge Farm, Agape's Prize/Hilltop Farm, Gypsy Moon Nigerians, Little Tots Estate

Mystic is Hadley’s 4th generation goat and I am so proud of her. Each successive generation has been an improvement over the last which is always our goal. Mystic’s dam MeadowMist DP Lil Legend is a very nice yearling doe with tremendous udder attachment and capacity. It is going to be really exciting to see Mystic’s udder especially coming from Buddy’s first crop of kids. If she grows well enough we will breed Mystic for 2024, fingers crossed.

News flash- Mystic received 2nd place out of 17 junior kids at her first show the KY Mini Dairy Goat Classic.

Photos courtesy of Agape's Prize/Hilltop Farm, Susan Asmusan/Wood Bridge Farm, StraightWay Farm, Cheryle Moore-Smith/Old Mountain Farm, and JW-TL  Farm

Water Lily is out of our special 2 year old MeadowMist PE Tiger Lily who has done very well at 2023 shows. Water Lily reminds me a lot of Tiger Lily at the same age; she is a bit awkward being long legged and lanky. Like her dam, Water Lily is chamoisee and white with very similar markings to Tiger Lily. Water Lily has been bred for May 2024 freshening.

Photos Courtesy of Agape's Prize/Hilltop Farm, Cheryle Moore-Smith/Old Mountainn Farm, Kyeema Ridge, Caprine Acres, Gypsy Moon Nigerians

Monster weighed less than 2 pounds at birth and became quite the spoiled house baby. She has grown to be an elegant dairy doe with a lovely, well attached udder and strong medial ligament. Muffin was shown heavily in 2023, winning several classes in the 3 year old division against very strong competition. She produced 3 doelings in 2023 sired by Agape's Prize Nutty Buddy and we have retained two of those. She has been bred back to Buddy for 2024 and 2025. Monster had some very good showings in 2024. In 2025 she injured an cruciate ligament in her left knee (stifle joint)and really struggled physically off and on throughout the year. As a result, we are retiring Monster from breeding as she probably cannot sustain the weight of a pregnancy on her injured leg. Monster has earned a permanent home with us and will live out her life here at MeadowMist.

A highlight of the show season for 2025 came at the inaugural Crossroads of America all Nigerian show. In the extremely competetive 2 year old class, Muffin’s three daughters from 202e all placed within the top 10 including in Ring 3 which was won by MeadowMist NB Snickerdoodle (owned by Harwood Farm), followed by MeadowMist NB Fiasco in 6th place and MeadowMist NB AllthatGlitters in 9th place. The COA show was also the Nigerian Specialty for District IV. In the dam and daughter class we enlisted Melissa Harwood to show her doe MeadowMist NB Snickerdoodle (aka Yellow Sub) alongside Monster where they were awarded 2nd place. The judge noted the fact that Monster produced daughters that were/are better than herself. Our very best does so far have not been able to achieve this distinction so we are extremely proud of Monster. Left to carry on her legacy in the MeadowMist herd are daughters MeadowMist NB Fiasco, MeadowMist NB AllthatGlitters, and granddaughter MeadowMist HH Rarity Reba.

Photos courtesy of Kyeema Ridge Farm, Cheryle Moore-Smith/Old Mountain Farm, Doodle Acres

Celeste is a very pretty 4 year old 4th freshener in 2025. Her dam is GCH Fairland Farm AR Sirius 1*M and Celeste is currently our only daughter. In 2023 Celeste easily earned her AR star and has helped to earn her sire Wood Bridge Farm Invigorated +*B his + designation as well as being on the Elite Sire list in 2023 and 2024. She has been a very good producer with an A rating. In 2024 Celeste presented us with triplets sired by MeadowMist BZ T-Rex which was a line breeding on Fairland Farm genetics. We have retained a daughter from that breeding, MeadowMist RX Snip of Scarlet who will be a yearling first freshener in 2025.

Photos courtesy of Susan Ausman/Wood Bridge Farm, Agape's Prize/Hilltop Farm, Little Tots Estate, Little Star Goat Ranch

Tiger Lily is our beautiful daugter of Gypsy Moon HS Kahlua 1*M. As a 2 year old in 2023 she really started coming into her own, winning some large, very competetive classes. I think the 2 year old division is perhaps the most competetive and largest class. Tiger Lily blessed us in 2023 with triplet doelings sired by Agape's Prize Nutty Buddy of which we retained two. She also earned her AR star despite being heavily shown. Fingers are crossed that she settles for 2024, it will be at least June before she freshens. Of note, Tiger Lily won Grand Champion in her single junior outing despite wanting to hop rather than walk. The judge was so excited about her he told me never to sell her, that she is the most perfect Nigerian he has ever seen! 

Photos courtesy of Kyema Ridge Nigerians, Gypsy Moon Nigerians, Cheryle Moore-Smith/Old Mountain Farm, Caprine Acres

Andarna is out of our top two year old doe MeadowMist IV Beholder so we have great expectations of her. Her sire is a young buck who is the product of our best two goats, CH Agape's Prize Nutty Buddy and GCH Winning Streak EB Carbonado 3*M. Andarna was a May kid so we are leaving her open for 2026 as she needs a bit more time to grow. She is Melanie's personal doeling so watch for them in dry yearling classes in 2026.

I was excited as could be to finally get a daughter from Akiko and Buddy. Pinkie is Melanie’s show doe, we hope she will become a champion like her dam some day. She started her show career by earning 2nd place in both rings at the Summit City show on 5/18/24. She also placed very well at the highly competitive Hoosier Classic show and actually calmed down a few notches. The next stop for Pinkie and Mel was the ADGA Nationals in the Sr. Kid division which was a class of of well over 100 entries. When the judge made his choice for the last of the 20 cut, it came down to Pinkie and another doe. The other doe was chosen but still we were extremely happy with 21st place at our first National show. Pinkie was inadvertently bred to freshen in March 2025 so watch for her in the yearling Sr Doe classes. 

Sunrise is a full sister to our MeadowMist MC Gad Zouks, being out of MeadowMist IV Ziggy Zolum and sired by Winning Streak CM MarkofCarbon. We did not plan to keep her but like cream she floated up to the top. She is a light buckskin which is kind of nice amidst our sea of chamoisees and golds. Sunrise freshened with triplet doelings in March and has a capacious, well shaped udder. We will be showing her in the under 2 years class in 2026. 

Waterloo (aka LuLu)stood out to me from birth due to her tremendous rib spacing and spring of ribs. We are wanting to prove her young sire Honcho so LuLu wil be bred for early summer kids in 2026. She is maturing beautifully after getting through her ugly duckling phase. LuLu did win an intermediate kid class in June of 2025 but has not been shown since. We hope to get her out to one of the later summer shows after she freshens.

Medora is a very pretty misty chocolate on chamoisee with just enough white trimmings. She is polled with amber eyes.