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SGCH Reuel Zina's J.J. Zephyr 9*M  3/20/01

 

 

 

5yr 5mo V,E,E,E, 90

2 00 288 2030 5.0 101 3.7 76

2 11 305 2360 5.0 117 3.8 89

4 01 261 2200 5.2 115 3.9 86

4 11 305 2520 4.8 122 3.8 97
6 00 33 300 3.3 10 3.7 11



 

 

In March of 2001, Zina delivered a beautiful snow white buck and a nice solid black doe who had white ears. The kids were strong, healthy and grew nicely.  The doe kid was named Zephyr, was marked as a keeper kid, grew nicely and did fairly well in the show ring but was basically unremarkable. As a dry yearling she showed good strength but again wasn't particularly outstanding. As she matured through her pregnancy we began to get a glimpse of her future. She freshened with a beautiful udder, began to catch the judges eyes and quickly made her mark. As a second freshening 3 year old she blossomed into a spectacularly lovely doe. She quickly finished her GCH and embarked on an all too short show career that included many BOB wins along with several Best in Show wins. In 2005 she got 6th place in a very strong Four year old class at the National show. All through her show career Zephyr continued to milk well and she became the center piece of our show string and breeding program. An ADGA judge walked over to me at one show and shook my hand saying that Zephyr had the most perfect rear udder he had ever seen on a Nubian in all the years he had been judging.

In the spring of 2007 Zephyr freshened beautifully and milked like the trooper that she was. We were looking forward to her chances as a 6 year old at the National Show. She was trim and fit and feeling well. She bloomed with good health and energy. About 6 weeks after she freshened Zephyr trooped into the milk room and jumped up on her regular stand for milking. She began to eat her grain normally and waited patiently for her turn to be milked. On that beautiful early summer evening in the blink of an eye things changed. Zephyr lifted her head from her grain pan, quietly maaaaad and dropped to the floor dead of an apparent heart attack... We were stunned. Zephyr is greatly missed but we are very pleased to have several of her offspring in our herd and in other herds as well.
 

Sire: *++B SGCH Ladies Blue CMD Jesse James

Dam: GCH Reuel Zif's Blue Zina 8*M

 

Zephyr Daughters:

SG Reuel Zephyr's EK Samiel
SG Reuel Zephyr's Ry Chinook
Reuel Zephyr's R Zizah
Sons:

*B Reuel Zephyr's JJ Sirocco
*B Reuel Zephyr's EXP Zachariah

GCH Reuel Valentine's J. Rufus *M ...4/11/95

2 02 206 1350 4.6 62 4.0 54

2 11 305 1660 4.5 75 4.2 69

         355 1750 4.6 80 4.2 74

4 00 221 1320 4.5 59 4.1 54

4 11 202 1230 4.8 59 4.1 51

5 10 263 1400 4.9 69 4.1 57

7 01 124   740  4.7 35 3.8 28

7 11   83      83  4.7 25 4.2 22

 

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Rufus was, over all, perhaps the most correct doe we have ever bred. She had an exceptionally high tight udder both fore and rear and was powerful without loss of femininity. At the Nationals in Sacramento (1999) she was the 4th place four year old. She was chosen Best of Breed at three open shows in 2002 as well as Best Doe In Show at one. She was a large and powerful doe. Rufus dearly loved the show ring and if she ever slipped her collar on the ringside tie line, she headed straight for the ring falling in line in what ever class was being shown.  We had a hard time heading her off at the gate.  Some time when she was four years old she suffered a shoulder injury that seemed to heal on its own. As she aged that injury began to take its toll and eventually resulted in our having to put her down . It was a very sad day. Although we would have liked to see Rufus milk more, she was a beautiful doe and has left an indelible mark on our herd.  We have semen from *B Rufus' JJ Ryan, and *B Rufus' Silver Raynor in our tank and use them from time to time in an attempt to bring Rufus' tremendous stature and strength into specific lines.  Her daughters remaining in our herd are:

Reuel Rufus' JJ Ruth

Reuel Rufus' Royal Rhesa

 

 Sire:+*B GCH Reuel Ms Jonathan's Image
Dam: Reuel Shula's Regal Valentine...

Reuel Zif's Blue Zina

Linear Appraisal Scores

8yrs 5 mo E,V,E,+  FS 88

 

DHIR Milk Records

1 02 258 1220 4.8 58 4.0 49
2 00 300 2070 4.5 79 3.8 79
3 00 240 2130 4.7 101 3.8 82
4 00 200 1660 4.5 74 3.8 63
5 00 277 1690 4.6 77 3.9 66
5 11 211 1140 4.5 51 3.8 43
6 10 258 1020 5.3 54 4.0 41
7 11 201 1000 4.3 43 3.5 35

9 10   79   470 4.9 23 3.6 17

Reuel Zif's Blue Zina 2GCH Reuel Zif's Blue Zina 8*M.......3/15/98

 Zina was very powerful and correct. Her striking dark palomino color really caught your eye. She had a prominent mischievous streak which she displayed at every opportunity. We are very proud of this beautiful animal. Zina still reigned as queen of the herd and bummed cookies from anyone who would feed them to her. Zina was a properly spoiled and well loved matriarch who more than paid her way with beautiful offspring and her calming influence. She is sorely missed but her daughter and grand daughters continue to strongly influence the herd. Zina was a joy to own and show or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Zina was a joy to be owned by. We miss her quiet strength and sense of humor but are grateful for having had the joy of knowing her.

 

Sire: GCH +*B  Ladies Blue Wicked Blue Suede
Dam: Reuel Hanna's Regal Zif 7*M

 

 

 

GCH Reuel Lass' J.J. Lacie 9*M   3/16/2001

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Lacie was a very powerful and correct doe. She was shown in the same classes as Zephyr and was often reserve to her half sister. As soon as Zephyr finished her Permanent Championship Lacie stepped up to take her place and quickly finished her GCH only to fall back in line behind Zephyr in the Champion Challenge classes. Lacie had great power and a smoothly deceptive strength. The only thing that Lacie could have improved on was Dairy Character although she did fairly well in the milk bucket she just didn't quite have the flair in the ring that Zephyr had. We appreciated Lacie's determined temperament and she let very little fluster her.

She was a strong doe and when she developed Ketosis we were very surprised until we delivered her 4 kids and a bag of fluid that soaked the kidding stall. She just didn't have any room for her food but she managed to hang on long enough to deliver her babies. Tapestry is a beautiful tribute to her mother and we are very happy to have her in our herd.

Sire:*++B SGCH Ladies Blue CMD Jesse James
.Dam: Reuel Lela's S. Lass 8*M

Linear Appraisal Scores

1yr 4 mo V,V,+,V FS86
2 yrs 3 mo V,V,V,V, FS 86

3yr 1mo V,E,V,E FS 90

4yr 1 mo E,V,E,V, FS 90

DHIR Milk Records

1 00 246 1030 5.7 59 4.2 43
1 10 262 1400 4.7 66 4.1 58

2 10 212 1280 5.0 64 4.3 55

3 11 214 910 4.6 42 4.2 38

 SG Zephyr's RY Chinook 10*M 5/2/05

Chinook is a product of a ½ brother ½ sister breeding. We don't do these breedings very often but wanted to see how the resulting kid would turn out and we were delightfully surprised. Chinook is a basic brown doe with exceptionally nice breed character. She shows great promise and is growing well. She is quite eye catching even in her plain brown wrapper.

Chinook has proved to be a steady if not spectacular milker and she continues to be a quiet presence in our herd. We are looking forward to her kidding on February 14 and would very much like a doe out of her and Micah.

Sire: *+B Reuel Rufus’ JJ Ryan
Dam: SGCH Reuel Zina’s JJ Zephyr 9*M

 

 


Linear Appraisal Scores

1 year 5 mo EC,EC,V FS EC
2 year 5 mo E,E,E,E FS 89

3 year 3 mo V,E,E,E FS 90

4yr 3mo E,E,E,V, FS 90


DHIR Milk Records

2 00 305 1870 5 94 3.8 71

3 01 269 1930 5.5 105 4.0 78

3 11 302 1990 5.2 103 4.2 83  in progress

 

 SG Reuel Zizah’s JJ Kai 11*M 3/29/05

Kai freshened in 2007 with a spectacular udder and we were thrilled at her prospects for the show season. We took her to her first show as a milker and in her first ring she finished dead last. She was so timid that she tried to hide as she was shown. In the second ring she relaxed a bit and managed to move up from 11th to third. As the season went on she not only grew in stature and maturity she really began to enjoy the show ring and gained confidence and showed well.  She is a very laid back doe that has the very annoying habit of falling asleep while standing up. We are looking forward to having her freshen for us again this spring. She appraised very well and we expect her to continue to do well.

Kai has mellowed as she has gotten older and although she occasionally gets spooked she settles down fast and is very business like in her attitude.  She is a strong and reliable milker who continues to appraise very well. We look forward to her kidding March 16 and think that she is a great match for Conner.  We will retain one doe.

Sire: *++B SGCH Ladies Blue CMD Jesse James
Dam: Reuel Zephyr’s R Zizah 10*M

Show Wins

2009 Clayton Show: 2nd place 4 year old, Best Dairy Herd of Breed

2009 Spokane Fair: 4th Place 4 Yr Old

 

++*B SGCH Ladies Blue CMD Jessie James..4/7/97


....J.J. was a upstanding buck with a beautiful rear leg set and the most open and rounded escutcheon that we have ever seen. His mother was outstanding doe, she classified 90 (E, E, E, E) at six. We have long admired Trish and are thrilled to have her genes in our herd. Her son had a delightful temperament and was a joy to work with. His daughters were very nice with wonderful angulation and temperament. JJ has proven himself to be a consistent buck siring uniformly long, smooth daughters with lovely mammaries. J.J. really filled out as a 4 year old and at 350 pounds was truly a gentle giant of a buck. He gently romanced his does and treated them as a gentleman should. We are very proud of this buck and his offspring. He has sired numerous Permanent Champions, Superior Genetics animals, and Does that score in the 90's. His Senior Get of Sire was undefeated in 2004 and again in 2007. Our get of Jesse James placed 6th at the 2005 nationals and we will continue to use him as much as we can through AI. It was a very sad day late in January 2007 when we had to say good bye to our favorite Old Man. He has and will continue to be greatly missed. We will continue to use Jesse James on carefully selected does via AI and are very thankful to have a supply of his semen in our tank.

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JJ's Daughters

Best Dairy Herd

 

..........          S.S. ++*B GCH H.Homestead Catalyst
      Sire: ++*B Ladies-Blue Cat-Man-Do...........
......                S.D. 5*M Ladies Blue Wicked Figure.

...........         D.S. ++*B H.Homestead Smooth Blend
....Dam: 3*M GCH Ladies Blue Smooth Trish
......          D.D. 2*M Ladies Blue BlackLilly....

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