2023 Breeding Schedule, Farfetched Farm Homestead Site

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Every year, we put a lot of thought and consideration into selecting our breeding couples. One of the first things we learned is that color is not supposed to matter with exceptional quality dairy goats. We say "hooey" to that! Our opinion is if you are purchasing an animal that you will have in your family, watching it every day for possibly the next 15 years, you should absolutely love the look of it. While we think about lineage and dairy characteristics, we also get excited about potential color and pattern possibilities. We shoot for flashy, colorful kids with great temperaments,  since no matter how attractive your goat is, if he or she is not super friendly, then you will not really enjoy them.

Color breeding is not an exact science, but there is some predictability. If you breed a blue-eyed to a brown-eyed goat, you will get slightly more than half blue-eyed babies. A patterned goat is likely to have patterned babies, but there are always
some surprises that can't really be predicted. It's one of the most thrilling parts of breeding goats, every year something new and unexpected.

Breeding Philosophy | Farfetched

Rosie + Zydeco

Rosie is one of our most beautiful does. Every year she gives us some of the prettiest kids.

We were so excited about our babies from this combination the last two years that we are repeating the breeding with our super- buck, Zydeco. The last two years we’ve had flashy black or chocolate babies, some with blue eyes. We are looking forward to more flashy kids this year from these two striking goats. This is our last year breeding Zydeco, as he’s being sold to another farm where he can have a herd of does all to himself, so we’re hoping to retain some of his kids this year.

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Flashy Dalmatian Pattern Highly Likely

March 20, 2023: One dalmatian buckling (retained); one chocolate doe (reserved)

Blue Gate Briar Rose

Sire: CornerStone Farm Kitron (KangLi Ping x CornerStone Farm Ariel 1*M)

Dam: ASG Macguire’s Wiggly Girl (ASG Toby’s Macguire x Shere Country TUL Weigela)

Doubletree Zydeco

Sire: 3MBJ Goats Roc Courage (Wood Bridge Farm Rocky Road x Wood Bridge Farm Grace)

Dam: AGS Doubletree Hiddle-Dee-Dee (AGS Doubletree All Puckered-Up x AGS Doubletree Widdle-Dee-Dee)

Moon Shell + Cupertino

Moon Shell is our 3-year old silver doeling. Coop is an unusually colored, moonspotted little guy from our sister farm in Amsterdam, NY, Eros Suncatcher Homestead. Last year, Moon produced an adorable little silver cou claire buckling. Let’s see what this pair creates this year!

*Silver likely

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Moon Spots Possible

****Cou Claire Possible

March 23, 2023: One female (reserved)

Dreahook DEI Moon Shell Sky

Sire: Dreahook AB Deimos (AGS Proctor Farm BW Articbay *B x SG AGS Dreahook DB White Russian)

Dam: Dreahook SA Tatiana (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x CH Dreahook AB Brielle)

Eros Suncatcher Bradley Cooper

Sire: Eros Suncatcher Prince Jasper (White Rock Farm Blue Wrangler x Tiny Town Flora)

Dam: Vincek Farm Laeta (Phoenix Farm Bird is the Word *B x AGS Yonderhill Caligo)

Siena + Sylvan

I sought out Siena for her Chenango Hills pedigree. This is our first year breeding her to Sylvan, so we’ll see what kind of crazy silver- possibly with blue eyes- we can hope for. In addition to silver, every year we have a few kids that look like tiny baby deer, and Siena tends to make those precious little fawns.

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Silver Possible

****Red and Gold Possible

March 23, 2023: Gold buckling (reserved); silver over gold buckling with blue eyes (reserved)

Capra Salato TW Siena

Sire: Capra Salato BluBayTwister (Wooly Dog Down Osimio Corona x AGS Swingin Tree Dorothy)

Dam: Chenango-Hills Phoebe 6*M (AGS Doe-Sy-Doe Fire FS Blaze x Chenango-Hills Gabriella 5*M)

Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper

Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)

Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)

Luli + Chomsky

A pretty blue-eyed second-freshener, who is the daughter of a doe I’ve admired for years, Doubletree Checkers, joined to our philosopher, Chomsky. Luli’s latin name means “White Lupine.” She’s a dream and the friendliest sweetie imaginable. Chomsky is our mellowest buck, a true gentleman, who throws moonspotted babies. With Luli being such an absolutely gorgeous girl, we’re really looking forward to seeing what these two create together, and if we can make some moonspot magic!

* Moonspots Possible

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Dalmatian and/or red with white overlay likely

March 29, 2023: Single tricolor buckling with blue eyes (reserved)

Doubletree Lupinus Albus

Sire: Dreahook DEI Tullyboy (Dreahook AB Deimos x Dreahook RS Cape May)

Dam: AGS Doubletree Checkers (AGS Doubletree All Puckered-Up x AGS Doubletree Lemon Buttercup)

Rosasharn Fromag’s Chomsky

Sire: Rosasharn PLW Will Shakespeare *B (Rosasharn Prince Liteningwhelk +*B x SG Rosasharn SH Sonnet 5*M)

Dam: Rosasharn EG Fromagina (Fall Creek Earl Grey x Rosasharn AX Katerina 6*M)

Chimera + Sylvan

This striking doe caught our eye when we visited Capra Salato Farm a few years ago to buy our doe, Siena. Since then, she haunted us and we talked about her regularly, remembering her stunning beauty. When the opportunity came to purchase her, we jumped at it. Yes, that is a giant moonspot that covers half Chimera’s face and her neck! It gives a dramatic half-moon look to her face, especially with her blue eyes. This year, we bred her to Sylvan, hoping for some big, flashy moonspots or silver with blue eyes.

**Blue Eyes Likely

***Moonspots likely

March 23, 2023: Silver doe w/blue eyes (reserved); black, silver and white buckling (retained)

Capra Salato GR Chimera

Sire: J-Nels BB Gun Runner (CH J-Nels DH Be Bop *B x GCH J-Nels LY Holy Tara)

Dam: Capra Salato Corona’s Contessa (Wooly Dog Down Esimio Corona x Chenango Hills Phoebe)

Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper

Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)

Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)

Orisha + Sylvan

Orisha is Siena’s daughter, so has the Chenango Hills pedigree. She also has the rare Cou Claire pattern, so hoping to combine this with silver to see what kind of magic we can make!

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Cou Claire Possible

****Silver Possible

March 18, 2023: Silver buckling (reserved)

Capra Salato Orisha

Sire: Capra Salato The Perfect Storm (J-Nels BB Gun Runner x Zanzabeez Blusmokinhot Dblshot)

Dam: Capra Salato TW Siena (Capra Salato Blubaytwister x Chenango Hills Phoebe)

Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper

Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)

Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)

Jezabel + Sylvan

I brought Jezebel and her mini-me daughter, Pandora, home after falling in love with her at Doubletree Farm. She’s a gorgeous mahogany red, and that is purported to have a great probability for making silver! Looking for a mini-me silver with blue eyes this year! Waiting on her paperwork to come through, but she’s pedigree all the way, from Doubletree’s foundation lines.

**Silver possible

***Blue eyes possible

April 10, 2023: Silver buckling with blue eyes- retained

AGS Doubletree Jezabel

Flat Rock’s Sylvan Whisper

Sire: Dreahook SA Silver Key (Flat Rock’s Silver Arrow x Dreahook SS Royal Amethyst)

Dam: Susarrare Salix R Valhalla (Flat Rock’s HP Rchardlionheart +B x Flat Rock’s Valkyrie 1*M)

Valkyrie + Zydeco

When I saw the picture of Valkyrie, I put a deposit on a doeling of hers for the next season. By a strange twist of fate, I ended up with her instead, and she still takes my breath away! She’s pretty impressed with herself, too, but hasn’t seemed to convince the rest of the herd that she’s the Queen, yet. We bred her to Zydeco a few years back, and liked the combination of these two powerhouses!

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Moonspots Possible

****Some Crazy Patterns Expected

April 7, 2023: Chocolate and white male and female (reserved)

Ole’Humble Acres R Valkyrie

Sire: GCH AGS Tiny Angels A Rustler +B (AGS Humbe Acres A Atreus x AGS Humble Acres T Valhalla)

Dam: Everland RB Rogue Fasse (Everland V Rebel Bass x Everland RC Chandelier)

Doubletree Zydeco

Sire: 3MBJ Goats Roc Courage (Wood Bridge Farm Rocky Road x Wood Bridge Farm Grace)

Dam: AGS Doubletree Hiddle-Dee-Dee (AGS Doubletree All Puckered-Up x AGS Doubletree Widdle-Dee-Dee)

Consect Adipis

Kaliope + Zydeco

Kaliope is from our sister farm, Eros Suncatcher, from one of their best milking does. She makes up for her tiny size by being chock full of moonspots! She is two, but this is her first freshening, and I can’t wait to see what she produces bred to Brimstone. Brim is a handsome little dude with great pedigree, lots of moonspots and blue eyes!

* Blue eyes possible

**Moonspots Possible

No kids in 2023

Eros Suncatcher Kaliope

Sire: Eros Suncatcher Prince Jasper (White Rock Farm Blue Wrangler x Tiny Town Flora)

Dam: Vincek Farm Laeta (Phoenix Farm Bird is the Word *B x AGS Yonderhill Caligo)

Farfetched Brimstone

Sire: Capra Salato BB Parrot Bay (Phoenix Farm BW Buzzard’s Bay *B x Phoenix Farm Black Lace)

Dam: Capra Salato GR Chimera (J-Nels BB Gun Runner x Capra Salato Corona’s Contessa)

Shadow Thief + Brimstone

Shadow Thief is our Flat Rock silver 2-yr old, who is from exciting lines that are new to our herd. Brimstone is a young guy, and his mom, Chimera, is the most stunning moonspotted lady we’ve ever seen and comes from some spectacular lineage. Chimera has a beautiful, abundant udder (retaining that wonderful Chenango Hills dairy quality) so expecting her son’s kids to be great dairy goats. And… silver from mama Shadow Thief. She really is a Shadow Thief, following us around the pen and looking to steal a little love all the time.

*Silver likely

**Blue Eyes Probable

***Moon Spots Possible

No kids in 2023