Skillman’s Milky Way (Milcah)

Milcah is a lovely, moonspotted doe who is one of our first foundation does. Born in April of 2018.

Skillman’s Milky Way (Milcah) at 10 months old, bred one month

Milcah’s dam (and Sunny’s granddam): Skillman’s Jill

Skillman’s Jill is a Mini-Nubian star milker in three generations. She also has 2 milk star daughters and one more first freshener daughter qualify for milk star this year.

(Milcah is on the left as a baby doeling.)

Skillman’s Jill’s udder in 2018.

Skillman’s Jill: pedigree.

Jill’s milk production records, during her second lactation with single doeling. Skillman’s Jill was on pasture with very little grain and no alfalfa:

Skillman’s Gloria AR 2*D is Jill’s 3/4 sister (same sire and dam’s dam). Picture is of her as a FF yearling with triplets.

Skillman’s Jewel is the maternal sister of Milcah and Sunny (her sire is 1/2 brother of Milcah’s sire). The picture at the left is of Jewel’s udder as a FF yearling with twins.

Milcah’s Sire: Joyous Farm’s Le Tigre

Le Tigre in front; his full brother behind. Both were foundation bucks for Irina Skillman’s lines.


Black Mesa Magnum: Udder picture of Le Tigre’s dam.

Black Mesa Celeste’s Carmella 5*M (Carly): 91 EEEE. 2014 BMR Best Surprise. Le Tigre’s grand dam (full Nubian).

Milcah’s 2019 Kids

Irina Skillman could not catch Milcah in heat until January 12 of 2019. She was bred that night to Sunny (pictured below) and kidded on June 12 with doe/buck twins. There is more information about this outstanding buck below.

Milcha and Sunny on January 12, 2019

Milcah and her twins in 2019. Left is pictured Skillman’s Andromeda (Meda). Right is Skillman’s Magellan. Milcah’s udder was high and tightly attached, but not very capacious as a first freshener. We are eager to see her second freshening in 2020. We did not breed her doeling, Meda, in 2019 because she was too young. We plan to breed her in the fall of 2020.

Andromeda, Milcah, and Magellan

More on Sunny, sire of Milcah’s 2019 kids

Skillman’s Star AR 4*D: Sunny’s Dam

Skillman’s Star’s udder

Sunny’s littermate sister, Skillman’s Skye​.

Sunny’s sire:
SG Old Mountain Farm Elton Jay +B
owned by and photo courtesy to
A Better Way Farm

Sunny’s Sire’s dam: SG NC Promisedland MG Diva 4*D 1*M VEEE 91

SG NC Promisedland MG Diva 4*D: Udder

Old Mountain Farm Nilam Bukit 7*D 2*M:
Sunny’s paternal grand dam.

Below are a few of SG Old Mountain Farm Elton Jay offspring owned by and photo courtesy to A Better Way Farm:

SG ​ Better Wayz Olive Petite 4*M
2018 LA Score VVVV88

SG Better Wayz Sirocco’s Star 5*M
2017 & 2018 ADGA Elite Doe

SG Better Wayz SwissMiss Carabear 3*M
2018 La Score EEEE91
2017 & 2018 ADGA Elite Doe

Better Wayz Jewels Sparkle

Milcah and Asher’s 2020 Kid

In 2020, we bred Milcah to Green Gables’ E Asher *B and they produced a singleton doeling, named Toot Sweet. (To read more about Asher, click on his name.) We are eager to see how this freshening will improve Milcah’s udder!