Lilac is one of our overall favorite girls. JC’s Bluebelle 3*P has one of the best udders in our barn, and she was bred to Goat Trails’ Finley’s Gem Texas Pete, who is polled, for her 2021 kidding. Bluebelle had twin girls: Lilac and Storybook’s Mayflower.
Lilac was paired with Green Gables AC Amazing Asteroid *B in 2023. We were all anticipation for this kidding! And she delivered triplets in 2024, and they are gorgeous, as is her udder. We retained her polled doeling, Storybook’s Dahlia, who should freshen in 2026.
Lilac’s Baby Pictures
Lilac had a rough start!
Bluebelle kidded in the middle of the night, and it was really odd. First came Mayflower, then came the placenta. I bumped Bluebelle and definitely felt another kid in there… so the placenta coming when it did was very odd. Then came a decayed kid (yuck). THEN came Lilac.
At first, she seemed vigorous, but as morning broke, I knew she was in trouble. She did not latch on, so we tube fed her twice. By next morning, I was wondering if she’d make it at all. We finally gave her a BOSE shot, and that seemed to help her turn the corner. Her front legs were weak and had to be splinted for the first week!
However, of the two live sisters, Lilac is the one who got their sire’s polled genes! She also got beautiful coloring, roaning, and long ears! We are so glad that the Lord allowed us to keep her, and we looked forward to breeding her in the fall of 2022, but her young buck wasn’t quite ready, so she ill be a first freshener as a two-year-old in 2024.
Lilac’s Registration
Lilac’s Udder
Lilac is a two-year-old FF in 2024, due to no fault of her own. In 2021 she was too young, and in 2022 we lost two of our senior bucks, and the junior bucks couldn’t get the job done on five of our does! However, Green Gables AC Amazing Asteroid *B was able to breed her in 2023 for kids in 2024.
We were VERY pleased with Lilac’s first freshening udder! She gave us triplets: two doelings and a buckling, and nursed them effortlessly. Lilac is on track to earn her star in 2024.
The udder is high, and tightly attached. Her foreudder is nicely blended and we expect it to extend like her dam’s. (Next year, we’ll shave it. 😉 )
Lilac’s Dam Line
Lilac’s dam is JC’s Bluebelle 3*P (her star doesn’t show on Lilac’s registration, but see her page for verification). Bluebelle’s udder is one of our top producers. She earned her milk star in 2021 as a second freshener (because 2020 torpedoed all milk testing for us).
This is her third freshening udder: strong medial, great teat placement, and high in the escutcheon. She has a really lovely foreudder as well.
To see more pictures of Bluebelle, and her dam and sire’s pictures, click here. Also see her daughter’s FF udder: Storybook’s Briar Rose.
Lilac’s Sire Line
Goat Trails Finley’s Gem Texas Pete is a purebred, polled boy with excellent milk lines behind him.
To see udders behind Pete, please click here.
Lilac’s Kids
2024 Kids
Lilac freshened as a two-year-old, due to deaths/disabilities among our senior bucks due to meningeal worm contracted in 2022. The junior buck to whom we tried to breed her wasn’t up to the task. However, Green Gables AC Amazing Asteroid *B did successfully breed her in 2023, and she gave us gorgeous triplets in March of 2024. Two were polled; we retained her polled daughter, Storybook’s Dahlia.
