Goat Trails Mr. Grand Ole Opry
Porter's dam's udder, courtesy of Goat Trails at Creekside Farm
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We are so very blessed to have welcomed Goat Trails Mr. Grand Ole Opry, aka "Porter", to our farm in March of 2018. Porter's dam has a breathtakingly beautiful udder: snugly attached, nicely balanced, nicely sized teats, with plenty of milk behind it. Porter is also very dairy and angular. These pictures were taken while he was in rut and do not show at all the nice level top line he has. Through Porter, we also hope to introduce the polled trait to our little herd while continuing to strive to improve the breed with each successive kidding. His blue eyes don't hurt nothing, either!
Porter is G6S Normal by testing. 
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Green Gables Milo *B
Milo
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Milo came to us from Minnesota... it was around an 800 mile trip, but so worth it! Milo has fantastic body capacity and a great topline. His angulation is great, and his feet and legs are very correct. He's got breed character a plenty, with a very roman nose and long, wide, pendulous ears that flip slightly at the end. Forget the tough guy good looks, he's the baby of the buck pen and would happily follow you out. He comes from very milky, consistently well attached lines that I had been hoping to bring in. His sire is VMCH Green Gables USG Freedom Fighter *B, who is out of VMCH Echo Hill's Molly O'Malley 2*P (gorgeous udder and outstanding production!). His dam is Green Gables SS Shining Hope 2*P, who produces very well and has stunning conformation. It's worth noting that, though udder attachment, teat size, and teat placement seem to be genetically determined, orifice size seems not to be. Milo also a full sibling in the Green Gables herd, Green Gables FF Hope of Liberty, as well as many half siblings from both sides of his pedigree. Sadly we lost Milo unexpectedly in December of 2017, but have retained two doelings sired by him (Miley and Bindi). He is sorely missed!
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