SOL-ORR FARM
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The goats in the picture above is the product of much love and labor to breed a small, colorful, long, silky coated goat, some of which will faint. We have used some Nigerian Dwarf Does in our breeding program. Those Does are pictured below and as you can see, they are not typical of the Nigerian Dwarf Goats being bred today. These Nigerian Dwarf Does were the product of foundation Nigerian Dwarf stock from the late 1980s and early 1990s and these Does have myotonic goats in their background. How do I know that? Because, some of their kids will faint when they are bred to myotonic bucks. If they didn't carry the myotonic gene then it would take another generation of breeding to myotonic goats to produce fainting kids. The fainting aspect of the Mini Silkies is something that happens because of the background of the goats used to develop this breed, however it is the look that sets the Mini Silky apart from other goat breeds and makes the Mini Silkies unique, so that is the emphasis of our breeding program. Through selective breeding and maybe some good fortune, we have developed a line of Miniature Silky Fainting Goats that are exotic, colorful, unique, enchanting and quite frankly irresistible.
Maraco and Gypsy These two girls were our beginning along with Rogues Pierre and Napoleon, two myotonic Bucks with very long coats that we acquired from Frank Baylis at Bayshore Farms. They are twin sisters and have been a very important part of our Mini Silky breeding program. Gypsy pictured on the right is the dam of the doe pictured below, Morgan. Maraco pictured on the left is the dam of Renaissance. I can't tell you how much we appreciate and love these two does.
Above is "Morgan", one of our foundation does. Although she is a registered Nigerian Dwarf and doesn't faint, she exhibits a very long silky coat, so was perfect for our breeding program. She has produced many beautiful, colorful kids for us and a few of them are myotonic.
Above to the left is a picture of "Sweet Potato" from Bayshore Farm. She is a Young Mini Silky that is small and exhibits the promise for a long silky coat. The picture of on the right is of two of our young Mini Silky Does at a recent show, they also are showing signs of very promising coats. These goats come in many colors which adds to the delight of owning and breeding them.
This is a picture of Sol-Orr's Renaissance, whom we lost in the summer of 2004. We loved and appreciated Renaissance not only for his extreme beauty but for the wonderful kids that he gave us. He was white and chocolate and had extremely long silky bangs and a gorgeous long flowing, silky coat which is what we are striving for. He has left a big hole in the breeding program and is greatly missed, luckily we retained a few of his kids here to carry on his legacy.
This picture is of my favorite doe, her name is Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae. Just look at the long silky coat that lays flat and notice the high luster it has which makes it shimmer in the sunlight. This look is much harder to achieve in Does than Bucks. Maggie Mae is out of Morgan and sired by Sol-Orr's Renaissance, pictured above. "Pierre"
The two pictures above are of "Bayshore's Rogues Pierre", who is our foundation buck and is myotonic, bred by Frank Baylis of Bayshore Kennels and Farms. All but one of the animals pictured above him go back to him in their pedigree and Pierre is the sire of Renaissance. Pierre has been very important in our breeding program as he has the size and look that we are striving to produce. These pictures were taken when he was about 9 months old.
Above is a picture of all the kids born in July of 2004. Even though these kids don't exhibit the long coats and bangs that their parents do, they will develop coats and bangs as they mature. For more information on the breed go to www.msfgaregistry.com
Grooming
The fourth annual Old Dominion Gold Cup Miniature Silky
Fainting Goat Shows will be held at Frying Pan Park in Herndon, VA on April 18,
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