Miniature Silky Fainting Goats
Entire herd tested negative for CAE and Johnes
September 2009.
Because my husband passed away at the end of
August, I am down sizing my Mini Silky herd to a more manageable
size. I will be offering some of my older does that are in
production for sale. I will be posting these does for sale in the
next couple of weeks. I will be offering special packages for those
of you are interested in purchasing breeding stock. For anyone who
purchases at least 2 does, you will get 50% off on a buck of your
choice, anyone who buys three or more does, may pick a buck of your
choice for free. I have a great selection of bucks and does to
choose from, please watch for pictures and information to be posted
soon.
The goats in the pictures above are 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.
Picture courtesy of Janet Shlanta
Maraco and Gypsy, Two Grand Ole Dams
These two girls, that we acquired from Anne McLaughlin in North
Carolina, were our beginning along with Rogues Pierre and
Napoleon, two long coated fainters that we acquired from Frank Baylis
in Virginia. They are twin sisters and have been a very
important part of our Mini Silky breeding program. We lost Maraco in
February of 2006 when she was 12 years old, we really miss her. Gypsy 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. She is a
daughter of Gypsy and although she is a
registered Nigerian Dwarf and doesn't faint, she exhibits a long
silky coat, so was perfect for our breeding program. She has
produced some of our most Extreme Mini Silkies, including our first
Master Champion, Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae.
This is a picture of Sol-Orr's Renaissance, whom we lost in the
summer of 2004. Renaissance is a son of Maraco and Rogues Pierre. 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 to
produce. 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 is a picture of my favorite doe, her name is MCH 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 in Bucks,
and that is why she is so special to us. Maggie Mae is out of Morgan
and sired by Renaissance, both pictured above.
The two pictures above are of "Bayshore's Rogues Pierre" who
was our
foundation Buck. Most all of our Mini Silkies go back to Pierre
somewhere in their pedigree. He sired many outstanding Mini
Silkies for us and we loved and appreciated Pierre tremendously. These
pictures were taken of him when he was about 9 months old, Pierre
passed away November 12, 2008 at 10 and 1/2 years old.
Pierre held a
very special place in our hearts and was a big part of our breeding
program. We can never thank Frank Baylis enough for allowing us to
acquire Pierre. He's was one in a million and will always be
remembered fondly.
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.