Polled. Surprise was our pride and joy and is still the cornerstone of our breeding program. She was long and level, very elegant, with near perfect fore, rear and side udder attachments and good medial. She also had plumb milkable teats. At 13 years old Surprise was still freshening, still throwing dynamic, outstanding kids, and still had the udder of a 3 year old! This doe amazed me! She was exceptional in every possible way, and the epitome of what we are looking for in our breeding program. For this doe to have held up so well for so long speaks volumes. She was a perfect example of longevity of function!
**Surprise passed away on January 4, 2005, from old age. She will remain here, at the top of our website, as she will never truly leave our herd. Her blood runs deep here, and I will strive for the rest of my life to produce another such doe, and to do honor to her bloodline. Surprise was the epitome of the Nigerian Dwarf doe, and will always be our ideal here at Flat Rock Farms. Not only did she earn her Master Champion award, she produced daughters and granddaughters as good or better than herself, including MCH/PGCH Flat Rocks Opal 2*D. She has produced sons whose daughters excel, and she earned her *D through her progeny, having 2 daughters with *D and a son with a +S. She was a productive doe in all areas, the show ring, the kidding pen, and the milk pail. Apart from her various accomplishments, Surprise possessed a giving and loving personality. She, as her dam before her, was my friend. To say she will be missed is an understatement. Surprise will be mourned.
**Surprise passed away on January 4, 2005, from old age. She will remain here, at the top of our website, as she will never truly leave our herd. Her blood runs deep here, and I will strive for the rest of my life to produce another such doe, and to do honor to her bloodline. Surprise was the epitome of the Nigerian Dwarf doe, and will always be our ideal here at Flat Rock Farms. Not only did she earn her Master Champion award, she produced daughters and granddaughters as good or better than herself, including MCH/PGCH Flat Rocks Opal 2*D. She has produced sons whose daughters excel, and she earned her *D through her progeny, having 2 daughters with *D and a son with a +S. She was a productive doe in all areas, the show ring, the kidding pen, and the milk pail. Apart from her various accomplishments, Surprise possessed a giving and loving personality. She, as her dam before her, was my friend. To say she will be missed is an understatement. Surprise will be mourned.
Surprise as a Dry Yearling
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Another of Surprise as a Dry Yearling
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Surprise as a Grand Old Lady
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Flat Rocks Calico Rose
4-2-95 to 2008 Sire: Flat Rocks Flash +S E (Flat Rocks Mighty Mike x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Willows Scandal (Willows Rampage x Willows Milky Way) Littermate sister to Champion Design, Calico Rose was extra long bodied with a wonderful udder. You see it all the time, but this picture really does not do her justice. She was in the show ring once, and that time was her last, as she doesn't enjoy it and she makes sure everyone knows it. She was, nonetheless, a favorite around here. She was a gorgeous doe with a great pedigree who exemplified the functional longevity that we expect from our animals. We lost Callie in 2008. |
Photo by Joanne Karohl
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Flat Rocks WishboneMarch 7, 1998 -
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem (Flat Rocks Mighty Fine x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Willow Creek Mania (Glady's Porter Zoo Leprechaun x Goodwood Madonna) Polled. Wishbone is one of the nicest does we have - it's nearly impossible to find fault with her. Full sister to Celebration and littermate sister to Flat Rocks Dot Com, she is long and level with a great udder, and very tight shoulders. We're so pleased with this breeding, that we have repeated it several times and never been disappointed.
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Flat Rocks Ginn Fizz
9-22-98 to October 2009 Sire MunchRanch Cactus Jack (Woodhaven Farms Al Jolsen x Dav-Lyn's Glory's Orion) Dam Willow Creek Amaretto (Gladys Porter Zoo Ali's Pirate x Goodwood River Avon) Gin Fizz has really come into her own! She has tons of capacity, while maintaining excellent attachments as she ages. Fizz has a very broad area of attachment, with a perfect fore udder, and correct sized, very milkable teats with huge orifices. She also offers great rear udder attachment, with good medial and lateral attachment as well. She is a very wide and strong doe, who is also well under the height standard, being only 19.5 inches tall. |
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Flat Rocks Miss Fortune
9-22-98 to July 2009 Sire MunchRanch Cactus Jack (Woodhaven Farms Al Jolsen x Dav-Lyn's Glory's Orion) Dam Flat Rocks Funny Bone (Gladys Porter Zoo Leprechaun x Flat Rocks Flicka) At one point I had sold this doe, and I am thrilled beyond belief to have her back. Her dam, Flat Rocks Funny Bone, had an exceptional udder, and Fortune was her last kid. Fortune is not a show doe, but a very solid brood doe who produces better than herself. She has great legs and feet, good width, depth, and length, but she is loose in the shoulder. Her udder has tremendous capacity, but could use higher rear attachment. She has large, milkable teats, and a nicely extended fore udder. |
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Flat Rocks Satin LaceSeptember 26, 1998 -
Sire: MunchRanch Cactus Jack (Woodhaven Farm Al Jolson x Dav-Lyn Glory's Orion) Dam: Flat Rocks Masquerade (Flat Rocks Mighty Mike x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) This is Satin, another doe to recently rejoin our herd. We feel that Satin is an exceptional brood doe, who consistantly produces kids better than herself. Satin is the dam to MCH Half Pint Acres Flora "E", the 2002 AGS National Reserve Grand Champion Senior doe. She is a lovely bodied doe, and this picture simply does not do her justice. We'll try and get a new one soon. We would like to see Satin's udder higher in the rear, but we are quite pleased with other attributes in this doe.
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Photo By Joanne Karohl
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Flat Rocks HummerJanuary 16, 1999 - January 2013
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem +S (Flat Rocks Mighty Fine x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Chisholm Trail Lexus Hummer is a typical Gem daughter, but as our only Lexus daughter, is very precious to us. Very long and level, dripping with dairy character, and excelling in the mammary system. Her udder is well attached all around, with an outstanding udder floor and plumb, milkable teats. Hummer is small for a Gem daughter, being only 19 inches tall.
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Fiona taking a break. We think at 13 and heavy bred she's earned it!
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Half Pint FionaNovember 28, 1999 ~ April 22, 2014
Sire: Flat Rocks White Ice (Munchranch Cactus Jack x Flat Rocks Lamb Chop ~daughter of MCH FR Surprise *D) Dam: Flat Rocks Satin Lace (Munchranch Cactus Jack x Flat Rocks Masquerade ~daughter of MCH FR Surprise *D) I've always loved Fiona's pedigree. She's a cross between two different Surprise daughters and Munchranch Cactus Jack. She's pretty advanced in age now but still producing lovely kids. While the rest of her is showing her age her udder is still quite lovely and she still stands on great feet and legs. We have both her half sister (Gemma) and her daughter retained in the herd. Just 2 weeks behind her best friend Prism, Fiona went to take a nap in the afternoon of April 2014 and never woke up, we should all be so lucky. |
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Flat Rocks BooBoo
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Flat Rocks Costume LadyNovember 1, 2000 -
Sire: Goodwood Maltese Falcon *S (Goodwood Alamo Messenger ++S AR x Goodwood Zippy Mariri 3*D VG) Dam: Flat Rocks Masquerade (Flat Rocks Mighty Mike x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) This is another doe that spent time at my Grandfather's and did not get bred at the proper time. She was a very late first freshener, but we expect great things from her. Structurally she is a dynamite doe, very put together, and just drips diary character. Her dam is a daughter of MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D, and twin sister to Flat Rocks Flash “E”.
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Steele Ballew Adolla Dolly *MJanuary 28, 2001 - October 26, 2017
Sire: Flat Rocks Settler (Goodwood Maltese Falcon *S x Lost Pines Champange) Dam: Flat Rocks Flashe Rose (Flat Rocks Flash E ~son of MCH FR Surprise *D x Flat Rocks Calico Rose) Dolly is one of our most treasured does. She is truly exceptional in every way. Her dam, Flashe Rose, was a line breeding on MCH FR Surprise through her son Flash, with one of our foundation does, Willow Creek Scandal, thrown in for good measure. Her sire, Settler, was a son of Maltese Falcon, a Goodwood Alamo Messenger son, and Lost Pines Champange, a daughter of MCH Goodwood Fox, a doe I long admired. Dolly's udder is darn near perfect, even a her age, and her daughter, Flat Rocks Rosebyanothername, is probably the best doe we have produced to date. Adolla Dolly also has 2 daughters in the Susurrare Salix herd that have been awarded their Milk Star via ADGA One Day Milk Test (FR Bardic Rose *M, and FR Fancy Rose *M) |
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Flat Rocks My ShadowFebruary 6, 2001 -
Sire: Flat Rocks Pyrite (Flat Rocks Gem +S x Flat Rocks Holy Terror) Dam: Flat Rocks Image (Flat Rocks Gem +S x Willow Creek Gin Rummy) Shadow is closely line bred on our own FR Gem, and she is everything we expected her to be! This doe just has it all, she is structurally correct, showing great dairy character, and the style and grace we've come to expect from Gem. She reproduces herself as well, with two stunning daughters in New England, Flat Rocks Penumbra and Flat Rocks Golden Shadows, both with outstanding mammary systems and dynamite conformation.
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Flat Rocks She's A Keeper
3-21-01 to 2009 Sire Goodwood Henry Matisse (Gay Mor RA Kingwood x Goodwood Romance) Dam Flat Rocks Princess (Flat Rocks Gem +S x MK Abiytal) Polled. Keeper was a gorgeous doe. She looked just like Princess, but instead of black spots she had Kingwood red spots. She was just a really, really sharp angular doe. Her udder was just socked on, with attachment everywhere, and it only improved with each freshening right up into her 8th year. We lost Keeper in 2009, and we miss her greatly. |
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Flat Rocks Prize Patrol
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Flat Rocks AliasMarch 07, 2002
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem +S (Flat Rocks Mighty Mike x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Flat Rocks Sweet Reward (Flat Rocks Champion Design x Willow Creek Gin Rummy - Cookie) Polled Alias is my pride and joy. She is an exceptional doe, being very long and level, extremely wide, and just dripping with dairy character. She represents everything we've come to expect from a Gem daughter. Her udder is glued on and beautifully shaped.
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Five Alarm HedwigMarch 16, 2002 - December 2017
Sire: Flat Rocks Numbscull (Flat Rocks Champion Design x Willows Bonehead) Dam: Goodwood Lost Owlet (Goodwood Q Jordan x Goodwood Pippi Longstocking) Hedwig is another Numbscull daughter, and shows us the same beautiful udder indicitive of the line. She's a smaller doe than her sisters, but still long in body and deep in barrel. Hedwig is retired from breeding but her daughter, Pigwidgeon, is absolutely stunning. Pigwidgeon was her last kid, and well worth the wait! |
Photo By Joanne Karohl
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Five Alarm PrismMarch 25, 2002 ~ April 9, 2014
Sire: Flat Rocks Knumscull (Flat Rocks Champion Design x Willows Bone Head) Dam: Flat Rocks Spoiled Rotten (MunchRanch Cactus Jack x Flat Rocks Kaleidescope) We really love the bloodlines on this little doe! Her sire, Flat Rocks Numbscull, is the twin brother to our Flat Rocks Knucklehead who resides in the Velvet Acres herd. He is tightly line bred on our foundation doe, Willows Bone Head. Her dam, Flat Rocks Spoiled Rotten, has a lovely udder that is just glued on, and Prism is a knockout in the udder department herself. Udder shot has only 8 hours of milk.
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Grace before 10th freshening May 2013
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Five Alarm GraceMarch 27, 2002 - February 2018
Sire: Flat Rocks Numbscull ~maternal brother to MCH FR Surprise *D (Flat Rocks Champion Design x Willows Bone Head) Dam: Five Alarm High Society (Flat Rocks Legacy x Flat Rocks Mighty Fancy) Another very old pedigree on an exceptional doe. Grace has a lovely udder that has stood the test of time and LOTS of kids and milking. She routinely has quads. Another favorite on the milk stand. I really can't say enough about this doe. Still productive and still producing exceptional kids at 15+ years of age. Grace has been a tremendous asset to our herd. We look forward to her 2018 kids, and to using her 2017 son, Flat Rocks Prince of Monaco, in future. |
Precious pictured May of 2013 at 10 years old. She freshened 6 weeks ago. Pictured milked out
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Flat Rocks She's PreciousJanuary 28, 2003 - December 2017
Sire: Flat Rocks Buried Treasure (Flat Rocks Flash "E" x Flat Rocks Treasure) Dam: Flat Rocks She's A Keeper (Goodwood Henry Matisse x Flat Rocks Precious) Precious has developed into a power house of a doe. She's very similar to her half sister, ARMCH Flat Rocks Here For The Party *D E, who resides in the Dragonfly Farm herd in MA. Her udder is absolutely outstanding with perfect laterals, medial and teats. Precious is herd Grand Dame, still beautiful, still and always in charge. |
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Flat Rocks Hannah
April 23, 2003 - 2019 Sire: MCH Ponder's End Minstrel Show "E" (Flat Rocks 501 Blues x Mighty Fine Prissy) Dam: MK Ruth (Goodwood Maltese Falcon *S x HBF Jane Doe) Hannah is one of the cornerstones of our herd. Her udder is just darn near perfect. Beautiful height, laterals, medial, very large teats with huge orifices. I can't say enough good things about this doe. She's one of our best. |
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Flat Rocks Exclaimation
March 2, 2004 Sire: Glady's Porter Zoo Leprechaun (Goodwood Z Ali Babba ++S x Glady's Porter Zoo Aquarius) Dam: Flat Rocks Celebration (Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B x Willow Creek Mania) POLLED We are thrilled with this young doe out of two of our favorites. Exclamation is as long as a freight train, very level, and extremely correct throughout. She freshened a with the udder we expected from her bloodlines, and we are very pleased. Her twin sister, Flat Rocks Salutations, who resides at Top Hat Farm in NJ, has already earned her junior leg and freshened with a lovely udder as well. |
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Flat Rocks I Feel LuckyMarch 6, 2004 - January 2018
Sire: MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E (Flat Rocks Five O One Blues x Mighty Fine Prissy) Dam: Flat Rocks Fortune's Favorite (Goodwood KW Henry Matisse x Flat Rocks Miss Fortune) Lucky is another favorite. She has tremendous capacity with large milkable teats. Lucky has become very influential in our herd through her daughter Groovy Girl. Groovys son, Valiant, will be one of our primary herdsires in future. This line is extremely tough, naturally parasite resistant and very productive. |
2014 Udder - 10 years old 6 hour fill
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Dreamy Delights CoralJanuary 24, 2004 - January 2018
Sire: Flat Rocks Maxamillion (Flat Rocks Maximum Return ~son of MCH FR Surprise *D x MK Dinah) Dam: Flat Rocks Sea Monkey (Piddlin Acres Revelation x Goodwood Mermaid ~daughter of GW Alamo Messenger) Coral carries some old and very august bloodlines! She's line bred on Goodwood Alamo Messenger through her granddam Goodwood Mermaid, her great granddam MCH FR Surprise and her other granddam MK Dinah. It's a tremendous old pedigree that you don't often see anymore. She's a tremendously deep bodied doe with capacity and attachment to boot. |
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Flat Rocks Ever AfterMarch 14, 2004
Sire: MCH Flat Rocks Fox Fire E (MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E x Lost Pines Champagne) Dam: Flat Rocks Prize Patrol (Flat Rocks Flash E ~son of MCH FR Surprise *D x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Ever After (Evie) is hands down my favorite doe. She reminds me very much of her double granddam Surprise. She's goofy and trouble tends to find her! Evie is a beautiful doe, long and level, with great attachment, MSL and teat placement and size. Evie's son, Dobby is one of our premier herdsires. Her daughters, OnceUponATime and Princess Buttercup are also prime members of the herd. Look for her grandkids throughout the website. |
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Flat Rocks Briar RoseMarch 14, 2004 - May 2015
Sire: MCH Flat Rocks Fox Fire "E" (MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E x Lost Pines Champagne) Dam: Flat Rocks Calico Rose (Flat Rocks Flash E ~son of MCH FR Surprise *D x Willows Scandal) In my opinion the second most influential line in my herd (next to Surprise) is that of Flat Rocks Calico Rose. This is one of the few direct daughters I have left. This line also produced Flat Rocks RoseByAnotherName, another MCH FR Fox Fire daughter. Outstanding udder on this doe, I really can't fault it. |
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Flat Rocks Oh Dear
March 27, 2004 Sire: MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E (Flat Rocks Five O One Blues x Mighty Fine Prissy) Dam: Flat Rocks Hope (Flat Rocks Ziggy x Willow Creek Holy Smoke) Another lovely old girl. Oh Dear is a quiet doe who does what she needs to without fuss. Her dam, Hope, is twin sister to our Holy Terror. |
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Flat Rocks TapestryMay 17, 2004 - 2016
Sire: Glady's Porter Zoo Leprechaun (Goodwood Z Ali Babba +*S x Gladys Porter Zoo Aquarius) Dam: Tupence Brocade (Brush Creek Simba x ALMN Sparkle) You simply do not find these bloodlines anymore. Leprechaun was a very influential buck in our herd. He died at 15 year old with kids on the ground. His daughters were consistently beautiful productive does. Tapestry has a socked on udder with perfectly plumb teats and orifices the size of pencils. No wonder she's one of our favorite milkers! |
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Flat Rocks Ditto Again
June 1, 2005 Sire: Flat Rocks Maestro +S (MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: MK Dinah (MCH Goodwood Royal Tern *S E x HBF Whoop Dee Doo E) Another beautiful older doe. Ditto is one of our most consistent producers of exceptional kids. We have retained several daughters and one son and several reside in other herds. |
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Springs Run MS RhiannonFebruary 12, 2006 to May, 2015
Sire: Springs Runs Pims Moonshine (Ponders End DG Pimlico x MCH Willow Creek Shine) Dam: Flat Rocks Oatmeal (Flat Rocks Champion Design x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Rhiannon is the daughter of one of the only Surprise daughters I ever let go of. Combined with MCH Willow Creek Shine she is a potent combination indeed Beautiful doe that everyone who comes here asks about. Rhiannon's 2013 daughter FR Arianrhod was awarded her milk star as a first freshener on ADGA One Day Milk Test. |
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Flat Rocks Sea UrchinFebruary 27, 2006 - 2017
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B (Flat Rocks Mighty Fine x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Flat Rocks Sea Siren (Twin Creeks BW Rip Tide *S x Flat Rocks Charismatic) One of our absolute best does. Urchins twin sister, Flat Rocks Charybdis, resides in the Dragonfly herd in MA, and won Best Udder Nigerian at the 2011 ADGA National show. She and Urchin and very, very similar. Outstanding udder. |
April 2013 Picture ~ Bred to
Enchanted Hill Thomas Jefferson Due May 2013
2014 Udder - not yet fresh
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Flat Rocks IncognitoApril 1, 2007 to May 2015
Sire: MCH Flat Rocks Fox Fire E (MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E x Lost Pines Champagne) Dam: Flat Rocks Alias (Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B x Flat Rocks Sweet Reward) Incognito is one of our top "young" does. She's absolutely beautiful with lots of length, depth and elegance. She may be the most level ND from thurl to thurl I have ever seen. Exceptional udder and dynamite to milk. This girl is a basic MCH Fox Fire/ Gem/Surprise cross. We've come to expect a lot from these lines. |
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Flat Rocks Golden Topaz
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Flat Rocks GemVoodooPrincessJune 2, 2006 - 2017
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B (Flat Rocks Mighty Fine x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: HBF Cajun Voodoo (Goodwood Rajin Cajun x HBF Archuletta) Another very successful cross for us. So successful that I repeated it over and over and kept most of the offspring, though enough got lose that this girl has two finished CH sisters. We have 4 does of this cross and one buck. Extremely elegant, dairy does with beautiful high and wide udders. I could go on all day. |
Gemma Photos Courtesy of Sarah Moore
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Flat Rocks Gemma
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Flat Rocks Double JeopardyNovember 6, 2006 - May 2013
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem +S (Flat Rocks Mighty Fine x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Flat Rocks Prize Patrol (MCH Flat Rocks Flash +S E ~son of MCH FR Surprise *D x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Double Jeopardy is the most heavily line bred animal we own, thus her name. She's got Surprise everywhere and she's a testament to the line. Extremely productive doe who produces cookie cutter consistent kids |
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Flat Rocks Holy CowMarch 15, 2007 - 2017
Sire: Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B (Flat Rocks Mighty Fine x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Flat Rocks Holy Terror (Flat Rocks Ziggy x Willow Creek Holy Smoke) This cross has been extremely successful for us. This doe is truly exceptional. Her udder is absolutely glued on. She's long, she's level, she milks like a cow. Overall exactly what we have to expect from these lines. |
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Flat Rocks Miss AdventureMarch 27, 2007
Sire: Flat Rocks Maestro +S (MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E x MCH Flat Rocks Surprise *D) Dam: Flat Rocks Miss Fortune (Muchranch Cactus Jack x Willow Creek Funny Bone) Another Surprise/Miss Fortune cross that works exceptionally well. This girl is deep, long, standing on dynamite feet and legs with a beautiful udder that is glued on. |
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Flat Rocks Holy SmokeMay 10, 2008 - April 2017
Sire: MCH Flat Rocks Fox Fire E (MCH Ponders End Minstrel Show E x Lost Pines Champagne) Dam: Flat Rocks Holy Cow (Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B x Flat Rocks Holy Terror) Smokie is a beautiful young doe who is very productive. Her udder is exceptional with perfect teats and teat placement. |
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Flat Rocks ButterbeerApril 17, 2008 - May 2013
Sire: Irish Whisper Harry Potter (Gay Mor Lucky Northrup King *S x Gay Mors RA Wood Nymph) Dam: Flat Rocks Gin Fizz (Munchranch Cactus Jack x Willow Creek Amaretto) One of my favorite young does. Butterbeer consistently produces exceptional kids and is a beautiful doe in her own right. |
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Flat Rocks Expelliarmus
Polled January 12, 2010 - 2016 Sire: Irish Whisper Harry Potter +B (Gay Mor's Lucky Northrup King +*S x Gay Mor's RA Wood Nymph ~a Stonewall Raising Arizona daughter) Dam: Flat Rocks Wishbone (Flat Rocks Gem +S ++B x Willow Creek Mania) This is a truly exceptional doe. Her first freshening udder was very impressive. We are happily awaiting her second! |
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Sunni Florence-Milligan
Terry Florence and Morgan Milligan
Azle Texas
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Flat Rock Farm
Sunni Florence-Milligan
Terry Florence and Morgan Milligan
Azle Texas
Contact Us Via Email at:
txflatrock@gmail.com
Find us on Facebook at:
Flat Rock Farm
