Miniature LaMancha and Standard LaManchaReference Goats
These are all animals I have owned but have sold. More reference animals (ones I have NOT owned) are listed in the Reference Goat album on the Facebook farm page.
GoGo's LoSt Pixie Dust
April 21, 2019
Generation - F2 Experimental
Quirky and Nosey
Pixie, also known as Pixie-Lou-Who, was an impulse buy when I went to pick out a buckling, but I am glad I got her!
Pixie likes to pick fights but is friendly and somewhere in the middle of the herd hierarchy. She sometimes get the sillies and takes off but it is usually a short-lived phenomenon. Her favorite way to visit is to rub her head on you while you do not touch her.
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A daintier, more refined doeling, Pixie has gained depth as she matured. She's long-bodied and still full of dairy character.
Pixie kidded with beautiful buck/doe twins in April 2021. In her first freshening, she was productive with a very nicely-shaped udder. Her udder is soft and, while her teats are a bit smaller, she is easy to milk with a decent-size orifice. Pixie was also an attentive dam, and I am excited to see her freshen again.
In 2023, Pixie kidded with a lovely, large single doeling sired by Jupiter. She completed 5 tests on milk test, peaking at 4.4lb and milking 485lb in 128 days. In June, Pixie went to a lovely new home along with dry yearling Zephyr (Duke X Layla). Her daughter Calypso is still in the herd.
Pixie's udder as first freshener (on the wooden milk stand) and as a second freshener. I wish she would have had twins, but her single was certainly large! Teat size improved and she milked down well. The two photos are from the second milk test and the single rear photo from I believe the 4th test.
Ozark Jewels LAZ Lucky Penny
March 4, 2022
American LaMancha
The Big Girl with the Wattles
While I hadn't planned on adding more standard LaManchas until 2023, well...I did when the opportunity presented itself!
Penny here is out of a productive young Ozark Jewels doe that goes by the barn name of Lucky. Her previous owner reported a still-increasing amount of quart and a half on a 12 hour fill about a month after kidding with twins.
I immediately liked how stocky and growthy Penny is - she already shows good body capacity. She's hip-high right now and a bit steeper-rumped but her rump shows good length and width.
Penny is a personable girl that likes to visit. At first, my smaller doelings had her buffaloed but she's finally figured out her size and likes to throw her weight around. Her voice is comically nasally and she likes to growl sometimes. Penny is a huge fan of feed, too!
Excited to add her to the herd and watch her grow.
2024 - Penny kidded with twin doelings. She's a good momma, if a bit chatty with her funny nasally voice. Her teats are plumb and have more circumference than Nebula's but I dropped the ball on getting a good fresh photo. The udder below is a pre-kidding udder and then one where she's nursing her remaining doeling. I sold Penny with Nebula in a major down-sizing.
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Ozark Jewels LAZ Star Rattler
May 18, 2022
Experimental LaMancha
Might be an Alien
Along with Penny, I brought home this lovely girl - she goes by the barn name of Nebula. Nebula is a late kid but likely going to be a big girl. She's already long and tall.
She was described as not wild but "snotty" and that was a good way to put it. Nebula wasn't scared of me, she just didn't want me to touch her. To the point she might give my hand a sniff then jump away all sassy.
Eventually, I won her over with the classic Sneaky Scratch method - she found out people could reach that itchy spot on her withers and booty. She's actually pretty friendly now and has picked up leading quickly.
Like Penny (and Baby), Nebula has a distinctive nasally tone to her voice but she is generally quiet. Her face and elf ears are so incredibly expressive and the ears are courtesy of her 1/32nd Alpine ancestry, according to Ozark Jewels.
I think she's going to grow up to be quite level, like her dam, who showed a lovely first freshening udder. Her dam has won a GC as a first freshener, as well. Overall, just a really fun addition and an exciting girl to make a new mini line with!
2024 - Nebula kidded with buck/doe twins in March. She was the youngest to kid this year (she did not turn 2 until May). She is a good dam and her udder attachments are just lovely. Her ff teats are a little slim but all the parts are there! I sold her along with Penny in a major down-sizing. Her daughter Cassi is still in the herd.
P.S. Her name is a nod to her dam and one of my favorite book series.
Hefty Goat Holler Layla *P
April 1, 2020
Grade Herdbook
She's a Goofball but Easy to Milk.
I was so hoping for a doeling or two from Rhea in 2020! I got only one, but I am so pleased with Layla.
I love that she inherited Rhea's distinctive chin markings and elbow spot but her sire's bright blue eyes. She is a big doe. Wide, long, deep. She's not a doe anyone notices in pictures but she's one of the first to catch discerning eyes in person. I'd like to see better hooves, but they are improvement over Rhea.
Layla is a goofball...sometimes, she loves you...sometimes she runs from you like she's never seen a human before. Who knows why. She doesn't, bless her heart.
Layla freshened with triplet doelings 2022 as a first freshener. She kidded easily and is a good dam but her initial production was nothing impressive for triplets (about 3lb a day) so her kids were supplemented. At the most recent milk test (June), her production improved to 3.8lb a day. I left one doeling on her until August, so Layla was the only one of the three does on test that completed all 5 tests.
PLEASE READ THE BLOG POST FOR MORE INFO ON THE MILK TESTING.
Her udder is buttery soft, easy to milk with great orifices but the attachments didn't get as improved as I hoped - they are much better but could use more laterals, still. Her teats are smaller this first freshening, but I imagine that will improve. Her udder is a nice shape and milkable, so that's a win.
2024 - Layla outdid herself again and kidded with large quads her second freshening, two bucks and two does. Her udder is as soft as ever. She loves her babies but she is a bit of a goofball! Her teat size had improved and her orifice is great - she also milks down well.
2025 - Layla was sold to a good friend along with one of her doelings, Heidi, in January. But not before earning her star for volume! She worked hard for it and I am super-proud of her. She tied with her dam for the highest butterfat on a single test, too!
Milk Test 2022: 5 tests; 214DIM; 524 pounds of milk
21 pounds of butterfat; Highest BF 6.9; Avg. BF 4%
17 pounds of protein; Highest Pro 4.2%; Avg. Pro 3.2%
Milk Test 2024 Results: 9 tests 310 DIM. 1091# milk.
305 Record: 1080#
38# butterfat; Highest BF: 6.7% Avg BF: 3.5%
37# protein: Highest Pro: 5%; Avg Pro: 3.4%
Udder photos from Layla's first lactation. 12 hour fill.
GoGo's Fauna's Delight
March 17, 2015
F1 Experimental
She's a Survivor
Faunette is a new addition to the holler as of 2022. I haven't brought in an older doe in quite a long time, but her breeder offered her to me, and I thought she would fit in. I didn't realize how well she would fit in!
Faunette survived a very bad snake bite as a youngster and was one of the goats that survived a horrible living situation under someone else's "care" - you can read more about it on the GoGo's herd farm page. It took her a long time to recover and be happy again, but she did. She's one tough girl. I met Faunette again after she kidded with triplet bucklings in 2022 - one of those was my Ted.
When I brought her home, she took her new people and environment and herd in stride. It didn't take long before she blended in seamlessly and was meeting me for her characteristic head rubs. I absolutely love to see this girl playing and running and just feeling good.
Faunette, presumably due to the snake bite, has only one half of an udder. She successfully raised two bucklings on that half for her GoGo family this year. She's some unknowns for me, but what I do know I am pleased with - she's tough, adaptable, and a good dam. Not to mention soulful and loving. She's also the quietest goat I've ever owned, making the tiniest "huffs" when she does talk.
2024 - Faunette required some assistance delivering 2B1D. I lost the doeling to aspiration at a few days old. Faunette initially tried to produce on her bad side but there was too much scar tissue so it did dry up. Her boys were supplemented with a bottle. I did milk her good side a couple times and her orifice and texture are wonderful. She's a good momma and loved her boys but with all that happened and her age, she is now retired. She has no living daughters, which I think is a shame, but she has some sons out in the world, including Ted and a Jupiter son named Jericho who went to live in Oklahoma.
Hefty Goat Holler Ariel
May 2023
Dam: The S. Demeyer Genovese
Sire: Sunspring's WBJ Churro
Hefty Goat Holler Temperance
February 2023
Dam: Hefty Goat Holler Pearl*P
Sire: Sunspring's WBJ Churro
These two lovely young does (Ariel and Tempe) went together to a new home in late 2024 as confirmed bred. Very excited about the home they went to and to see them freshen and milked!