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2023 Kidding Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, doelings and bucklings are $400; wethers are $100 or two for $150.  Reservations prior to kidding are taken on a first-come, first-served basis via our contact form, and Took a Leap Farm reserves the right to retain any kid born on the farm.  There is no fee for a reservation until kids are born and selected, at which point a non-refundable fee of $100, payable online, is required to hold a kid (or two wethers) until pick-up.

With the exception of wethers and pet-quality doelings, all kids will be sold tattooed and registered with ADGA.

​Our closed herd was tested for CAE, CL, Johne's, brucellosis, and tuberculosis in May 2021, with all animals negative.  

Dam
Sire
Expected
Notes
Old Mountain Farm Tasha Tudor
Honey Brook Farm Lefty
TBD
This breeding spells M-I-L-K!  Tasha is our pride and joy who came here as a doeling, killed it on the stand and with LA (92 EEEE), and is now, sadly, in one of her last breedings.  But we may have saved the best for last:  this pairing with Lefty brings tons of amazing milking genetics.

First doeling retained by breeder
Doeling reservations closed (NN, JK)
Bucklings:$500
Sugar Moon V Whiskey
Honey Brook Farm Lefty
Bred 10/15/22

Due 3/9/23
Another super-milky breeding featuring our 98th percentile Elite Doe, Whiskey, and Lefty.  Whiskey is the daughter of NC PromisedLand BW Echo 2 and Sugar Moon Viva Las Vegas - making it no surprise that she's our top producer!

First doeling retained by breeder
​Doeling reservations closed (JK, NN)
Bucklings $500
Took a Leap WP Rosie Revere
Honey Brook Farm Lefty
Bred 10/13/22

Due 3/7/23
Rosie, Tasha's daughter, continues to mature into a beautiful, productive doe.  Her udder is a clone of her mothers, with a strong medial and soft, easily expressed teats.  We love her length of body and dairy character and can't wait to see the results of this pairing!

​First doeling retained by breeder
Took a Leap Farm SS Triskai
Honey Brook Farm Lefty
TBD
Triskai wowed us with her frist-freshening udder - its attachment, teat size, and expressibility are all phenomenal., just like we've come to expect with daughters of Shel Silverstein.  We're excited to see how her production increases as she matures...as well as the little milkers that should result from this breeding with Lefty!

​No bucklings.
Took a Leap RBA Fandango
Took a Leap Shel Silverstein
Bred 10/15/22

Due 3/9/23
Fandango is quickly challenging our top girls for 1st place on the stand - and she's earned the title of Rob's favorite goat.  No wonder, given that her dam, Sugar Moon V Fiala, is the littermate sister of Sugar Moon V Zuzanna and herself a 99th percentile Elite Doe!  As a second freshener in 2022, she produced over half a gallon a day on once a day milking.  In matching her with Shel, we're looking forward to bringing together all the best of our foundation lines - amazing udders, outstanding conformation, and of course, lots of milk!

First doeling retained by breeder
Doelings $700
Bucklings $500
Took a Leap G Girandola
Took a Leap Shel Silverstein
TBD
Girandola gave us exactly what we want in a first freshener - a capacious udder with easy-milking qualities.  Although she's a petite girl, she has a beautiful long dairy  frame.  We're repeating this breeding because we lost her doeling...that we had no intention of keeping until we saw how she was developing.

First doeling retained by breeder
​No bucklings
Denbow Acres Eredita
Took a Leap Shel Silverstein
TBD
We're still not sure how we lucked out with a daughter of Denbow Acres Diane Legacy - the top Nigerian milker in 2021 and #4 in 2019 - but we did!  Dita has been slow to mature, but we're super-excited to see her second freshening...and her kids with Shel!

First doeling retained by breeder​Doelings $600
Bucklings $400

Took a Leap WP "BW"
Honey Brook Farm Bellini
TBD
BW is a farm favorite who has turned into a star on the milkstand.  Her udder is lovely, and we're hoping to maintain that while "toning down" teat size in the next generation.  Bellini should help us to achieve that without compromising on production.

First doeling retained by breeder
​No bucklings
Took a Leap YJ Jellybean
Honey Brook Farm Bellini
TBD
Jellybean made a pitstop at our farm en route to Illinois...and despite counting the goats on transport about a dozen times, she was standing in the barn when Brian took off.  We're breeding her here for 2023 kids - not only does she have the dairy power of two terrific lines behind her, she's the granddaughter of the 2021 AGS National Grand Champion, Creeping Thyme Delores. 

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No bucklings
Took a Leap YJ Terabithia
Honey Brook Farm Bellini
Bred 10/9/22

​Due 3/3/23
Looking forward to lots of milk from this first freshener - and some pretty spectacular dairy kids, too!  Terabithia is the daughter of our beloved Old Mountain Farm Tasha Tudor and granddaughter of the 2021 AGS National Grand Champion Senior Doe, Creeping Thyme Delores.  This breeding doubles down on Creeping Thyme genetics and throws in some Whitbred Jacks of Spades (who has multiple Elite Doe daughters) for good measure!

First doeling retained by breeder, who knows that they shouldn't but will anyway!
​
No bucklings
Took a Leap SS Delphine
Honey Brook Farm Maurice
TBD
As the daughter of Took a Leap Gild the Lily, a 96th percentile Elite Doe, and our amazing Shel Silverstein, Delphine hasn't disappointed on the milkstand.  We're excited to see how these powerhouse genetics come together!

First doeling retained by breeder
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​No bucklings
Took a Leap EZ Ada Twist
Honey Brook Farm Maurice
3/3/23
First-freshener Ada represents a heavy linebreeding on Old Mountain Farm Tasha Tudor and Sugar Moon V Waldo Pepper (a Sugar Moon Viva Las Vegas son) - with some SGCH Sugar Moon Rita Repeata (96th percentile Elite Doe) thrown in for good measure.  We're reinforcing those Vegas genetics and adding in a lot of other amazing older lines with this breeding to Maurice.

​First doeling retained by breeder, who knows that they shouldn't but will anyway!
​
No bucklings
Took a Leap G Bunnahabhain
Honey Brook Farm Maurice
TBD
We're anxious to see Bunny's performance as a second freshener - she had beautifully expressible teats, and we're just hoping for more milk in Year 2 (we know it's there - she's a Sugar Moon Whiskey ELITE daughter!).  Again, the milk in Maurice's pedigree should amplify what this girl already has going on in their kids.

​No bucklings
Took a Leap T Desert Rose
Honey Brook Farm Maurice
TBD
First freshener

​No bucklings
​Took a Leap WP Cahuita
Honey Brook Farm Maurice
TBD
We were so glad when Cahuita's owners offered her back to us...especially after losing her amazing sire, Sugar Moon V Waldo Pepper, last winter.  While this will be Cahuita's second freshening, we don't know much about her previous production...although she comes from some very nice lines that produced a ton of milk for us in the past.

No bucklings
Took a Leap MR Quejeta
Took a Leap G Tyrian
TBD
First freshener Quejeta combines some top-notch Tiny Angels genetics with Sugar Moon and NCPromised Land lines.  We're pairing her up with Tyrian, the son of Sugar Moon V Fiala (99th percentile Elite Doe) and Fairlea Geronimo, who produced a number of gorgeous kids while here at our farm.

No bucklings
Took a Leap Avignon
Valley's-Edge Yellow Jacket
TBD
No bucklings
Took a Leap U Olalla
Took a Leap SS Epizeuxis
TBD
First freshener

​No bucklings
Took a Leap G Sukashi
​(pending registration)
Took a Leap SS Epizeuxis
TBD
First freshener

​No bucklings
Took a Leap G Strike a Pose
​(registration pending)
Took a Leap EZ Camhainach
TBD
First freshener

​No bucklings

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