GCH Barnowl Red Ecstasy 8*M
Experimental (75% LaMancha, 25% Oberhasli), DOB: 03/2014
Sire: +*B Barnowl Blade
SS: ++*B SG Kastdemur’s Tach Lach
SD: SGCH Barnowl Buffy 2*M
Dam: GCH Barnowl Red Bliss 7*M
DS: +B Barnowl Anteros
DD: SGCH White-Haven Solace 6*M
Ecstasy’s ADGA Genetics Pedigree
We so enjoy our little elf-ear Oberhasli-grades. Can’t say that grades are much less competitive in the northwest than LaManchas, but nevertheless, there is something more carefree and fun about these personality-rich red goats. Bliss is actually our current herd queen and often our highest producing milker, between her daughter’s top-dog personality and wide eschuteon coupled with great dairy strength, we think she is going to follow nicely in line with her mom.
Ecstasy freshened in July 2015 and we couldn’t have been happier. Her rear udder arch is amazing and she is easily the tallest of our milking yearlings. She attended the 2015 ADGA National Show at only ten days fresh, placed 8th in a good size yearling milker class and 4th with Bliss in Dam & Daughter. As a 2-year old, she continued to showcase her general appearance, but also started ratcheting up on the production.
As a 3 year old in 2017, she is the tallest doe in the herd, and while she tops our production charts month after month, really it is her charm and fun personality that will likely keep her in our barn until the day she dies. When working with new goat breeders, we often tell them to breed for what they want to look at it the dead of winter, when the only reason to get up and do chores is the opportunity to look at something pretty. In our eyes, Ecstasy is something pretty. She is a gigantic doe with incredible dairy strength and levelness throughout. Yes, we’d absolutely like to see a stronger fore udder and better lateral attachments, but she milks 12+ pounds each day and makes it look easy. We can work on the mammary attachments, but I don’t know how to breed for the level of fun that this goat exudes.
2019 was far from the best year in Barnowl history, however, if there was one doe who had a ton of fun this year, it was Ecstasy. After having a frustratingly beautiful set of triplet, ahem, bucks, she managed to keep up her 12-14 pound daily production while gaining, not losing, any body capacity at all. In our one and only club show, she picked up two grands and two reserves. Now northwest Grade competition is frankly every bit as fierce as northwest LaMancha competition–if there are 15 does in the breed, you can bet the vast majority are linear appraised excellent animals. She then went on to place 4th at Nationals and help us bring home some pottery with a 1st place Produce of Dam. At our first fair of the season, she finished her championship with a short leg by going Reserve to none other than her own 8-year old dam, and then promptly switched that by going Grand at a beautiful Oregon State Grade show. After getting an entire fan club, we hope to get Ecstasy back on the show string for some champion challenge classes next year–can’t let her fans down after all!
2020 was, well, 2020. Ecstasy delivered a beautiful set of quads, but then proceeded to fight through our first ever severe case of ketosis. Vets and veteran goat breeders alike are amazed she survived at all, although her front legs are permanently damaged and she will never be bred again, her resilience is thanks to David’s engineering ingenuity, Ardis’ indefatigable care taking, and Ecstasy’s incredible, eager elf-eared look on life. If you are the world’s most loving home looking for an oversized, over-eager, disabled pasture ornament, let us know–we won’t part with her to just anyone, but there is likely a less crowded barn that would serve her well.
