When I went on the search for a new buck to mix into my herd, I had a very specific goal in mind. I was looking to increase milk production, increase teat length, but also maintain udder softness and overall hardiness. As a hand milker, teat length and udder softness has become very important to me and as a small farm homesteader, hardiness and milk production is valuable. And high butterfat makes milk taste better and allows for higher yields in cheese making and soap production.
Enter Bo.
His dam is Better Wayz Chakra. A Better Wayz Farm and Kathy Beck-Mullins has worked long and hard to build a nationally ranked, award-winning herd of Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats. Her goats are frequently (if not always) on the Top Ten lists for Production, Butterfat, and Protein. Her sire is Amethyst Acres Zebulon +*B, who is son of Amethyst Acres Z Zip Me Up (ELITE 99th Percentile, 2000+lb milker). Zip Me Up's dam is none other than SG Sugar Moon V Zuzanna, who is the ALL TIME Nigerian Dwarf Milk Production Record Holder at 2190lbs!!!! If that isn't enough, Zebulon's sire's dam is SG Sugar Moon RB Gianna 2*M (ELITE 99th Percentile) has the highest living Predicted Transmitting Ability (2018) Fat % (PTA Fat % +0.27) and has been on the Top Ten Lists and Elite Lists several times.
His sire is Better Wayz I'll Have Another *B and is out of SG Better Wayz Isabelle 3*M EEEE92 ELITE, who has been on the Elite List 4 times and the Top Ten for Butterfat List 4 times, being 1st Place in 2021! His sire is Better Wayz Braveheart Carabear *B, who is out of SG Better Wayz Carabear 2*M EEEE92 ELITE and SG Old Mountain Farm Elton Jay ++*B ELITE. He is full brother to SG Better Wayz SwissMiss Carabear 3*M VEEE92 (Elite & 2021 Top Ten), SG Better Wayz Harmony Carabear 3*M EEEE92 (Elite & Top Ten BF) and SG Better Wayz Funshine Carabear VEEE91 (Elite & Top Ten BF).
So to say I'm excited about this buck would be a massive understatement. Along with his packed genetics of superior milking ability and butterfat, he is wide with well placed and straight back legs, well placed front legs, a beautiful front end assembly, and he is so naturally uphill and angular. I can not WAIT to see the daughter's he throws next year.
