lamancha does

Emerald City Nightshade

(Stevie Ray X Sil)

1x Res CH

2nd place/1st udder MN State Fair

12th place Junior Kid 2025 ADGA nationals

Nightshade was one of quads we got AI from Marran Danae Stevie Ray on Sil. This girl is CH top and bottom. She is turning into a very powerful doe and I'm really excited to see what that udder looks like off that buck. We're using her brother Dauntless a ton this year, so she'll be an auntie plus a momma in 2025.

She is bred to Lyra's boy Allegro, again a lot of color coming here I bet, and a silky front end with hopefully that socked on fore that is on both mom and grandma.

So, girlfriend had buck/doe twins and came in with a great udder plus super high production. It's been fun seeing those Marran genetics on our does. On top of that, she got 1st udder in the yearling class at state fair, and surprised me with a reserve Champion at the Bluff Country show. I think this girl has a pretty good future!

She'll be AIed somewhere, might stick with Kastdemur's Shameless Sin. If she's anything like her mom in that area, should be an easy one.

Emerald City Sierra

(Lee and Molly)

1X GCH

8th place March kid 2025 ADGA nationals

Oh I just love me a snappy sundgau, and Sierra sure fits the bill. She is a handful like her mother Molly, but she does grab attention. At nationals she stood in 10th and scratched her way up to 8th before the ring was done. Little fighter.

She's staying dry and dominating the pen she's in, true to her mom. As you can tell, I have a soft spot for this one. It's hard not to, Molly threw 5 daughters with such elegant front ends, they are just a lot of fun to lead around the ring. Real nice consistency on that trait in this line and it sends them to the top quite often.

Sierra was sort of for sale, but then others went out the door so she's staying. In the meantime she got GCH at the Chippewa show and has been maintaining good performance at fair shows. She'll kid in 2026 and we'll see what's under the hood.

Emerald City Mesabi

(Eclipse X Gambit)

11th place Junior kid 2025 ADGA Nationals

Bittersweet, but such a comfort to get this last doe out of Gambit before she succumbed to cancer. This girl is Gambit II and I feel so lucky to have gotten a sweet natured, strong daughter as Gambit's final gift.

I cannot believe how tall this girl is getting. She is getting that from her sire Eclipse, who is a Luna son but also sired by our New Caspian long gone but the magic of AI. This doe is very exciting to me and will freshen in May.

Mesabi kidded with a single buck kid. We're evaluating her for breeding for 2026.

Emerald City Lu Too

(Lee X Rhaenys)

The product of a couple of generations of AI, her sire is a Vicco son and her dam is a Tempo Evan daughter. We did sell her mom along with her sister, but retained this one as our keeper.

She is named for her grandmother, with my hope that she reincarnated. Luminous became quite weak carrying quads year before last and we lost her the  next day. It was heartbreaking how hard she worked to carry that large litter and it haunts me that I just watched the light go out of her eyes when the vet was here trying to save her. We never really figured it out, ketosis, milk fever, etc. I can tell you, she was a producer who milked her heart out and gave me so much in her short life.

Lu Too has a mohawk cowlick on the back of her head which I find quite endearing. Beyond that, she has her mother's lovely front end and her sire's big scoopy back end, so I got what I wanted on this cross.

Poor Lu Too, I don't think we have yet gotten a good photo of her set up, which is really unusual. She turtled a little at the first show, so sat out again - was a sub last minute for the last show of the year... and got a reserve champion there! So she redeemed herself. She'll be fresh in 2026 and considering the sky high rear udders we see off Evan and the fore extension we're seeing on Lee daughters, she could very well be high on the leaderboard :)

Emerald City Misery

(Lee X Gamora)

1x GCH and Best in Show

When Gamora was PG with this group and utterly miserable - I don't think she even slept for a week, there was no relief to be had for what turned out to be sextuplets - I promised her I would name a doe kid Misery.

First one out that night was my little doe kid, coming tiny little tail first, just riding a wave of contractions. I don't think Gamora even pushed for that birth, it was like they were riding the waves out. Six perfect little babies, all healthy and vigorous. It's something I will never forget.

She joins maternal sister Sill as Gamora's progeny here. Though they were all normal sized, I think being a sextuplet gives you the right to be a dry yearling. She showed reasonably well garnering at least one first place that I recall. Otherwise very respectable. She may take a spin as a dry yearling, she is a fancy kid.

Misery did pretty well in large dry yearling classes in 2025, topping off the year with getting her dry leg and then all the way to Best in Show at the Bluff Country show. Not too shabby for a little sextuplet!

Emerald City Watch My Six

(Lee X Gamora)

1x GCH

To continue the sextuplet story started on Misery's description, there were 4 brothers between these two doe kids. We got to quints and I could hardly believe it, then I fished in because why not - and felt hocks. Out came this sputtering little adorable demon who had been impatiently waiting her turn.

Six is an extraordinary kid to my eyes. Her escutcheon is very eye catching. She didn't see the ring until the end of the season, and similar to her sister, got one first place that I recall at one of the multi ring shows. These girls are not completely similar, but I do have trouble telling them apart with their identical solid black color. The whole litter was that way with the exception of one sundgau brother.

In any case, same story as Misery. She's earned a dry year and may see the ring next year. She's always the one jumping on my back in the pen, too.

In 2025 Six got her dry leg and retired in wait for her upcoming freshening. It will be fun to see these last 2 Gamora daughters fully mature.

Fanciful HB Queen Anne's Lace

(Heartbreaker x Barbara Ann)

2x Res CH

My mother maintains a micro Nubian herd here. This is Lacey, who is starting out the year with pretty solid placings including Res CH in both rings at Best of the Midwest show. 

Lacey gave us a real nice single buck kid sired by Lakeshore ACE Constellare (son of 2015 national Res CH and Best udder Bellissima) in 2022, For 2023 she is bred to Blissberry PA Have Mercy, due in May - update, 2 doe kids, retained; 1 buck kid, working in another herd. 

For 2024, Lacey is bred AI to DKGH CANDYMAN ROCKIN' EVEREST, all reservations for 2024 are full. We'll repeat this in 2025 universe willing, as well as using this buck on her 2 2023 daughters by Blissberry PA Have Mercy. UPDATE--We got our princess! We knew it was a single by ultrasound and so happy we got a doe kid! 2024 buck reservation was moved to 2025, as we'll keep repeating this AI.

In 2025 on that repeat AI she produced triplet does! Holy wow, that was cool. We actually were able to sell one since having 4 would be excessive. Little baby mini Princess went on to getting her dry leg at just 8 weeks old and then GCH at the Minnesota State Fair.

2026 breeding will be something else, currently waiting on AI results from Wingwood Farm Lovin' Astaire. If that doesn't work, will probably more to My Enchanted Acres Led Zeppelin.

Fanciful Princess Eclipse

(DKGH Candyman Rockin Everest X Lacey)

1x Res CH

2x GCH

4th Place Junior Kid 2024 ADGA Nationals

1st place 2024 Minnesota State Fair

Here's the little girl I've been waiting 5 years for. When Lacey takes driveway breed, it's triplets. When AI twice now, it's a single. This was my year the single was finally a doe. I called her Princess because she just was.

She was a later junior kid, so wasn't shown the whole season - in fact I think she made her debut at nationals in July where she went 4th place. She was competitive at the state fairs we attend where the classes are large, getting a 1st and 2nd place, and scratched out a reserve in one ring at the Caledonia show where there were 49 Nubian kids, so quite the group.

She's dry. And bubble wrapped. And has sisters on the way hopefully. Lacey isn't getting any younger, but she took on the same AI for 2025. Yay Mom!

Princess got 3 sisters in 2025!

She will be AIed to Wingwood Farm Lovin' Astaire for 2026 kids. We have 3 buck reservations on the Nubians overall, 1 specified on Princess.

Fanciful Princess Di

(DKGH Candyman Rockin Everest X Lacey)

2x GCH 

One of my best memories is watching Lacey kid in 2025, this little girl coming out first and she seemed to be a stamped duplicate of her big sister. She was followed unbelievably by 2 more sisters to make triplet does!

This one was the standout in the show ring, at least so far. She made her first dry leg youngest I've ever seen at 8 weeks old. There are always around 50 Nubian kids in these divisions, so it was no small feat.

She hung out the rest of the season and didn't go back out until fair shows, taking a back seat to her big sis Princess at the Olmsted County Fair. However, she came in strong at the Minnesota State Fair going Grand Champion there and finally beating big sis.

I did consider breeding her but we'll probably hold her out and bring her back out for fair shows and specialties next year. After that, we'll see which buck we put her on. The Nubians are all AI or nothing, so sky's the limit on this one and we'll maybe be doing some shopping.

Fanciful Champagne Princess

(DKGH Candyman Rockin Everest X Lacey)

When this one came out, I sure thought we had ourselves a buck kid but she completed the set of triplet does. Super light blonde which hearkens back to her grandsire MEA Heartbreakr. 

She is a real special baby who has stayed home a lot due to have big sisters out on the show string. We'll be bringing her out as a dry yearling at club shows so we'll see if she can get a rosette before freshening :)