Bird's Eye Farm Gilia Tricolor GGGA 80 (@ < 2 yo)
ADGA Pedigree
Gilia is very Bird's Eye Farm. That's why we named her after the same tri-colored wildflower our farm is named for. (Well, that and her tri-colored chamoisée coat.) She represents the fourth generation of our herd, bred from the best doe of each generation that came before.
Her grand-dam and great granddam were our original power milkers, and her dam Elena brings grace and angularity as well. Gilia is feminine and petite. She’s not showing grandma Ina’s power yet, but capacity is destiny in this line!
Gilia's paternal granddam Diji Farm BL Meriweather 3*M +EEE89 brings to this wonderful mammary mix a strong medial and large teats, two things I want to improve on.
How this delicate doe managed to churn out triplets as a yearling first freshener I have no idea! But she fed them just fine from that modest little udder, so long as her tiny doeling got some extra mom time—apart from her greedy brothers.
The appraiser was (unsurprisingly) not wowed by the dainty udder, but that’s okay. She’s so young yet! He had very nice things to say about this promising young doe’s medial, back and rear legs, and deemed her overall more structurally correct than her mom Elena. And the buttery soft udder on this girl makes you want to milk by hand every time. Plus she was putting up 3 lb per day numbers early in her lactation. For a yearling FF? Fabulous. If you’re putting it in the pail that’s what really matters, girl.
May you have many long lactations, sweet Gilia!
