Diji Farm Cacao Nib 7*M (pending) VEEV 88
ADGA Pedigree
- Sire: Diji Farm CRB Austin Healey *B
- SS: Castle Rock Bugatti *B VEE 90
- SD: Diji Farm BL Constellation 2*M VEEE 90
- Dam: Sans Gene EP Skeeter 6*M VEVV 87
- DS: Castle Rock Elika +*B
- DD: Sans Gene V Pearline VGEG 84 5*M
We got the chance to bring in a lovely doeling from Diji Farm in 2022 and young Nib matured beautifully. She has the most lovely milk stand manners of the whole herd. When our daughter Laila was five years old she learned to milk with wonderful, patient Nib.
Nib's 2024-2025 first lactation was explosive from the start. She peaked at 5 lbs per day (well over half a gallon), and proceeded to marathon it out. Over a *twenty-month* extended lactation, she milked an epic 1600 lbs! Her 305-day total was 1000 lbs. (Okay, it was technically 998, but come on. 😁)
Diji breeds for great conformation, and Nib's line has excellent mammary systems. Lucky for us, Nib inherited a lovely, capacious udder! Her teats are a bit further to the fore than my hands would ideally prefer, but that's being picky. She has great udder texture and hand milks so easily that everybody wants to be on Nib milking assignment.
She's also angular and dairy, qualities we've needed to improve on in our herd. Her grand-sires are both *B Castle Rock hotshots, widening our range of top-notch Castle Rock lines.
Nib appraised VEEV 88 as a four year-old second freshener in 2026 and the appraiser had great things to say about her spring of rib and dairyness.
We retained Nib's lovely daughters Gianaclis and Valençay to the herd and expect great things from them as well. We couldn't be more proud of our darling Nib!
Below: Nib's gorgeous dam Skeeter. Photo courtesy of Diji Farm
