Black Locust Farm Cashmere Goats for Sale 2010

Cashmere Doelings For Sale 2010

Kidding is all done, and this was the year of the wattle (this cute, apparently useless, appendage hanging on each side of the neck)! We are cutting back on the herd, so only 11 kids this year - and 9 had wattles!

NEBBIOLO

managed to sire 2 sets of kids even though he supposedly was in a pen with does from New Hampshire. The fence was not that good, but fortunately he is a blue ribbon buck.

URSULA

our black, long haired, doe had 2 black bucklings.

LILLEMOR

had all black twins, a buckling and a cute little girl.

DUKE

our Grand Champion buck (last year at Rhinebeck) managed to sire 2 sets of kids before leaving for Canada:

NIMNH

had a single, big , black doe with a little star.

ULRIKA

our handsome, brown daughter of Zeus, had a set of twins, both brown with black points, one of them a little girl.

ZEUS

our beloved Grand Champion, was robbed away by a bear (we think) while defending his does at the farm he visited. Before he left, he sired

BONNIE'S

2 bucklings, one brown and one black.

CYP BIBBLES

our silver, elegantly longhaired buck, bred

SUGRECA

our silver, high producing doe, and sired a set of silver twins, one of them a little girl.

Ulrika's doeling was born later and cannot leave before September, but the others would be ready to leave in July. The cost of each one would be $250.

Black Locust Farm Cashmere Bucks For Sale or Lease 2010

We are proud to announce that at the 2009 ECA live competition at the New York Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck (judge: Peter Goth) our BLF Duke was champion buck and our WWF Rue (bred by Ann Taylor in Massachusetts) was reserve champion. They have, however, been sold -- Duke to Roving Winds Farm in Canada (Becky Bemus) and Rue next door to Wendy Pieh and Peter Goth at Springtide Cashmere in Bremen ME. We still have quite a few bucks left.

Most were born at the farm, herd code BLF. All have very good to excellent fiber.

For yarn, please see Dancing Goat.

1 1/2 year olds

CYP Bibbles

Silver with long guard hair. Very friendly. Sire BLF Hot Fudge, Dam BLF Petunia.

STC Jacoby

Brown, long guardhair. Sire Liberty Jerry, Dam STC Moratoa.

Nebbiolo

Black, Sire STC Zeus, Dam BLF Beatrice.

2 1/2 year olds

TFC Cairn

Black with a striking silver stripe along his back. Semi-long guard hair. Sire BPC Houston, Dam BPC Minuet.

Castaño

Brown. Sire STC Zeus, Dam BLF Carmela.

BSF Homer

Silver grey. Sire BLF Pollux (best fleece in show ECA 1998), dam BLF Verisimo. Reserve Champion ECA 2008 live show, Judge: Terry Sim.

3 year old

Hjalmar

All black. Sire BLF Hjort. Dam BLF Lieselotte. (Hjort won best fleece in show in the 2007 Richmond VA competition in a field of 102 entries. In 2004 he was champion buck at the Rhinebeck NY ECA show.)

4 year olds

KTD Chris

Black, semi-long guardhair. Blue ribbon combed fleece ECA 2008 and 2009. Very high producer of cashmere. Sire BLF Hjort (see Hjalmar), Dam BLF Musette.

Hippolytus

Silver with long guard hair. Beautiful! Sire STC Will, Dam BLF Hippolyta.

5 year olds

Leif

Black, fairly long guardhair. Very nice temper. Sire BPC Hermes (blue ribbons). Dam BLF Lieselotte.

Prince Edward

Black with brown fringes and blue eyes. Sire BLF Lars (see description below). Dam BLF Esclarmonde.

Not for sale or lease but could possibly breed at the farm

Monarch

7 yrs. old. Brown, fairly long guardhair. Sire RDT Rayvon. Dam BLF Penthesilia. "Regal," according to Terry Sim.

STC Zeus

5 yrs. old., brown. Champion ECA live show 2005, New York.

Lars

8 yrs. old. All Black, Best Fleece in Show ECA 2003 Virginia, Reserve Champion 2005 ECA, New York. Sire BLF Hedrick (Best Fleece in Show ECA 2001, Virginia). Dam BLF Liljeblom.

Yvonne & Lance Taylor
P.O. Box 378
Washington, Me 04574
+1 207 845-2722
yvonne@blacklocust.com