Meet Our Kids

Each year, the students pick the best 6 or 7 female kids of a kid crop of 20-30 kids to raise as replacement does. Kids are chosen on a basis of best Average Daily Gain, conformation, teat structure, pigmentation, and pedigree.

Our herd has been part of the USDA Scrapie Eradication Program since 1997. We proud to state that our herd is CL and CAE free.

We’d like to introduce you to our kids:

Kids:

Brandy

UMass Brandy 510

Percentage: 97%
Sire: Ferdinand
Dam: UMass Bailey

Brandy was born in February 2015 and will be bred in the fall of 2016.  She is a very unique paint kid with brown “slippers” on her feet.

 

 

 

 

 

Dahlia

UMass Dahlia 515

Percentage: 87.5%
Sire: Dark Mark
Dam: UMass Tigerlily

Dahlia was born in February 2015 and will be bred in the fall of 2016.  She is one of our successful AI kids and is UMass’s first black kid!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THistle

UMass Thistle 516

Percentage: 87.5%
Sire: Dark Mark
Dam: UMass Tigerlily

Thistle was born in February 2015 and will be bred in the fall of 2016.  She is also one of our successful AI kids and has a black spot on her back leg. She is full sisters with Dahlia.

 

 

 

 

 

Nymeria

UMass Nymeria  518

Percentage: 87.5%
Sire: Clipper
Dam: UMass Celia

Nymeria was born in February 2015 and will be bred fall of 2016.  Despite being born a triplet she has grown very nicely and is one of our meatiest kids.

 

 

 

Stella

UMass Stella 522

Percentage: 98.5%
Sire: Ferdinand
Dam: UMass Aurora

Stella was born in February 2015 and will be bred in the fall of 2016.  She is our meatiest kid and has one of our highest average daily gains.

 

 

 

Amalthea

UMass Amalthea 524

Percentage: 97%
Sire: Ferdinand
Dam: UMass Dorothy

Thea was born in February 2015 and will be bred in the fall of 2016.  She has a very unique brown spot in the shape of a heart on her back.

 

 

 

 

Cicada

UMass Cicada 528

Percentage: 97%
Sire: Clipper
Dam: UMass Tigerlily

Cicada was born in March of 2015 and will be bred in the fall of 2016.  She is our youngest kid but she is very meaty and long for her age.