Ozark Jewels Dairy & Boer Goats

Blossom pictured here at 17 years old with her last calf, a heifer named Jasmine, just a few hours old.

Blossom is the herd queen at 17 years old.  She had one of her rare hiefer calves for us in 2005.  

2006 Update:  Blossom had a beautiful Jersey bull calf the end of June, 2006.  Blossom is still going strong and raising her calf. 

2007 Update: Blossom gave us a beautiful heifer calf on December 24th, 2007.  Blossom is now officially retired and will not be bred again.

2008 Update: Blossom finally had to be put down in late fall, 2008.  She was a great old cow and will be missed. 

Jasmine at one month of age discovering the Pyrenees pups.

Bobbie.  Freshened for her first time in October 2006 with a beautiful little heifer calf out of Stewart Little. 

2007 Update: Bobbie freshened in Fall, 2007 with another heifer calf out of Hercules.

2008 Update: Bobbie had a bull calf out of Hercules.

April, Blossom's 2005 daughter.   

Freshened to Hercules spring 2007 with a bull calf.

2008 Update: Freshened in January with another bull calf.

2009 Update:Freshened in February with another bull calf.

Lea, a Hercules daughter out of Bobbie.  Pictured 8 months bred as a heifer. 

2009 Update: Had a beautiful heifer out of Waldo, a Jersey bull not yet pictured.

 

 

Hercules, our present herd sire.  Hercules was carefully selected for what our cows need, and I look forward to seeing what he can do for our herd.   First calves were born in spring 2007.  Very nice so far!

Cows grazing after morning milking.