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Welcome to our website - it is now fairly updated for the 2012 kidding season! Although we are most known for our Sables, we also have a few Saanens, Alpines, and some grades of each type. Most of our older animals are American, with our younger Sables having a higher incidence of being purebred. We have had several National Champions (back when the Sables were shown as Recorded Grades), several Reserve National Champions, Best Udders, Reserve Best Udders (one in the Saanen breed, even!), and have been both Premier Breeder of Show and 2xRunner-Up Breeder of Show (2007 and 2000 & 2011, respectively) all at the national level. Our doe, SGCH Klisse's GSMS Triumph of Hope 3*M was 4x National Champion and made several Top Ten lactations, with a mind-blowing 50 Best In Show wins to her name! Although she has passed on, she has made a great contribution to both the Sable and LaMancha breeds - all of the Sables with the suffix "of Hope" are her offspring in some manner.
We were saddened by the loss of many animals, mostly bucks this year- this is in loving memory to GCH Happy, GCH Strawberry, GCH Liberty, GCH Carlene, SGCH Silvan, SGCH Cream, GCH Susanna, CH Ivey, SG Who's Your Daddy, Goumi, Night Night, John, and Omen.
We do practice CAE prevention with heat-treated colostrum, and are CL free. The kids are all pulled from the does at birth and raised on pasteurized milk, free choice. The does are fed a high quality alfalfa (feed value 180+) and a rolled barley/sweet grain mix. We feed a Sweetlix mineral that is formulated for supplementing with legume hay. We give Bo-Se shots twice a year and copper boluses annually, along with twice yearly Covexin 8 and J-Vac vaccinations. We do annual sessions of linear appraisal and have been on milk test/DHIR for almost 18 years now, with many Top Ten lactations, and most of the mature does and bucks LA 89+. We only finished one doe and one buck so far this year and have legs on many more - the doe who finished was SGCH Carillon, and the buck was CH Silverberry.
Although we are regular exhibitors at the annual ADGA Nationals, we were blessed to be able to go to the '07 ADGA National Show, where Sables were shown for the first time as their own breed. While we did not own the new National Champion, SGCH Klisse's DRS Cocoa Puff 9*M (proudly owned by Bob and Elsie Hausman of Deer Park, WA), we bred her and currently have her littermate sister still in the herd, along with both maternal and paternal sisters and one maternal brother. We were very excited to be there in Gillette and even though we did not make our numbers, the judges were very impressed by the quality of the does and their udder capacities from all of the herds that were in attendance. We are seeing more Sables than ever- there were over 115 Sables at the National Show this year, and our doe GCH Cupcake (Cocoa's youngest sister) was the Reserve Champion/Reserve Udder and Total Performer for the Sable breed. Middle sister SGCH Oreo was the High Individual Production and Butterfat awards, while GCH Grace won the High Lifetime Milk Production and Butterfat awards. We were pleasantly surprised to also come home with the Runner-Up Premier Breeder of Show, as well! Many thanks to our friends for helping us to show the large number of Sables we took- Anthony Young, Marianne Ingle, Carolyn Ellis, Aubrey Phillips, Karen Smith, Teena Spear, Cameron Jodlowski, Evan Jodlowski, Roger (from fellow competitor Cindy Shelley's entourage), Hannah Larson, Joseph Larson, Abbie Larson, Emily Larson, and (super mom) Vicki Larson! It was a difficult trip, losing several animals while we were away, and almost losing our best two year old, Snickers, after we got there. The does kept milking through the extreme heat (most of 107 degrees w/o the heat index) while we were travelling!
A deposit of $100 is required for each kid, with the balance due before the animal leaves the farm. If you are purchasing animals to be delivered to the national show, the animal needs to be paid for within eight weeks of it's birth to show your intent to purchase. Animals will be delivered free to nationals or to local shows (we already show in IL, IN, NE, OK, TN, TX, and AR - but please ask as we are always adding new shows to our circuit). If your choice of kid is not born, or is not deemed of high enough quality, your deposit will be refunded or can be transferred to another animal of your choice. We will have show quality two and one year old milkers available, as well as some of the dry yearlings (we don't need 18!). Semen is also available on most of the bucks listed and on more that are not listed, so please inquire if you have an interest. The only buck that does not have semen available for sure is Noble-Springs Night Night. Again, semen can be delivered to nationals, local shows, or convention.
We offer a free breeding for each doe purchased at the listed price, live service if within your driving distance, semen if further, or potentially a free leasing if neither of the other two options is feasible. We are currently taking deposits for the 2012 kidding season. Bucks are only kept from the higher quality does, but I rarely keep many extra bucklings on hand very long. Generally, all excess bucklings are banded and sold the following Saturday after they are born, so if you want a buck, sooner is better than later for contact!
Again, thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!
Klisse Foster
6673 N. Meneely St.
Terre Haute, IN 47805
812-877-2633 (this is a cell- I do texts, too!)
