Located near Lebanon Missouri
Phone: (417) 453-6210
| Welcome to Forrest-Pride Dairy Goats Breeding for the "true" LaMancha Dairy goat.... A breed apart. Unique and wonderful. |
A DECADE OF WINNING HOME BRED CHAMPIONS!
This picture represents 15 of our ADGA Permanent LaMancha Champions on record. Each one carries the Forrest Pride herd name and is a product of our breeding program. Many of these animals carry the designation of Superior Genetic Champion (SGCH), meaning they have placed in the top 15% Production/Type Index (PTI) ranking for their breed.
The oldest, in the top left corner, was born 1998, she is CH Forrest Pride Venus' Milky Way, a grand daughter of our very first grade LaMancha doe and the dam of our Multiple Best Doe in Show winner:
SGCH Forrest Pride Milky's Legacy LA 92 EEEE, pictured center, bottom row.
Ten years of a very successful breeding program!!
I look forward to ten plus more...
Our foundation of juniors is the strongest it has ever been!!
2008 1st place Dairy Herd Ozark Empire Fair.
Yearling milker "Diva" 2 yr old, "Silver", 2 yr old, "Carmel" and 5 yr milker "Classic Dance"
1st place Dairy herd '05 Missouri State fair. Four home bred Permanent Champions
"Finale" "Oreo" "Classic" "Legacy"
Forrest Pride LaManchas has been the premier LaMancha Dairy goat exhibitor at
Missouri State fair, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007!!!!
(Not in attendence 2008)
2009 kids are here!.
This page will be updated as kids are born. 2009 kiddings have just started!
(Check out the kid picture page!!)
Check the Goats FOR SALE Page
Check out pictures of the new barn! Pictures taken on moving day... 8/7/2008!
Click here to view!
To view some milk room pictures, of our just fresh 2008 milking herd:
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who passed away. I have put together a page of some of his best milking offspring.
Click here to view progeny of +B Royal Ransom Expert Oreo Twist
The Forrest-Pride dairy goat herd is located on our 120 acre farm in the beautiful hills and forest of the Missouri Ozarks. The herd consists of about 15 to 20 quality does and bucks, bred for consistency in health, temperament, milk production and show. Health is #1!
We are breeding for dairy goats who excell in longevity and milk production, animals which are a joy to handle every day in the milk room and out in the pasture, does who kid easy and have high resistance to parasites. We select for a mild temperament, easy to hand milk does with good tasting milk. While this is a show herd, the primary desire for raising these animals is for the products they produce and being able to reproduce and improve the genetics of these animals which will fit well into family farms, for children and families to enjoy a well bred, healthy animal and have fresh raw milk for consuming, making cheese, ice cream etc.
We test annually for CAE and have posted our results for the past 8 years on this site. Click here to view our 2008 CAE neg results on the entire herd. UPDATE 2009 test was also Neg for both CAE and CL. Will be posted soon.
All goat kids kept or sold for breeding and show purposes are bottle raised on pasturized goats milk and heat-treated goat colostrum. All goat kids are vaccinated on a regular schedule with Calvary 9 CDT vaccine and put on a coccidia prevention program, using Decox M starting at 3 weeks of age.
As we head into our 15th year raising dairy goats, we had another successful, fun year,
The girls showed and milked well, and we attended several shows, including the ADGA National show, where most of the does we took made the cut.
Since most of my older milking does are finished, I am waiting on these young gals to keep the herd competitive over the next few years... Watching them in the field this fall at home as they mature has been very exciting, this is by far the best group young stock I have ever kept back...
I currently have already taken several deposits, so would encourage anyone interested in getting a kid for this year, to put a deposit down and get your place on the waiting list!
On every doe's page that was on test and appraised you will see a DHIR record as well as Linear score at the description. The DHIR Record will look something like this:
2-00 228 1977 3.9 78 3.3 65 (in prog), this translates to 2 years at freshening, milked for 228 days, made 1977 lbs of milk, with a 3.9% of Butterfat yield (78 lbs) and 3.3% Protein yield (65 lbs) "in prog" means that this lactation in still in progress. The Linear score will look like this: LA 3-03 FS 90 VEEE, which translates to being appraised at 3 years and 3 months of age, with a final score of 90 out of a possible 100 and a break down of a "V" (85-89 points) for General Appearance and an "E" (90 and above) for the categories in the order of Dairy Character - Body and Mammary.
DHIR testing and Linear Appraisal have both been wonderful learning experiences, and we hope to continue with them in the years to come.
Please take note the links at the bottom of each animals description that connects that animal to other closely related animals. This is provided as a quick reference to each family tree.
We will be freshening about 16 LaManchas this year, many fine kids will be for sale as we must keep our herd numbers to a manageable size.
Terms of sale:
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I hope you enjoy the site and the type of dairy goats we are striving to produce, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Andrea Forrest      
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