Fairlea Farm Goat Reference 3: Bucks

These are animals my current goats are descended from, or were bred to, but they are deceased or I no longer own them (and in the case of some of the bucks, just used them for stud service). Click the link or scroll down for pictures and information on each buck. The earliest pictures were taken in the days before I knew how to properly groom and pose the goats for show purposes, so the pictures don't show as much about their conformation as I would like, but they at least give an idea of what they looked like.

Bucks I Owned and Loved:
MCH Stonewall's Diggory Venn E - 2005 AGS National Champion Buck
Rosasharn's Julius E +*S ++B
MCH Fairlea Gabriel Oak E
Fairlea Jean Valjean
Flat Rocks Night Raven +B
Fairlea Butterscotch *S *B
Fairlea Siegfried +B
Fairlea Hamlet +*B +*S E
Dragonfly RY Apache Tears
Fairlea Prince Rainier *S +*B
Dragonfly RY Stonewall Jackson +S +B
Fairlea Edmond Dantes *S +*B
Fairlea Frederic Chopin +*B
Fairlea Apollo

Bucks Used at Stud: Links to pictures and information at other websites
Brush Creek Shiloh *S. A major contributor to the breed and the sire of my first kids. There must be a picture of him somewhere but I haven't found it yet.
ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb ++B ++*S E One of the preeminent sires of the breed and of my herd.
ARMCH Rosasharn's Tiger L ++B ++*S E Another preeminent sire; Marguerite's sire.
Stonewall's Apocalypse Now ++*S
Piddlin Acres SC Maestro
Flat Rocks Funny Cide
ARMCH Twin Creeks BW Giacomo Puccini +*S E
Prommised Land Incredible Hunk *S
Flat Rocks Diamond Rio E
Caesar's Villa BB Rebel Yell
MCH/CH Dawnland Tabby's Halifax E
Information and pictures of many of these bucks are available on Dragonfly Farm's buck pages or the Dragonfly reference pages.

Bucks born here but later sold:
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Fairlea Arsene Lupin *S *B
Fairlea Fletcher Christian
Fairlea Christopher Robin
Fairlea Jean-Louis
Fairlea Cyrano de Bergerac *B
Fairlea Rembrandt
Fairlea Hector

MCH Stonewall's Diggory Venn E   2005 AGS NATIONAL CHAMPION BUCK   4/2/1996 - 6/2/2010 (Stonewall's Longstreet x Goodwood Tinkerbelle) Diggory's page    Pedigree We lost our wonderful foundation buck in 2010, and he will be greatly missed. But his last two years were what every buck would want for a retirement - his own place in the warm barn by night, and by day, complete freedom to wander about whereever he wished, watch the activities, ogle the girls, munch the grass, and lie in the sun. Diggory was an excellent producer here at Fairlea and the only buck ever to defeat his grandsire/uncle ARMCH Goodwood Tom Thumb in the Champion Challenge class. (I think Tom actually had a tad more length of neck and body, Diggory maybe a little more width and depth in proportion to his slightly smaller size - otherwise they were remarkably similar.) His doe offspring frequently won the "Get of Sire" classes at shows. He was also a very good-natured, easy-going, friendly guy who was a child's pet before I got him from Judy Veale of Stonewall Farm. He was classified Excellent at the age of eight with a score of 91.9. At the age of nine, Diggory won AGS National Champion Buck at the 2005 AGS National show in Springfield, MA. He was also lined up first of the challengers in the Champion Challenge class at the ANDDA National Specialty show earlier the same day, and the judge's comments were very complimentary, although he lost that challenge to the Grand Champion buck. Congratulations to his breeder Judy Veale, and many thanks to her for offering him to me so many years ago! More information and pictures also on Dragonfly Farm's reference page.

Rosasharn's Julius +*S ++B 2/26/99 - 12/30/11   MCH OTR Magic's M Heracles x ARMCH Stonewall's Little Luli *D Julius's page    Pedigree   Our sweet, gregarious little Julius died quite suddenly at just two months short of 13 years old. He had been slowing down the past couple of years, a little stiff, a little thin, but otherwise doing pretty well for his age. Like all our beloved pensioners, he was allowed to wander loose on the farm in summer, graze or ogle the girls or lie in the sun, and when it got cold this fall he had a special comfy stall with the baby bucks. He sired right up to the end, producing a set of quads and a set of triplets in spring, 2011. In his lifetime, this plain chocolate little guy reproduced his amazingly capacious body, loose skin, loads of dairy character, and, most importantly, outstanding udders with very large teats (see his daughters Fleur and Lindt on the doe page). The photo was taken in fall, 2011, at the ripe old age of 12. Show: He has two Grand Champion legs and one reserve.

Flat Rocks Night Raven +B   3/2/07 - 9/6/12   Flat Rocks Gem x Flat Rocks Raven Raven's page   Pedigree   POLLED, dark buckskin and white (carrying black). Raven died very suddenly. We were only just beginning to really appreciate the dairiness, elegance, beautiful general appearance, and outstanding mammaries Raven was producing. He originally came from Sunni Milligan of Flat Rocks Farm - thank you, Sunni! We miss you, Raven!

Fairlea Siegfried +B   2/16/07 - 2/15/15   Flat Rocks Diamond Rio x ARMCH Fairlea Heidi *D E, *M Siegfried's page    Pedigree   POLLED, gold and white (carrying black/chocolate), a triplet. We lost him much too young during a blizzard - this winter has been the worst ever! His pictures show how solid, strong, and beautiful he was, and you can actually see his wonderful personality in his face. I used to say that he was like his namesake, "very young, and very handsome, and very brave, and..." but there the resemblance ends. (Get thee behind me, Anna Russell!) Anything but stupid; he was probably the most personable of all my bucks - good humored, calm, friendly, jolly, always sure of his welcome, and just plain irresistible. In short, he was remarkably like Diggory, with whom he shared a lot of ancestors. Show: He won Junior Champion three times (but no legs).

MCH Fairlea Gabriel Oak E (MCH Goodwood Tom Thumb X Southview Farms Rakel) Born 2001, photo in 2003. My first homebred buck and the son of my first, beloved doe Rachael. Gabriel finished his permanent master championship quickly at the age of three, at the first three shows I took him to in the summer of 2004. He got a lot of compliments on his dairy character, topline, good feet and legs, and powerful build. He is classified Excellent with a score of 90.1. He is now living at Hickory Grove Farm with Lisa Olinger.
		Photo by Joanne Karohl

Fairlea Jean Valjean (PromisedLand Incredible Hunk *S X ARMCH Fairlea Fleur) 4/27/07 - 12/10/09 Dark buckskin and white, a quadruplet. Sweet, friendly, easy to handle, striking appearance, beautiful legs and feet, overall a lovely boy. Sadly, he died suddenly in December, 2009, and we don't know why -- the autopsy revealed nothing.
		Photo by Joanne Karohl

Fairlea Hamlet +*B +*S E   4/2/2005 - 3/2/2016   ARMCH Twin Creeks BW Giaccomo Puccini +*S E, *B x ARMCH Fairlea Heidi *D E, *M   Hamlet's page Chocolate with frosted ears and nose and white spot on stomach. Sadly, we lost Hamlet in March, 2016. He was a sweet, mellow guy, like all of Heidi's buck offspring. Hamlet produced very well with Carlene Wheeler (God's Love Farm) and Ashley Turcotte (Phoenix Rising Farm) - at least one CH/*M daughter (God's Love Farm Cloudy) and I think others as well. Then he came home, where he produced offspring with consistently solid, excellent bodies and beautiful, productive mammaries. He looks a bit odd in the picture because his previous owner shaved off his beard, but it grew out - I need to post another picture. In the fall of 2015 when it became evident that he wasn't handling the onset of cold weather well, we brought him into the barn for the winter, where he seemed to be doing better until he suddenly died in early spring. He got his + award posthumously through his daughter Fairlea Francesca. AGS Classification: 90, E ADGA LA: VEE 89

Dragonfly RY Apache Tears 5/10/09 - 11/11/17   ON LEASE   Caesar's Villa BB Rebel Yell *S X ARMCH Flat Rocks Here for the Party *D E   Plain Black. Sadly, we lost Apache on 11/11/17. He got the worst in a fight in the buckpen and slowly lost his ability to move, so we laid him to rest before the approaching winter could make his life even more difficult. Thank you, Joanne Karohl, for loaning us this elegant and very sweet boy. He has been siring beautiful bodies and legs and has at least two Junior Best in Show daughters. His beautiful first-freshener daughter Minerva is very promising. Further information and pictures at Dragonfly Farm's website.

Fairlea Arsene Lupin (MCH Twin Creek's WB Fire Storm X MCH Fairlea Fleur) Black and white with some frosting, born Arpil 9, 2006. Arsene was sold to Laura Whitlock of Dawnland Farm but later moved to Periwinkle Farm in New Hampshire.

Fairlea Fletcher Christian (Flat Rocks Diamond Rio X MCH Fairlea Gretchen) Gold and white, born April 10, 2006. Fletcher now lives with Mandi Babcock in Greenfield, MA.

Fairlea Christopher Robin (Flat Rocks Diamond Rio X MCH Fairlea Gretchen) Gold and white, polled, born April 10, 2006. Robin has moved to Karen Cochran's in Warren, ME.

Fairlea Butterscotch (Rosasharn's Julius X ARMCH Fairlea Heidi) Born 2003, gold chamoise - gold with a chocolate beard, a stripe along his back, and white flank spots like his mother Heidi. I sold Butterscotch as a kid, but he came back and was at stud here for a while. He now lives with Fonnie Thoman at Riverview Farm in Crown City, Ohio.
		Photo by Joanne Karohl

Fairlea Jean-Louis (Caesar's Villa Rebel Yell X ARMCH Fairlea Fleur) Born 4/7/09, black-and-white, a triplet. He is now living at Oldesouth Farm with Terry Babb. For more pictures go here.

Fairlea Cyrano de Bergerac *S *B   Rosasharn's TL'Ugene *S X ARMCH Fairlea Fleur 3*D E, 3*M   Cyrano's page    Pedigree   Born 4/2/08. Pale gold and white with wattles (homozygous gold), a twin. Interestingly, his color faded quickly from gold as a kid to essentially white by the time he was only a few months old. The picture was taken in September 2012 at four years.

Fairlea Rembrandt *S   (Fairlea Prince Rainier *S X Fairlea Lindt 2*D E, 2*M)   Rembrandt's page   Pedigree   Born 5/29/11. Black and white, a quad. The picture is summer, 2012, as a yearling.

Fairlea Hector   4/9/12 - 10/3/14   Fairlea Hector *B *S X ARMCH Fairlea Troy *D E, *M   Hector's page   Gold and white, a twin. Sadly, we lost Hector shortly after he came back here. Autopsy showed poisoning, although there was nothing he could have gotten into unless something was in the hay or blew into the buckpen. He was sold as a kid but came back recently and I was looking forward to seeing what he could produce. I didn't even have a chance to get a picture of him as an adult. I am seeing a pattern here: Fairlea Jean Valjean died the same way, same timing right after he came home as an adult, and it is becoming clear from these and other poisonings I have seen that experienced goats and sheep tell inexperienced ones which plants are safe to eat - but they withhold that information from strangers or little kids that are not their own offspring.

Fairlea Prince Rainier *S +*B   5/11/10 - 11/3/17   MCH/CH Dawnland Tabby's Halifax E X Fairlea Florence 4*D, 4*M   Rainier's page   Pedigree   Sadly, we lost Rainier on 11/3/18. Black and gold buckskin (carrying black), a twin. It was a very windy day when I took the first photo and his hair just wouldn't stay down! Sire of SGCH Fairlea Elise who in at the 2016 ADGA Nationals won Reserve Best Udder, 1st Dam and Daughter, Total Performer, and Top Producer and was listed as an Elite Doe; and she won Top Producer again in 2017 and appeared on the Elite Doe lists for several years.

Dragonfly RY Stonewall Jackson +S +B   5/11/09 to 11/12/19   Caesar's Villa BB Rebel Yell X Flat Rocks Penumbra   Jackson's page   Pedigree   Black and gold chamoise and white (carrying black), a twin. Won Reserve Senior Buck the only time he was shown so far. Click here to see his baby pictures on the Dragonfly website. Thank you, Joanne, for this lovely boy! Always sweet and friendly. We lost him on November 12, 2019. He was getting quite arthritic, but I didn't expect to lose him so soon.

Dragonfly RY Thorin Oakenshield   Dragonfly HFX Aragorn (Ranger) X GCH Dragonfly IH Peregrine *D 1*M AR   Born 4/16/16. Buckskin with extensive white. Thorin was on loan from Dragonfly Farm but is now back there, so you can find further information there. His mother Peregrine was 2016 ADGA Reserve National Champion and a 2012 AGS Top Ten Milker. And his presence will reinstate back into my herd my old Yoni line, which died out with Fairlea Ariel, since his great-great grandmother was Fairlea Louise, a Yoni daughter. Thank you, Joanne, for loaning us this beautiful and promising boy!

Dragonfly HEL Bacchanalia   Dragonfly Helios X GCH Flat Rocks Here for the Party   Born 4/16/16. Also was on loan from Dragonfly, and is back there now. Dark buckskin with no white and a cape extending over most of his back like his mother Party. More pictures at Dragonfly Farm. Thank you, Joanne, for loaning us this lovely boy!

Fairlea Edmond Dantes *S +*B   4/18/10 - 1/6/21   MCH/CH Dawnland Tabby's Halifax E X Fairlea Marguerite 4*D E, 4*M   Edmond's page   Pedigree   Gold and white (carrying buckskin), a triplet. The picture is fall, 2011, as a yearling. A very sweet boy who did an excellent job of improving all the does he was bred to, especially including nice, well-attached udders and large, soft teats.

Fairlea Frederic Chopin +*B   4/9/12 - 11/10/21   Flat Rocks Night Raven X GCH Fairlea Marguerite 4*D E, 4*M   Frederic's page   Born 4/9/12. Polled dark buckskin but mostly white. I sold him to Anita Beck as a kid, but later he came back here and produced beautiful, elegant, dairy kids.

Fairlea Apollo   4/30/16 - 10/23/21   TX Twin Creeks PKM Avatar *S, *B X GCH Fairlea Amaryllis *D 2*M   Apollo's page   Born 4/30/16. Pale gold and white. Smallish and sweet, like his mother - He passed on his mother's very correct body and excellent udder along with his father's outstanding udder genetics. He died suddenly and I never got adequate pictures, but he was lovely.