Signet Alpines... The Does

	Signet Sweet Fiesta 2014 American Alpine A pale, broken chamoisee, this Empress daughter caught the spots, but not the black, and is passing them on to her babies with style! Her progeny are as stylish as they come, and very classy looking. Fiesta is a favorite with almost everyone who visits our farm, her distinctive looks make her vary eye-catching no matter what a person's background!
	Signet Bordeaux 2015 American Alpine "Bordeaux" (pr: bor-doe) is the grand-daughter of our sadly lost Madeira, out of our only Madeira daughter, Mirage. Perhaps not as amazing as her grandmother, Bordeaux is still an impressive goat, and we are loving havging her in the herd. We intend to keep a Bordeaux daughter in the herd; sadly lost her lovely daughter '19 Callais in 2020, she was so close to perfect, great producer, amazing udder, just gorgeous. Instead, we'll be keeping back Bordeaux's 2021doeling, out of the new buck from Tennesee. "Mirage" was our consolation prize after losing her mother Madeira and her similarities to her dam helped the loss a little. On her first kidding she presented us with a "mini-me" look alike back to Madiera again, and we were thrilled to get "Bordeaux" 2015.

	Signet Aegean Sea 2017 American Alpine "Aegean" (pr: a-gee-an) out of Signet Ephesus, by Signet Titanium. A willing milker from our line of our "winter goats", and is tested producing 5.93 lbs this spring as a first freshener. Soft udder and milks out well. She is one serious gal when it comes to eating, and her strong build enabled her to milked strong through the cold of winter, and is coming well into her own as a 2nd freshener. As always, we highly value that long lactating ability, keeping a milk supply through cold weather. That ranks high in our barn!
	Signet Native Dancer 2019 American Alpine "Dancer" out of Aruba, one of twin does so identical we had to sell one as a first freshener, simply to keep the herd identifiable at milking time! ;-) We've loved milking her out for 2 seasons, and are look forward to a lovely thrid season in 2021. Her mamary is gorgeous, and she milks out supple as butter with a udder as empty as a fine, sueade bag!
Junior Does
	Signet Panda Party (barely!) 2018 American Alpine Light two tone chamoisee with lotsa spots, Panda arrived the very last day of Dec. in 2018, officially starting our "2019 kidding season" a day early. One of triplets, Panda was the largest doeling and the one with incurably cute 'eye spots' which snagged her the name... and "Party" was added for the line of her mom, Fiesta. Panda kidded out well in 2020, and milked impressively all that season and fairly late into the winter, making us big fans of her as a young milker. We look forward to seeing her production continue to unfold!
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Reference Does These does are well loved and well remembered, and we miss their faces in our herd, whichever way they moved on.
	Signet Avecita Remembered ~ SOLD ~ 2016 American Alpine "Avecita" (pr: ah-vay-seeta) is our "memory repeat" out of Aruba, looking so much like Aruba's mom, Ave, that we re-employed the name (with a twist.) It is great to have an "Ave goat" in the herd again, (losing her was a terrible blow. Nothing felt right in the barn!) With the long lines of both parents, we were very excited to see her udder developing in her two year old lactacion. Her mamary is gorgeous, and she milks out supple as butter with a udder as empty as a fine, sueade bag!
	Signet Sweet Empress 2012 American Alpine Empress was a looker from the day she was born: a very impressive Elma daughter, bringing in the old Duchess lines on her sire's side, and she turned out just right all the way around. High wide and handsome, her bone and depth of structure caught our eye right away and she has only continued to improve. Update: To make room in the herd, Empress was SOLD, and we wish her new home great success with her!
	Signet Madeira Mirage 2011-14 American Alpine Madeira was a gorgeous, shapy doe out of Ave that excelled in every way. Her impressive mammary wowed as a yearling milker, and her production was everything we hoped for out of a Sterling daughter. Her udder as a yearling milker was large with a very defined medial suspensary ligament; the only question was if a few years of production might make it actually too big for her from a showring standpoint! Her long, lean good looks impressed all who see her, and her steady affable temperament make her a doll to work with. She was perhaps one of our best daughters out of Ave, and that's saying a lot since Ave's girls fill up our barn. Update: We were devestated to lose Madeira only a few months after her 2014 kidding. To replace her, we retained her "look alike" daughter, and last year that dtr. gave us another "mini-me" to make our hearts hurt even less... and we still miss this gorgeous, loving girl!
	Signet Tigiris 2003 American Alpine The senior doe of our herd, "Tiger" is a huge doe with plenty of substance and staying power. Her udder is exceptionally well built, with rear and fore-udder attachments that could make anyone jealous. She is around a ten pounder, and always milks extremely late in her lactation. Update: Tigir left us at the grand old age of 12 years old, and my only regret is that she didn't give us just one more girl to set beside her daughter Ephesus in the herd.
	Signet Ave 2005-2013 American Alpine Ave is an excellent producer with long lactations; and a good mother, throwing babies even prettier than she is. There is never a question as to if her progeny will turn out well. She passed on her friendliness and ease of handling to her daughters, many of whom we are glad to have in our barn. Update: Ave passed on spring of '13, from a bout of mycotoxin poisoning in our herd, which had earlier claimed her daughter Cadiz. She is much missed.
	Signet Cadiz 2007-2013 American Alpine Not only was Cadiz typey and correct, her udder was exceptionally well built, with very nice teats, and beautiful fore-udder attachment. She milks out as smooth as butter and so easy it’s a pleasure. With her very generous production underscoring her smooth lines and general dairyness, we are very proud of this girl! Update: Cadiz was taken from us by a spring bout of mycotoxin poisoning, which went on to claim her mother as well. She is much missed.

	Signet Sweet Elma 2004 Experimental Elma carries on her mother's tradition of heavy production through the summer months. Shapely, long and tall, everyone is impressed by her stunning good looks and correct conformation. Update: Elma SOLD to a show home in '13; to a family of teen goat showing enthusiasts, and we trust that she will do as well for them in the ring as she always did for us. Happy winnings, Elma!
	Signet Duchess 1996 American Alpine Duchess was the finest result of our then-five-year-old breeding program, and inexorably became the matriarch of our herd. Though many beautiful goats have come and gone, our Duchess lines consistantly proved the most pleasing in both conformation and production, as well as being level headed milkers. We now own only does who are desecended from Duchess. We thank-you, Duchie-girl, for all the gorgeous progeny you contributed to!

Ave enjoying a rest with her '10 quad doelings. Dulce is in back with white on her forehead.