Jonnie is another Tabby daughter (like
Luna and
Phoebe) and so shares that long body and
refined dairy character. Jonnie is slightly close at the hocks, which is
noticeable only because her udder is so capacious, but her front end looks
nice and square. Compared to Luna, Jonnie is more delicate, lean, and
refined, but her ribs are still flat, wide, and well-sprung. A definite
Tabby daughter.
Her udder has excellent
attachments – as good as “Mina
the Milk Truck” – and the medial ligament is to die for. Her bloodlines
include top milk producers -
ARMCH Rosasharn Uni 3*D "E" had the top
ND score for 305 day milk testing in 2002-2004 and Slinky and Damselfly
are also top ND producers. If her next freshening expands into those
attachments like we hope, she will rival the Milk Truck.
There is one thing that we would
like to see improve. Her teats are on the small side, so that hand
milking is difficult. She is our only doe who gets the E-Z Milker,
but she does a good job at filling it up fast.
Jonnie is also a very sweet doe – as one of the two year olds, she is in
the bottom half of the herd’s dominance. But what a gentle soul she
is.